Blooming thoughts

If I had a single flower for every time I think about you, I could walk forever in my garden. - Claudia Ghandi

This quote reminded me of the ancient symbol of romance... the beauty of flowers... the red red roses... the blue blue violets..sigh sigh sigh.. all movies, novels would automatically link flowers to the new blossoming love! There were times.. when a single flower used to speak volumes..Indian movies specially! We would hav those ever-romantic movies of the 1980's where the two lovers are singing a duet together running around trees and they wud show both of them lookin at each other with those passionate eyes.. and then two tulips in a garden wud be shown leaning close to each other..(on-screen kissing of flowers suggesting humans r also.. in the backdrop) To make things worse they would even show blossoming flowers at every moment the lovers' eyes meet. Talking to flowers.. singing with them.. personifying them.. has been so common.. We have songs in hindi.. like.."phulon sa chehra tera.. kaliyon si muskaan hai" (ur face is like a flower.. ur smile blossoms like them) Or we have tamil and hindi version of a famous song..'anware bhanware jo hole hole gaaye.. /poo pookkum osai athe kekkathaan aasai..'

I think Indians r still connecting flowers to the symbol of love. I even remember few years back me and my friend were having a veryy "important discussion".
"Valentines' day is coming.. do u think ajay will give you ...?"
"(blushes) oh i dont know.. I think he wants to.. But im so scared..."
"But, i think he is nice.. and he just might give you.... the Red rose"
"(GASP) Oh god no wayyyyy.. i wouldnt know what to dooo... i prefer the yellow oneee"
"Oh i hav a feelin he is goinna be givin yellow ones to many friends.. prachi including.."
"But.. prachi already practically hates me.. and now what if the red rose makes it worse?"
"Well. we always have a white rose.. for peace. give her one, and tell her to stay away from ajay cause he is all urs"
(giggles)
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Coming back to the present..I was having a talk with some locals out here. Invariably, we were talking about flowers.. (in thise case for decoration of something). When my mom pointed out.."u know i hav seen some local guys here.. giving flowers to their love-partners only on specific days like fridays or so.." The other two girls nodded negative saying.."oh i dont know.. but usually today not many guys prefer giving flowers n all to girls.." I butted in saying.."Oh lets not forget not many girls prefer it either.. i mean why wud u wait the little time u spend with ur bf trying to get flowers.. they wud aim higher dear.. like diamond rings " Now this wasnt my personal opinion.. but its what i hav noticed in general from girls around here. They are too linked with the thought of looting their bfs.. that they hav noo time for flowers..:P (ok im being biased). Even if the girl wanted to sacrifice that opportunity.. for something less expensive..the truth of the matter is.. there is probably no flowers in sale for the young lovers! The biggest flower markets are situated right outside the graveyards! Unfortunately...we have a pumping huge old age population.. that its scary! Most of the really old ones happen to live alone in government given places. The bus that i take from the side road near my house goes to the main metro station. But the other destination is the graveyards. So u can imagine .. how many old ppl get on the bus with flowers. Most of them can hardly walk! I am so afraid.. that they might not live till they reach the graveyard. Some of them look like a walking talkin mummy going to cremate themselves. Almost all flower shops(the less expensive ones) are storing flowers for this purpose mainly.

So situation is such in this side of the world, that u can imagine.. a guy giving beautiful set of flowers to the girl.. and she screams.."no no no. wait till im dead!"

Delta Burke:If you want to say it with flowers, a single rose says: "I'm cheap!"( or in this case "I'm dead?")