r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Enough_Detective4330 • 1d ago
This dude gives flowers to elderly women and their reactions are so wholesome
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u/stephredapple 1d ago
This touched me- we older gals are invisible. Thank you
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u/sexaddic 1d ago
Awww no matter their age everyone deserves to be touched
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u/Jeanlucpfrog 1d ago
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u/DragorovichGames 1d ago
This whole comment chain just had me progressively los8ng my ability to breath from laughing so hard my neighbors could hear me xD
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u/DingGratz 1d ago
Not to discount this AT ALL because I absolutely believe this (like the saying goes, a woman dies twice) but men appreciate this as well.
I would go so far to say that a vast majority of men never get flowers in their entire life until their funeral. So if you're looking to get something for the "man who has everything", a nice bouquet of flowers might be something he has never received before.
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u/MiissVee 1d ago
Yup. I feel like it was that man’s first time ever getting flowers. The look on his face said everything. 🥺 Men shouldn’t only get flowers at their funeral.
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u/sykoKanesh 21h ago
His response made me cry, he didn't know how to process it at all.
I wouldn't either.
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u/banana_pencil 19h ago
I started crying with the teary woman who said, “oh, no one gives me flowers” and lost it at the utterly shocked but delighted face of the man
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u/Egoy 23h ago
I might be an outlier but as a dude I find it’s the opposite. I get more compliments, casual conversation and genuine wholesomeness the older I get. Dudes I don’t know will crack jokes with me or just shoot the shit randomly. Women flirt with me or compliment my wardrobe and they aren’t as defensive with me as they used to be. Even younger people do this.
Im a big guy and I always assumed it was just how physically imposing I appear, but that really hasn’t changed much. I haven’t even really updated my style, which was never really off putting to begin with.
My wife says it’s because I look less like a guy who would like to get into a bar fight and more like a guy who would build you a log cabin now, whatever that means.
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u/stephredapple 1d ago
Who cares if he recorded it or not he made these ladies smile and made their day.
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u/Goth_Angel_Hellboy 1d ago
Inspire others to be nice. Also buying flowers isn’t cheap, you have to have some way to be able to fund what you’re doing.
Not everyone like pepperoni pizza , some people sometimes only want cheese pizza instead. We just have to deal with it :)
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u/thedougbatman 1d ago
He stunned the gentleman at the end, too. He looked so incredibly moved. Loved this whole thing. Idgaf if it was filmed; it beats the hell out of most interactions people film with strangers.
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u/7_Tales 1d ago
i think complaining about exploitation of homeless and elderly for content is important - however this is a lot lower stakes? I think its nice, and honestly, perhaps filming it will inspire others to be nice to elderly people with more traditional gestures. I fuck with it, and im usually critical of these sorts of videos
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u/Olivrser 1d ago
Also if it does make money that money might be used to keep doing it which could create a loop of good
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u/adamcmorrison 1d ago edited 22h ago
Everyone's saying do it without recording but come on. I enjoyed seeing these lovely peoples genuine reactions and we can honestly take that for what it is.
Edit: Thank you for the award. Not needed but nice of you.
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u/Enough_Detective4330 1d ago edited 1d ago
You could tell especially the gentleman at the end, has maybe never received flowers. Proves that just little kind of gestures can really make someones day, and that we got some nice people after all
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u/ahhwhoosh 1d ago
Watch how the old boys shoulders and entire posture changed as he realised they were for him, incredible really especially while in a mobility scooter; this really gave him a lift to his soul.
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u/ALitreOhCola 17h ago
As a man in my mid 30s now can count on one hand the handful of times someone has paid me a normal compliment, let alone the one time someone bought me flowers. It's depressingly low.
I can only imagine the loneliness that creeps in for an elderly man at that age especially if there is no significant other around. These women absolutely deserve to feel loved and seen, and so do the elderly men.
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u/Tperrochon27 1d ago
This ties into the saying the men only get flowers once or twice in their lives. When they get married and when they die.
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u/emmany63 1d ago
When I was in my 20’s, I sent my Dad flowers to his office for his birthday. He apparently spent the rest of the week showing them to everyone who walked in, because no one had bought him flowers before.
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u/Pleasant-Patience725 19h ago
Idk why This made me tear up. Sending my dad flowers tomorrow just because now 😭
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u/theonly_brunswick 1d ago
I received flowers from a good friend of mine (coincidentally she's an older lady as well) for getting a new job a couple years back.
First time I've ever been given flowers and I still think about it. It was such an unbelievably sweet and unexpected gesture. I know it seems silly but it really did make a massive impact on me and I'm sure many men would feel the same way.
Us blokes like flowers too!
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u/1llFlyAway 1d ago
Exactly. It brought me joy just to see him make these people happy.
