Friend sent flowers, should I keep or trash?

Question

A friend of mind who made me mad and I havent talked to or responded to any of his emails, text messages, or phone calls, has sent me a letter of apology and sent me flowers at work. Should I trash the flowers or keep them or get mad at him for sending me stuff?

Answer 1

thank him and move on

Answer 2

Enjoy the flowers as I'm sure they're nice.  Don't respond if you aren't interested in renewing the friendship.

Answer 3

I suppose it depends on what the guy did to anger you.  It also depends on how you feel about his apology.  If the offense wasn't too great, and you felt the apology was sincere, then I would suggest you keep the flowers and talk to him to resolve the issue.  It's normally not a good idea to end things like you're ending them...  If you want nothing to do with the poor guy, then tell him that, THEN go on silence mode with him.

Hope this helped.

Answer 4

He's making an effort to apologize to you. You should thank him and keep the flowers.  

Answer 5

clearly he feels bad.  what did he do that was so horrible?  why is it that you're mad at him for sending you things?  as for the flower - you really can't figure out for yourself if you want to keep it or throw it away?  dumbest question today

Answer 6

He is trying to apologize. The least you can do is be gracious and say "Thank you." That doesn't mean you have to resume your friendship.

Did he do something that terrible?

Answer 7

thank him and that's it..

well it depends on you if you want to keep it..

but if i were on your shoes,i'll put the flowers in a vase..

Answer 8

You don't go into detail about WHY he made you mad or how close of a friend he was.  Yeah, not talking to him in 3 weeks may mean he did something bad, or maybe his offense was as simple as him telling you that your dog looked ugly.  (That's a few day silent treatment... not a 3 week silent treatment.  Then I'd make him buy a gift for my dog and apologize to him/her to get back on my good side.)   I don't know you.  I don't know him.

What I would do if I were you is take the flowers home.  If you want to contact him, fine.  If not, that's OK too.  Just take the flowers home anyway, stick them in a vase, and admire them.  No point letting them go to waste.  However, you don't want to let them on your desk at work either where you have to explain to everyone why the flowers are there.