Flowers? 🌹 Champagne? 🍾 A trifle. All this is beautiful only in movies and pictures on Instagram. But in real life, where coffee in the morning is sometimes replaced by warm water ☕, and for dinner there can be pasta with "fantasy sauce" from what's left in the fridge, romance smells like... bread 🥖. Warm, still soft, from the bakery around the corner.
When a man crosses the threshold with a heavy bag 🛍 from the supermarket, it's not just "he stopped by on the way." This means that he spent time, effort, money and attention so that my house would have bread, milk, fruit 🍊, cereals and, perhaps, something small but beloved - a chocolate bar 🍫, a can of coffee or my favorite yogurt.
The bag in his hands is not cellophane. It is a symbol of protection and care 🤲. This is his quiet "I want you to eat deliciously today" and "I know that you don't have the time/energy/opportunity to run around the shops right now." This is the case when a man speaks without words, but louder than any poetry.
In a world where everything is expensive, everything is fast and everything is fleeting, bringing a woman food is an intimate, adult, conscious gesture ❤️. It is a declaration of love in the language of survival. Because when there's a smell of war or crisis, flowers wilt, champagne evaporates, and a jar of olives 🫒 and a kilo of tangerines 🍊 can make the day brighter.
So, dear men, know this: when you bring home a bag from the supermarket, you're not just carrying groceries. You're bringing warmth, confidence, and a little piece of normal life. And yes, it's damn sexy 🔥 to see a strong hand holding a kilo of potatoes, a pack of pasta, and something tasty "for you" instead of a bouquet.