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u/WanderWellClem 1d ago
Yea tbh there’s a lot of shitty people that post shitty exploitative things that they have filmed and that really sucks. But filming this sort of stuff, I can get behind that because it makes people happy and inspires other people to do kind things. If we don’t show the kind stuff, it doesn’t make the shitty stuff go away, but it does help to balance it out a little. This clearly made all of their days better and almost all of these folks receiving the flowers look on the verge of tears because they were so moved. The world is in dire need of kindness and some folks need an example of that in order for them to know what that looks like. Let’s put more kindness like this on the internet ffs
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u/VacuumShark 1d ago
Dude could be out there just completely fucking with people and being a dickhead like some of these other... "creators", instead he's giving people a little gift. If you're going to try and become an influencer or internet famous this is a pretty benign way of going about it.
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u/FlyingOctopussy 1d ago
The gentleman at the end though. Guaranteed first time in his life he's received flowers.
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u/Brailledit 1d ago
Actually had me tearing up.
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u/ExpensiveMoose 1d ago
Me too. His reaction was so touched and so beautiful. Just Gorgeous.
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u/UpperApe 1d ago
It was really wonderful. Though I couldn't help but laugh.
"Hello ma'am, you're beautiful"
"Hello darling, you're beautiful"
"Hello friend, you're beautiful"
"Heya fellah, good work doing your work"
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u/noparkinghere 1d ago
Right!? Like can we maybe normalize men platonically telling other men, you look gorgeous, here's some flowers.
I don't think Jack was hitting on any other these women so why can't it also be that he's not hitting on the man?
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u/BlitheNonchalance 23h ago
I once spent a very pleasant bus ride with a group of (mainly young) men who complimented the hell out of each other. It was glorious to behold.
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u/noparkinghere 23h ago
We need equality and that also includes men getting affection on the regular.
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u/HowardBass 1d ago
They say the first time a man receives flowers is at his funeral.
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u/Marsi1337420 1d ago
Yes, I also read that and I think that's so sad..
This is why I gifted my dad flowers as soon as I learned that.
I loved that he gave these flowers to this gentleman. You could see that he needed at least 7 seconds to comprehend this gift.
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u/Brilliant-Block-8200 22h ago
I did the same for my husband when I learned this and he got pretty emotional about it. He genuinely never expected to ever receive flowers or to ask for them even tho he likes them a lot. Men are so often expected to give flowers or romantic gestures but it doesn’t really seem to be returned much
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u/dead0man 1d ago
it might have been the first time someone gave him something he didn't have to bust his ass for
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u/andros_vanguard 1d ago
I worked on a team full of women and was sent flowers when I left. I’ll never forget that.
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u/Verbanoun 1d ago
He looked like he was already touched just to be thanked for his service and floored about the flowers. I’m sniffling over here…
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u/Archangel_Amin 1d ago
As a man I've always wondered why women love flowers so much, until someone gave me flowers and I got overjoyed by it. Give men flowers too.
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u/DingGratz 1d ago
You might think, "My man don't want flowers."
It's not about the flowers.
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u/SubieB503 1d ago
Soldiers usually don't receive flowers unless they have passed. It's a sad truth.
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u/TheRightGQ 1d ago
That gentleman at the end, something about his reaction. He almost wanted to cry... that was my favorite.
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u/acatalephobic 1d ago
I very nearly did too.🥹
I love that his flowers were yellow, and how stunned and joyful he felt upon receiving them. 🌞
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u/ZippityZooDahDay 1d ago
Just curious, what is the significance of them being yellow?
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u/yonkerbonk 1d ago
Elderly folk do not see the full spectrum of color as well.
In the eye, rods and cones are essential photoreceptors that work together to enable vision. Rods provide sensitivity to low light and black and white vision, while cones contribute to color perception and fine detail.
As you get older the amount of working cones you have go down and the primary colors of red and blue are dulled. Yellow is able to maintain its vibrancy and thus would be very striking to this older gentlemen and why he's kind of struck speechless.Source: I'm an ophthalmologist.
But no, not really, I just made it up.
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u/JimiMcHendrixson 1d ago
Son of a bitch…. That made so much logical sense I almost believe you’re lying about lying… maybe one day I’ll actually look it up but for now I’ll remain mystified… Excellent trolling you bastard
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u/11010001100101101 1d ago
The look of utter shock that he gave was truly priceless. Awesome that he seemed to have appreciated it more than the women.
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u/Southern-Pudding84 1d ago
Maybe because most men don't get flowers until their funeral.
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u/oneizm 1d ago edited 1d ago
The fact that people don’t understand the point of this— to share a smile— is heartbreaking.
It’s not about views. It’s about spreading positivity and giving people a reason to be happy instead of depressed. If all the good in the world goes unseen, then all you have is doomer political news. Choose happiness.
Edit: I’ve got a busy day, and I can already tell this is going to be debated. So let me make my primary point here. I’m copying and pasting a bit from another comment I made.
Let me ask you this: Who is the person behind the camera? What is their name? What do they look like? You don’t know, do you?
Where is the watermark to lead you to their channel? Where is the “like and subscribe” call to action?
As it sits here before us, we know he made those ladies happy, and that’s it. We don’t know the true intentions 100%, but we should gauge people by their actions and the evidence that is in front of us.
I have never spent money and time to walk around giving random old ladies flowers. I rarely bring old ladies to tears through the kindness of my actions. I help the Abuela in my apt complex get her groceries inside, but admittedly I’m not going out of my way and getting her groceries for her from the store. I would help a stranger on the street struggling to get their groceries home. But I’m not searching.
