http://www.indy.com/posts/4320 en-us bill_bartley I like having flowers around the house, too. They look nice and have a pleasant aroma. Usually, I buy the flowers and bring them home to my wife, but we all enjoy them. Even the cats... but that is a different issue. (i.e. need to have a large vase with a sturdy base to avoid feline curiosity induced spills!) We prefer a variety of flowers. Roses are expensive and seem less "friendly" than just a garden bouquet of fresh cut flowers, which I pick up on the way home from Kroger or Wal-Mart. Don't like the dyed flowers.... fake real flowers, just seems wrong. Bottomline: flowers are cool for men, too! Sat, 02 Feb 2008 10:34:16 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/4320#comment_12726 http://www.indy.com/posts/4320#comment_12726 kimikokopuffs OMG. Hahahahaha. Thanks for the thought, Joe. There's no way in a million years he'd wear those, but it's giving me some ideas for other gifts down the road. So, really guys, no flowers at all? No bonsai bush or bamboo plant? No balloons? What if I sent a sexy gift to his house and a silly "I want to embarrass you at work, but in a sweet way" gift as well? Fri, 01 Feb 2008 11:27:08 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/4320#comment_12628 http://www.indy.com/posts/4320#comment_12628 kimikokopuffs PAJAMA GRAM? Looking it up now. :) Fri, 01 Feb 2008 11:24:41 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/4320#comment_12627 http://www.indy.com/posts/4320#comment_12627 kimikokopuffs I'm not buying you flowers, RJ. I love you, but not like that. ;) Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:24:26 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/4320#comment_12541 http://www.indy.com/posts/4320#comment_12541 joe.shearer How about a Pajama Gram? those are pretty cool. Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:18:27 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/4320#comment_12539 http://www.indy.com/posts/4320#comment_12539 Jolene.Ketzenberger I've sent my husband flowers before. I believe it was a cheery bouquet of daffodils. And he at least claimed to like them! I mean, come on, who wouldn't like daffodils? Although as a food writer I do feel compelled to point out that there are edible "bouquets" of fruit that at least look appealing. But if you really want to send some foodie love, send something from Zingerman's catalog. Based in Ann Arbor, it's a deli and then some. Their catalog rocks. Fabulous food. Deli stuff, bacon, pasta, olive oils, cheeses, chocolate cherry bread (that I can personally vouch for), a Rockin' Reuben sandwich kit. It's all good. www.zingermans.com Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:11:29 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/4320#comment_12538 http://www.indy.com/posts/4320#comment_12538 MisterT oh... I didnt know the California (say it like Ahhnold, por favor) part of it in that case... Gary West Meats! (I dont know, I have a thing for basically everything I've ordered there) Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:04:27 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/4320#comment_12533 http://www.indy.com/posts/4320#comment_12533 RJ_Wall ::cough:: Posh Petals ::Cough:: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:48:46 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/4320#comment_12530 http://www.indy.com/posts/4320#comment_12530 RJ_Wall I would give her an extra good root if she sent me a real classy arrangement! Sans roses...to cliche. Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:48:23 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/4320#comment_12529 http://www.indy.com/posts/4320#comment_12529 kimikokopuffs Yeah, he lives in California, so that's not possible. :) But good idea. That'd be my preference. Online searching for "sexy gift baskets for him." The results are iffy at best. Haha. Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:09:31 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/4320#comment_12524 http://www.indy.com/posts/4320#comment_12524 joe.shearer My wife sent me an all-woman barbershop quartet to my work once. That was freakin' embarrassing. How about a personal delivery, over, say, a lunch hour? Or Amazon.com? Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:08:17 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/4320#comment_12523 http://www.indy.com/posts/4320#comment_12523 kimikokopuffs Well, if I knew of a company that delivered gifts like that, I wouldnt' have a problem. Heck, delivering any sort of non-flower, non-food gifts seems to be a challenge, period. But I appreciate the input. I'll see what else I can find. Thanks, guys! Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:50:58 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/4320#comment_12522 http://www.indy.com/posts/4320#comment_12522 MisterT I'd like flowers... but like joe says, they might only work for a feller that is really into gardening. I'd prefer something maybe more along the lines of stereotypical guy stuff--- a six pack of my favorite beer, maybe some sort of food to go with it (oh, $80'lb iberico ham or something - lol)... and of course "inappropriate" gifts would be fine }:) Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:16:31 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/4320#comment_12518 http://www.indy.com/posts/4320#comment_12518 joe.shearer Yeah, flowers for a guy is not the way to go. Unless your man is a botanist, there is probably no substitute as far as plants go. A gift, IMO, is the way to go. Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:47:31 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/4320#comment_12514 http://www.indy.com/posts/4320#comment_12514 JohnScott If you want to surprise us with something, get us something you KNOW we like. Dudes like surprises as much as women do, but flowers? Forget that. Have a deliveryman show up with a flatscreen TV or a new Blu-ray player, then we'll talk. Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:32:58 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/4320#comment_12512 http://www.indy.com/posts/4320#comment_12512