Roses - Love blossoming or a blooming nuisance

On my birthday a bunch of 99 roses was delivered to my door by the express man. For Chinese lovers 9 (jiu) sounds the same as "everlasting".

The atmosphere was perfectly romantic when the sender arrived and I stood there grinning like a Cheshire cat as photos were taken.

When I finally came back to reality I realized my arms were aching from holding the heavy bunch of flowers for so long.