Hankster, do you mind if I politely decline?

I've always been a giver of bouquets but I've always resented the expectation of such, on a par with the assumption that with an engagement comes a diamond ring (Damn DeBeers!). There's a regular at my no-longer-patronized watering hole that used to dig flowers out of the dumpster behind the bar and give them to the bartenders; a florist shop was next door and so the thing was always full of rejected blossoms. That's the kind of gesture I wish could become more of the norm, rather than the mindless trip to the florists for the over-priced, over-represented roses. It becomes a cliche, don't you know, devoid of meaning...Having said this, my last gf did squawk at me for not giving her flowers more regularly-even though I had tilled in a flower garden (and regular veggie garden) for her, as well as any number of other little gestures that I thought would delight her. But some women (and men) are never satisfied, eh?