Roses aren't always Red..

       Roses are very momentous.
Roses are given to their partner and are sometimes misinterpreted on what they actually mean when  they are received. Some people give roses based on their partners' favorite color; without knowing that each color has its own significance.

Blue: The unattainable, the impossible.
Pink: Appreciation, Gratitude, "Thank you".
Light Pink: Admiration, Sympathy, Gentleness.
Dark Pink: "Please believe me", Perfect Happiness.
White: Purity, " I am worthy of you", innocence, Happy Love, Secrecy.
Yellow: Joy, Gladness, Friendship.
Lavender: Love at first sight, Enchantment.
Red: Courage and Respect, Romantic Love, Passion, Sincere, and Unconscious Beauty.

       I received a dozen of dark pink roses on my Birthday from a boy who is now my ex boyfriend, but they were jaw-dropping!


Picture Taken by Me on 2/14/14
Picture from My Photo Albums

They were so precious and I was so excited when he gave them to me! I jumped on him and gave him many kisses all over his face and thanked him! I was one happy girl! But unfortunately like many relationships, we argued and fought over the dumbest reason. I asked him why he even gave me those roses and he responded with this piercing tone and said " I gave those to you because you said you loved pink roses. Pink's your favorite color and I didn't know what else to give you! You didn't give me anything for my birthday anyways!"

       I didn't know if he actually meant what he had told me but by our recent conversation he had no idea that each color of roses had their own significance. I thought he knew what each color meant..
When he gave me my Pink roses I told myself " Damn, my baby thinks our relationship is Perfect and we have perfect Happiness." But of course, I was wrong. How come I didn't know how ignorant he was?

      I don't like receiving gifts on my birthday if that person doesn't know why they're giving it to me.
People always think that they have to give buy someone else an object or something worth money to make the birthday boy or birthday girl happy. That's not true though.

     One can actually make a card full of deep thought made of household items without spending a single dollar. The only thing that they would have to spend is time, and that card could mean so much more than $100 worth of meaningless items bought at a store.
Material is one thing , but Thought is another.

       I am optimistic and when most of my roses fully died(Stem black, head black) I managed to keep one alive 'til this day.

Picture Taken by Me on 10/26/14

My mom called me a lunatic because she has never seen a rose partially alive after one month, let alone after 8 months. She asked me how I did it but I cannot answer her, I do not know how I did it myself but I do know why.

     "We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope." - Martin Luther King Jr.
Yes, sometimes I am let down by the ones I love, but I still have hope my ex boyfriend will know the importance of giving not receiving.

       I kept my rose alive by having Hope.