Buying Flowers ……. Why?

I am not a romantic guy.  Not even close.  It is a fault of mine I guess. 

I bring this up because we were having a conversation, since Valentines Day is coming up, about husbands and wives and dating and romancing and all that yucky stuff that I just don’t get.  (Don’t even ask how I got married.  I am still shocked about it too.  I did not woo her with my romance, that is for sure.)

The thing that I am amazed about is how guys will go out and buy flowers for their women.  Why?  They die in days.  There is nothing like sending a message that everything is temporary like giving something that is going to die in days to a woman that you lust or love.  And women are fine with this. 

You know flowers are like the only thing we buy where when they die we don’t return them to where we bought them and demand our money back? 

When I give a gift at least it is more permanent and will last longer than a few days.  I buy things that signify that I plan on being a more permanent fixture in her life than flowers.  I buy kitchen and cleaning products.

Buying flowers baffle me.