"I think it's always better to receive such romantic gifts and surprises out of the blue, rather than on holidays which were created by consumerism and greedy retailers."

Shannon, but imagine that proponents of consumerism and greedy retailers did not tell sometime in your childhood that the most appropriate gift for a woman is a flower or a bouquet - would you love flowers/bouquets in such a case? I mean, where this womens' love for flowers coms from? Why flowers? Why so stereotypic and desired?

And why do I indeed feel guilty when I am carrying a single rose or, say, only 3 of them?.. Hate this feeling :)