I Wish I Could Buy Rose Futures...

Maybe you're like me. Every year around this time you sit around and sigh as you fork over a few Benjamins for flowers, chocolates, and dinner. I don't mind the chocolates and dinner, but the flower price increase for this time of the year cracks me up.

I wonder if the price hike comes 100% from florists taking advantage of guys like me who are trapped in the disequilibrium of supply and demand created by this holiday, or if their costs really increase that much.

Well, this year Fox Business answered my questions...

http://www.foxbusiness.com/personal-finance/2011/…

29 Comments
 
happypantsmcgeeWhy are you spending a few hundred bucks for flowers dude?

I don't think he solely means the flowers that he spent a few hundred on....At least I hope not...

The answer to your question is 1) network 2) get involved 3) beef up your resume 4) repeat -happypantsmcgee WSO is not your personal search function.
 
blackfinancier
happypantsmcgeeWhy are you spending a few hundred bucks for flowers dude?

I don't think he solely means the flowers that he spent a few hundred on....At least I hope not...

Yea, I can't read, I'm an idiot.

If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses - Henry Ford
 
HFFBALLfan123I did sherries berries for my gf this year.. cost 50 bucks and took about 3 minutes of my time.
HFFBALLfan123I then alt tab'd back to redtube

hahahaha

The answer to your question is 1) network 2) get involved 3) beef up your resume 4) repeat -happypantsmcgee WSO is not your personal search function.
 

inb4 this turns into the banker porn thread

The answer to your question is 1) network 2) get involved 3) beef up your resume 4) repeat -happypantsmcgee WSO is not your personal search function.
 

Celebrate Val day near, but not on Feb 14th. Open tables, cheap roses, life is simple. Just because the calendar says XYZ doesn't mean you need to do anything on that day.

 
ANTCelebrate Val day near, but not on Feb 14th. Open tables, cheap roses, life is simple. Just because the calendar says XYZ doesn't mean you need to do anything on that day.

Yea, true except for Halloween. Trick or treating any other day is a great way to get arrested...or committed to an institution.

If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses - Henry Ford
 
NYorker
ANTCelebrate Val day near, but not on Feb 14th. Open tables, cheap roses, life is simple. Just because the calendar says XYZ doesn't mean you need to do anything on that day.

I don't know what woman you're with... but she sounds extremely reasonable. I would either (1) cherish her or (2) be extremely suspicious

I go with "(2) be extremely suspicious"

 

She works in NYC, I am in Philly. Val is on Tuesday. We are doing is Sat. Makes total sense. Either way, just make it the rule. Any woman who would throw a fit about celebrating Valentines day one or two days off from the "actual" day is a bitch and you need to peace out ASAP.

 
DABA_1985
ANTOh Jesus, not you again Daba
ANT, I am suspicious about you; not your gf!!!...
I wonder why you would be so concerned with ANT's love life...
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