Today, March 8th is International Women's Day. A holiday widely celebrated around Poland and all of Europe. It is customary to give flowers to your girlfriend, wife, even female co-workers on this day. Tom was super cute and surprised me with tulips in the middle of the day. Don't worry, he also got flowers for all of the women in his office too.
Here is some additional background on Women's Day from Wikipedia:
International Women's Day (IWD), originally called International Working Women’s Day is marked on March 8 every year. It is a major day of global celebration of women. In different regions the focus of the celebrations ranges from general celebration of respect, appreciation and love towards women to a celebration for women's economic, political and social achievements. Started as a Socialist political event, the holiday blended in the culture of many countries, primarily Eastern Europe, Russia and the former Soviet bloc. In many regions, the day lost its political flavour, and became an occasion for men to express their love for women in a way somewhat similar to a mixture of Mother's Day and St. Valentine's Day. In other regions, however, the original political and human rights theme designated by the United Nations runs strong, and political and social awareness of the struggles of women worldwide are brought out and examined in a hopeful manner.
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