Blushing brides and cosmonauts don't meet their bitter end

[venta]

Earlier today, I had an email from a hotel who thought I might be tempted by their super-special Valentine's package[*]. Among various epic meals and chocolatey promises, it includes "rose petals on the bed".

To which my reaction was "you what"? Isn't that, like, a really bad idea? Won't they get crushed and stain the bedding? Won't they get stuck to all parties involved? Won't they wrinkle up awkwardly and work themselves into odd corners of the sheets and make it really uncomfortable? Not to mention that they'll probably make me and any other hayfever sufferers sneeze.

Am I just hopelessly unromantic and/or practical? Am I missing an important point? Or is this really just one of those ideas that is far better in theory than practice?

[*] I wasn't. But that's not important right now.

Comments

[lanfykins.livejournal.com]

Rose petals go on the top cover. They therefore look pretty and make the room smell nice, and then you shake them off before you actually go to bed.

Tip: shake those sheets really well to get rid of any spiders that have hitched a lift aboard the roses.

[bateleur.livejournal.com]

If you start throwing out any Valentine-related behaviour that doesn't stand up to a rigourous cost-benefit analysis you won't be left with much!

(Although we do have something to celebrate on 14th this year... our cat's birthday!)

[valkyriekaren.livejournal.com]

You are dead behind the eyes.

But then I love all that hearts and flowers crap. I just never seem to inspire it.

[floralaetifica.livejournal.com]

I think rose petals on the bed mostly *signal* romance, rather than being especially sensuous or enjoyable in themselves. They fall into the category of 'generic special effort has been made'.