French etiquette even extends to giving flowers

Arrived home this evening to find roses in the sink.

‘Who are the roses for?’

‘You.’

Me?… Mark hasn’t bought flowers in over 15 years…hmmmm and petrol stations don’t sell flowers in France!! (what a harsh thought!!)..

Anyway I’m pleased with my flowers.

Roses... but make sure there are an odd number

Later that evening a french friend came for dinner and he commented on my flowers..there must be 19 there he said.

‘Twenty, I think.’ Mark replied.

‘Oh no, in France we only give an even number of flowers to mark a death.’

Sure enough there were 19 flowers.