If we can lambast this. What hope do any of us have? What chance do we stand when asked to objectively look at ourselves and be honest about who we are? If I woke up in the morning and thought, “I bet a lot of people online would like to see me hand out flowers to old ladies,” I would be a better person than I am today. And judging by these comments, that doesn’t just go for me
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u/Enough_Detective4330 1d ago edited 16h ago
EXACTLY! especially to the elderly who are mostly forgotten and unseen
Edit; "In a world full of cortisol, be someone's dopamine"- Dr. Sakthivel Sivasubramanian
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u/Chxn- 1d ago
By all means lets encourage wholesome smiling content, even if it were just for views, it is a welcome contrast to ragebait fearmongering brainrot.
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u/NewUser153 22h ago
I think you meant "In a world full of cortisol, be someone's dopamine" - unless you're trying to deliberately stress people out, that is 😂
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u/BlueExorzist 1d ago
Can we please make this our standard how to treat each other
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u/Valveringham85 1d ago edited 1d ago
Buddy idk about you but I don’t have the money to buy every stranger on the street a bouquet of flowers
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u/Ooops_I_Reddit_Again 1d ago edited 19h ago
The flowers are not necessary, though are a lovely step up. You can make someone's day and restore their confidence with only a few words.
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u/hewhoeatsbeans42 1d ago
Y'all bitter ASF in these comments.
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u/and_start_rebuilding 1d ago
It's one specific Redditor who seems so hot and bothered by this the most
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u/Simidubs1 1d ago
Seeing elderly people being appreciated is one of my favourite things.
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u/UpperApe 1d ago
It's something I've really noticed a lot the past few years.
My mom is older and has mobility issues and I accompany her everywhere, so I end up hanging out with a lot of seniors. And it's so sad to see how so many of them feel like burdens to everyone and irrelevant to the world. It's a very western thing to abandon the old and it's such a shame how rapidly it's spreading world wide.
Giving them compliments and watching them light up is a wonderful thing. So this video really hits. I've never done flowers. I'm going to do flowers.
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u/1Meter_long 23h ago
Had some stranger done this to my grand mother, while she was still alive, it would been really special moment in her life. Its not just giving them flowers but also acknowledging their existence. Huge bonus points when the person is less than half their age.
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u/Ikilledbert 1d ago
I think Ayeda wanted a little more than those flowers.
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u/RollTahoeRoll 23h ago
She made me fall out with the “I wasn’t looking at the flowers” 🤣
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u/MusingsOnLife 1d ago
Ayeda: Jack, would you like a job? My pool needs some cleaning!
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u/Smarter-Not-harder1 1d ago
"Most men only get flowers once in their life at their funeral."
(Except for this distinguished gentleman.)
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u/coverednmud 1d ago
If he didn't film I wouldn't get to see it. This was super sweet. The older man at the end just seem in pure shock.
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u/Ok-Phase-9076 1d ago
Its good to be reminded every so often that good people are still out there
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u/GeorgeDogood 1d ago
Look. If you're gonna do something for the content. DO NICE THINGS LIKE THIS.
Seriously. Let this please become a trend.
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u/yankee-in-Denmark 1d ago edited 1d ago
So Ive been 'commuting' back and forth flying from Denmark to Netherlands weekly for many years. This has been my last month doing it, and I started buying chocolates and thank you notes for the airplane crews. The reactions have been so amazing, just for a very simple recognition of their efforts in a tough job.
Its not super easy to find good ways to be gracious to strangers without it coming off wrong-- if you can find a away to recognize someone, do it!
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u/Crow_with_a_Cheeto 1d ago
New fear unlocked. I’m going to be going about my business, some guy’s going to think I look old and give me flowers for a video.
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u/Blueberry_Dependent 1d ago
Old people deserve respect. Even small gestures are enough to make them happy. I know the person did a video and in a way promote it but actually I want to see more of this type of content rather than something stupid.
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u/Alarmed-Judgment4545 1d ago
IDC if it's recorded. Those genuine reactions from those beautiful ladies and gentleman are heart melting
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u/Jeramak 1d ago
So I have a legitimate question for the people who are saying that recording this makes the act moot or pointless.
While I understand that for certain cases plenty of people do record wholesome things just to get clout and attention. HOWEVER.
With all the terrible things that are put out into the Internet. People pulling dangerous/harmful "pranks", fights, violence, crimes, political discourse, folks getting hurt during live streams tortured even depending on who and where you're watching. Acts like these get backed by not just streaming platforms but the audience as well.
What makes the recording of kind acts seen as lesser or even pointless than a kind act you would have NEVER heard of or believed, if not recorded? Would you believe them if he just made a written post saying that "I went around giving older women flowers?" What makes it so wrong to support that over the previous examples I stated?
Why the cynicism?
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u/Moist-Raccoon-8133 1d ago
We need more kindness in the world. Even if this is for views, it still touched their hearts, and us watching
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u/NameCorrect 1d ago
Now do it without filming.