I think you may be right about the flowers at the office. Not that they aren't nice...I do love it when my H brings me my favorite flowers...but that's just as much at home as anywhere else. What I really like though....is that HE brings them to me and doesn't have them sent.
However, yes...I'm adding this He has always said, up until recently, that "I know how much you like to get these at the office"....which when asked , meant that he thought I liked to show them off to the other ladies....because in his past experience he was berated if he didn't send flowers to the office for his ex so she could show them off.
Now...of course I know there are women who do love to show stuff like this off at work...I know this (I think I may be a bit of an oddity with this)...but that's not why "I" like it when he brings me flowers.
It's not the gift of flowers I appreciate so much as I like it because HE took the time out of his day to do this for me and then HE delivered them to me in person, which he almost always makes the effort to do. Then the flowers make me think of him each time I look at them.
So to make a long story short...I think he also bought gifts for my "female friend's consumption" as you said.