| For many years father's counted on receiving | | | | looked beautiful and feminine. |
| some basic gifts for their special day. Most | | | | It didn't help that most bouquets have traditionally |
| fathers would receive ties, sometimes with quite | | | | been pretty and sweet with bows and other |
| unflattering prints and colors. Others would get | | | | accessories that are more feminine. It's no |
| homemade cards, framed pictures, or perhaps a | | | | wonder the trend was to give flowers to |
| power tool that they already have three of in the | | | | mothers and cheap ties or t-shirts to fathers. |
| garage. | | | | Men & Flowers Today |
| One thing that fathers did not expect to receive | | | | Today, things are quite different. Florists are |
| was a bouquet of flowers or a vase full of roses. | | | | putting together bouquets that are not so |
| Those were things they purchased for their wives | | | | feminine and men are finding that they rather |
| on mother's day, but they never even thought of | | | | enjoy being given flowers for father's day as well |
| receiving them for their big day. | | | | as for other occasions. Since the arrangements |
| Well, that has changed today. More families are | | | | are more masculine and accessorize with more |
| ditching the worn out, cliché gifts of the past | | | | male-friendly items, flowers are becoming an |
| and moving toward more masculine looking flower | | | | acceptable gift for men. |
| arrangements for father's day. | | | | As long as the arrangement is chosen wisely, |
| What father really needs yet another tie? How | | | | flowers are not taboo for men today. They are |
| many "world's greatest dad" t-shirts and ball caps | | | | actually a very thoughtful gift that will make |
| does any man really need? For most men, | | | | anyone feel appreciated and valued....yes, even the |
| flowers are a more practical and welcomed | | | | man of the house! |
| alternative. | | | | When asked if they would rather receive a tie or |
| Flowers of Yesterday | | | | some other father's day gimmick or a nice flower |
| When you think of a bouquet of flowers you | | | | arrangement, most men will opt for the flowers |
| probably imagine a big glass vase loaded with | | | | today. They are tired of receiving the same old |
| roses and all tied together with a pretty bow. | | | | cliché gifts and welcome the opportunity to |
| Baby's breath and roses have long been the | | | | receive something new. They feel thought of and |
| premier gift for virtually any occasion from a | | | | loved when handed a nice flower arrangement. |
| bridal or baby shower to mother's day and | | | | Selecting Father's Day Flowers |
| birthdays. | | | | Are you going to become a part of the shifting |
| Yet, flowers have not traditionally been given to | | | | movement and purchase flowers for your father |
| men. They have been labeled as a gift for | | | | or your children's father? Make sure you pick an |
| women and the thought of giving a bouquet of | | | | arrangement designed especially for men and |
| any variety to a man was considered a joke at | | | | leave off the bows and other feminine touches. |
| best. This was partly because of what was | | | | Don't leave out the personalized card so your |
| deemed acceptable or the norm in our modern | | | | man knows how much you love him and why |
| society, but it also had to do with the more | | | | you are giving him flowers instead of yet another |
| feminine sense of flowers. Men didn't want to be | | | | silly tie! |
| associated with something that smelled and | | | | |