Eli5: Why do people love being gifted flowers – not in a pot, but as a bouquet?

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I always feel kind of sad for the flowers, who, just because they are beautiful, have to end up dying to express love. So I’m wondering what about it do people find attractive? Why not in a large pot? Why does it have to be in a bouquet?

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Aside from the fact that they are a nice, temporary decoration that reminds the person of you as long as the flowers are there but without the burden of being permanent, in the Victorian (or was it Edwardian? I forget) era people used flowers to convey messages. Someone who knew their flowers could use a gift of flowers to convey a polite thank you, tell someone to bugger off, or express their undying love

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