To the bigots who scream 'YDI u stupid idiot' etc etc: Who the hell sees roses in the ocean, and the FIRST thing they do is stop and think "Hey, I wonder if there's a funeral around here. Maybe I shouldn't pick those up." NO ONE. Shut the **** up, you wouldn't and you know it, hypocrites. Yeah OP should have looked around, technically, but nobody takes that much thought to something so simple. For all she knew it could have been a wedding. The folks at the funeral should have at least expected something like that if they're going to such a public place. It sucks for them, too.

I love you Frans. LULZ

Haha, was this in Pelican beach Florida? If so I probably know the guy who's ashes you were swimming in. He shared a beach house with us. He died about a bit less then a month ago.

I wouldn't pick up freaking ROSES in a beach. Common sense tells you it must be someone else and better to be left alone. I mean, who the hell see ROSES in beaches and immediately think its perfectly O.K. to pick it up? YDI

call me morbid, but the fact they think you were bein disrespectful is more retarded than a 5 year old with downs. funerals are stupid.

omg.... Really guys? Who's first reaction is "Hmm...there might be a funeral or something going on at this public beach. I better just leave these here." Come on now. Anyone's first thought would be to pick up the rose and wonder why it's there THEN probably look around. Whoever says op deserved is just window licking retarded. It's amazing the people in the boat didn't think anyone would mindlessly pick up the roses. If they wanted their ceremony to be undisturbed they deff should have been farther out, or at least sent out a notice. Jesus people...

Fyl, girl. The people screaming 'ydi' are being self righteous and hypocritical. There is NO WAY any normal person would see roses floating and stop to think there might be a funeral nearby. In fact, I'm sure most people would be curious and go look at them because it's such a strange sighting. Poor planning on the part of the funeral, although I'm not saying they are to be completely blamed, if the beach was important to the deceased. Perhaps have it on a not so busy day or in an area where it isn't too crowded?

I'm not saying that I'd see roses floating and immediately think of a funeral. But I would think they are NOT MINE and that there's a reason why they're there. Roses just don't show up spontaneously so they obviously belong to someone else. And it's not appropriate to grab something that belongs to someone else and tear it up. This would be like if you saw some sort of beach toy with no one right near it and deliberately broke it, then posted "FML" when some little kid started crying because it was theirs.

i found flowers floating in the ocean too! i gave the rose to my boyfriend, kept the big Daisy and planted the rest on the beach. but yeah, its not really your fault, who throws flowers in the sea near a beach?

i dont understand how you could have seen the roses from where you were tanning