Pink Carnations
What it means: Your on-and-off flame is making a half-assed attempt to keep you on the hook (for now).
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So you got flowers—just what you wanted, right? Check your bouquet against these memorable blossoms to decode what your sweetie might be trying to tell you.
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Throughout the Hunger Games trilogy, President Snow never appears without one of the colorless blossoms on his lapel.
What it means: Your sugar daddy (or mama) is possibly a murderous despot.
Marie Antoinette reputedly loved flowers so much that she demanded her fresh-cut blooms be changed twice a day.
What it means: Your valentine wants to cater to a high-maintenance diva—so make sure to announce why the gifts aren’t good enough.
In The Wizard of Oz, the sleep-inducing opioids are meant to waylay Dorothy & Co. en route to their emerald-hued destination.
What it means: Your commitment-phobic (and, coincidentally, drug-friendly) fling is trying to charm you into forgetting to have “the talk.”
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