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What does it mean if your husband brought you yellow flowers for your birthday?

My dad got my mom orangeish flowers for her birthday, and she keeps saying that they're yellow...and she thinks that yellow means just friendship... what does it really mean?

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I don't think men would think deeply enought to buy yellow flowers for friendship. There were prob the cheapest or first ones he saw. I wouldn't read anything into it.
That your dad is considerate and bought your mum flowers..........most men don't think about the colour, only what they like when they see it.........it tends to be females who worry about what it means..your poor Dad doing something nice without being told to and gets in trouble for doing it..........he will think twice next time and possibly 'won't remember' if he gets in trouble anyway.
It means that the husband was thoughtful and kind and considerate to purchase flowers for the woman he loves and the the woman who is analyzing this DOESN'T DESERVE THE FLOWERS IN THE FIRST PLACE Geeze...do you realize how many women out there NEVER get flowers and here you are complaining because you got flowers and they are yellow. Go figure!!!
Sorry, men don't think that deeply. He picked yellow because they were pretty, and they reminded him of your mum. It means he loves her.
This came from Pro Flowers: yellow The bright, sunny color of yellow roses evokes a feeling of warmth and happiness. The warm feelings associated with the yellow rose are often akin to those shared with a true friend. As such, the yellow rose is an ideal symbol for joy and friendship
She is reading way too much into things. Men don't think about what the meaning of the colours are. He was thinking how pretty they were and thought your mom would love them.
I'm guessing your dad has no clue that color means anything at all, and just thought she'd like them. She should just hush and enjoy them, a lot of women NEVER get flowers...of any color! Here's a list of what the colors mean, but it's only for roses...and if hers are orange, she's lucky! Like I said, your dad didn't know about colors meaning anything, almost no men do. http://www.proflowers.com/flowerguide/rosemeanings/default.aspx
She's being silly. Maybe the flower shop didn't have any others flowers that looked as pretty as the yellow ones. Maybe the yellow ones made him think of sunshine and happiness and how that ties into his love for your mother. She's reading too much into it...
Guys, Men, Boys, Dudes, Male....they don't think about stuff like that. they don't know the meaning of colors for flowers... He probably thought they were pretty and she would like them. Your dad means well. Don't give him a hard time.
Flowers are flowers to me. I would not worry about the color or that a man would even know what they mean.
I agree with some of the other answers,most of us have not a clue what the different colors mean. All we think about is cost and the fact that we bought them, and what buying them will do for us in the long run.
Yellow is my favorite! I think that the color actually means friendship in the florist world but actually also in the florists world red roses are cheaper than any other color. What I am trying to say is the representation of color of rose was made up by the seller to promote the cheapest most profitable color....Understand...Been married 12 yrs and hubby always buys me yellow because I actually just love the color
Men don't pay attention to that kind of crap. He bought yellow flowers because he likes yellow or because he thinks your mom likes yellow or because the yellow flowers looked nicer than the white or red flowers. That's all. And it's silly of your mom to be so picky about something like this instead of showing gratitude for the flowers.
It means he won't be sleeping on the couch tonight.
well I heard when I was young, yellow flowers is what you give someone youve been with for a long time. It mean 'forever love' or some stuff. We also put them on my papaws grave because we would love him forever. You should tell her that!
awww! he was thinking of you how nice is that dont analyze it
I'd crap a brick if my husband ever brought me flowers.
It means he likes yellow flowers. I buy different kinds of flowers for my wife all the time - usually the kind I think look pretty so does she (well she says so anyway). Two days only should you think Red above all - Valentines Day and your Anniversary. Should be open season for any other occasion.
It is true that in the old-fashioned language of flowers, yellow stands for friendship. However, I seriously doubt that if you stopped 100 men on the street, that even one of them would know this. I don't think this type of communication has been used for the last 100 years or so. Your mother is WAY overthinking this, and doing something that is bound to discourage your dad from ever doing something nice like that again. Women who do this wind up being their own worst enemies, because they look to find something bad about some innocently good-hearted thing their guy does for them.
Really? It means that he saw them, thought they were pretty, and that your mom would like them. It doesn't mean that he only wants friendship from her. Or that he's having an affair, or that he's angry, or anything else. Why do women say they want their man to do something for them (like buy her flowers) and then proceed to complain about it?
It means that you read too many women's magazines with articles about how to interpret your marriage partner's behavior......which is more dangerous to relationships than it actually helps !!! It means that your mother can't accept a gift without criticizing it. It means that she can't enjoy life and have fun It means the romance is dead.
It really means that he is sweet and thoughtful!! What a lovely thing to do. Your mom should have been delighted and appreciative, she is way overthinking it, and it really spoils the gift. Women know the meaning of flowers, colour by colour. Men (generally) have absolutely no clue about the traditional meaning behind the colours of flowers, beyond perhaps that red roses signify true love. For a man to send flowers to a woman is a lovely thing to do. She won't get them again, though, if she's determined to make him feel bad for getting flowers she perceives to be the 'wrong' colour. I think it was lovely of him.
It's a color..nothing more, nothing less. My best friend only ever expects yellow roses as those are her favorite flowers in her favorite color. I wouldn't read too much into it. Besides, your dad's a man...men don't think of these things lol. My fiance sends me flowers once a month..and they are NEVER roses. No matter what's in the vase, I'm very grateful that he is thinking of me and they put a smile on my face.
Thank the good Lord above that YOUR MOM got anything. My husband and I have been together for over 27 years and the LAST thing I remember him buying me something was FIVE years ago. Be thankful for what you have because if he ever leaves your Mom I'm sure she will be sorry.
Lol... i honestly don't think a man would pay enough attention to the colour, or what the color meant, he picked out some flowers for her, and that was a nice gesture in itself. My husband when we were dating, stopped at a servo to get me some flowers.... he arrived and proudly gave them to me, i proceeded to get a vase and fill it with water, took the paper off them,,,, and found that they were plastic... lol.... he honestly thought they were real, we often have a laugh about that, awkward at the time though, my point is she should be happy that he thought of her to get her flowers, no matter what colour they are!