Giving Flowers is Better than Receiving

Another interesting fact from the Rutger’s study I’ve been telling you about is what it means to give flowers rather than receive.  They discuss how what a person gives says a lot about them.  Those that give flowers apparently viewed as “successful, caring and emotionally intelligent.”

What does this mean?

• Men and women who give flowers are viewed as happy, achieving, strong, capable and courageous.
• Men and women give the impression they can effectively express their feelings and take time to understand the feelings of others.
• Female floral gifters are viewed as more appreciative of beauty and nature.

Your not just making someone else feel better, you are actually making yourself look better.

All information provided by the Society of American Florists.
Research was conducted by Dr. Jeannette Haviland-Jones,
Ph.D., professor of psychology, Human Development Lab at
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey; Dr. Roger Ulrich,
Ph.D., Behavioral Scientist, Director of the Center for Health
Systems and Design, Texas A&M University; and Dr. Nancy
Etcoff, Ph.D. Director of the Program in Aesthetics and Well
Being, Harvard Medical School and psychologist at the
Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Psychiatry.