a rose

Roses. Can you ever go wrong with them? I'm sorry, I love you, will you forgive me?, happy birthday!, happy anniversary, congratulations,............. As you can see, the list goes on into and endless oblivion that will blow your mind. They have become so ingrained in our daily lives that they are mere tokens of appreciation and little else of their significance is really thought about, by the giver or the receiver. Some may argue this point, but think about it. You get the rose, you inhale it's fragrance, you look at how beautiful it is and remark its loveliness. Then, where do you go from there? Well, you continue to revel in the supposed meaning of that certain person giving you that certain rose or roses...then? I guess some would say why should there be more thens? Shouldn't we be grateful and move on? Yes, of course.
Thing is, on a more personal preference, I'm not big on roses or any other kind of flowers. Everybody I know smells the rose and goes, "oh! How lovely!" I just blink and smell again, because i don't smell anything...remarkable i suppose, it's not even that fragrant! I gather that this means i have a serious problem with my nose, or people just tend to exaggerate to live up to the expectation of what they think it's suppose to smell like.
God, am I a wet blanket or what??? Anyway, it's just a thought...