I agree with MO3. The answer is whatever the right choice for YOU is.
I vote for the carnation with the glasses.
M22,H45,W45 S21/18D12 Retain faith that you will prevail in the end, regardless of the difficulties and at the same time confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be.
oops- didn't see the q about the red carnation. It represents the beginning of your relationship with stbxw right?
how do you picture yourself feeling if you wear it tomorrow?
me,34 exH,34 S,16 months S:3/31/09-left for OW started DBing 10/09 d final: sometime 10/10 current: http://www.divorcebusting.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=2022856&page=1 met in 2004
Just can't help thinking about tomorrow morning's D, is all.
Of course.
I say wear the carnation if it feels like closing the circle to you. It seems like closure is pretty hard to come by so if that helps, do it.
me: 42 | STBXH: 41 | T: 18 | M: 10 | separation: Jan 3, 2010 | they deserve better: S7 & D4 current thread: http://tinyurl.com/3y8sxcp .: first breathe, then heal, then start LIVING :.
The red carnation symbolized the beginning of the relationship...
Choose a different flower/color to symbolize your new beginning now...
She would probably see the red carnation as a last ditch attempt at you trying to prove once again how much she is losing/lost/can't live without etc...
May All Who Seek To Take My Life Be Put To Shame And Confusion; May All Who Desire My Ruin Be Turned Back In Disgrace. ~Psalm 40:14~
On my way home from my new GAL gym, I realized there could be any number of incorrect conclusions and intentions she could - and would -draw from my wearing any flower and it would be completely out of my control.
So, I decided to wear my dignity tomorrow.
Thanks for taking the time and for the food for thought.
Gardener
"My soul, be satisfied with flowers, With fruit, with weeds even; but gather them In the one garden you may call your own." Cyrano deBergerac