Well, a date is just a "date".....it is the "celebration" that counts. My grandmother was so funny about "dates". If we could not celebrate her birthday on the very "date".....forget it! lol
About the flowers and how your wife feels. I think flowers are very romantic, but we have had such little money to spend on things like that, that I tend to think of it as a waste also....even though I love them. I secretly think of a new blouse or something I could have that would have not wilted in a few days. To defend the men however, I think flowers is sort of an escape route for them b/c they don't have a clue as to how to buy clothes or other things for their W's (as a rule) so flowers are good.
About the argument over the rose she sent to you at work. You know there is always a possiblity that the florest messed up and didn't deliver the rose to the right place and just never told your wife. If she never questioned you, then she didn't realize they didn't get it to you and has been mad all this time....lol. Just a thought. The crazy things we can get upset over. But, women are like elephants.....they never forget! Just ask my H if you don't believe me....lol.
Sandi
It is not about what you feel should work in your M. It is about doing the work that gets the right results. Do what works!