Yellow Carnations: Sweet Friendship or a Hidden Warning?
I finally arrived at his place🏡, and when I went into 'my room'🤭, I noticed he had fresh flowers as usual. He always does this whenever I visit, which is incredibly sweet. But this time...
They were carnations. And wait, they’re YELLOW?! Ummm... okay, hold on a second...
According to the language of flowers, yellow carnations basically have these three main meanings...
1. Sunny Vibes ☀️
He definitely wanted to brighten up the room and make it cozy for me.
2. Friendship 💔
Wait... Is he putting me in the friendzone?!
3. Jealousy 😬
This makes absolutely no sense.
Later, he told me, "Is there something wrong with yellow flowers? I just bought them because they look bright and beautiful."
In American and Western culture, decorating a room with yellow flowers seems to carry a purely positive meaning. Generally speaking, most regular Americans probably don't think about the language of flowers when picking them out. Most of the time, it's simply because "they look cute and pretty."
Did some studying here during my alone time.
As for my reaction? Let’s just say I didn't go as far as saying, "They really make the room look lovely!" Of course, I thanked him. But then, I had to educate him a little bit and said, "You know, yellow actually means jealousy..."
But seriously, why would he give me flowers that mean jealousy anyway? It makes no sense. And as his partner, the meaning I should actually be worried about is "friendship."
Friendzone...💧 Ugh. 😑
To be completely honest, I actually just looked up the whole language of flowers thing while writing this blog post. So back then, I didn't even know yellow carnations meant 'friendship.' But I did vaguely know that yellow flowers, in general, could mean jealousy.
Well, since he bought those yellow carnations without thinking too much about it, let’s just pretend he meant 'my best friend and partner in crime.'
— My partner is my best friend. —
Right? 😉
