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Published 11:48 03 Mar 2020 GMT
A woman has gone viral after watering a plant for two years - only to discover that it was fake.
In a post to Facebook, Caelie Wilkes describes the pride she felt in owning and maintaining her "beautiful" plant. She had always strived to take good care of it and thought that she had succeeded in that. It turns out, however, that it had all been for nothing.
"I’ve had this beautiful succulent for about 2 years now," Caelie's post began. "I was so proud of this plant. It was full, beautiful coloring, just an over all perfect plant. I had it up in my kitchen window."
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She then goes on to explain that she had come up with her own "watering plan" for the plant, even getting "defensive" if someone had the audacity to water the plant she had gone to such great lengths to take care of.
From one plant to another. Check out this "Friendship" tree that French president Emmanuel Macron and President Donald Trump planted in 2018:
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Caelie continues:
"Today I decided it was time to transplant, I found the cutest vase, that suited it perfectly. I go to pull it from the original plastic container it was purchased with to learn this plant was FAKE. I put so much love into this plant! I washed it’s leaves. Tried my hardest to keep it looking it’s best, and it’s completely plastic! How did I not know this. I pull it from the container it’s sitting on Styrofoam with sand glued to the top! I feel like these last two years have been a lie."
The post, which has so far racked up 8.3k reactions and 5.3k shares as of this writing was flooded with supportive comments.
One person wrote: "Let me tell you, you're not the first person who loved a fake plant like that."
Another added: "Still be proud of yourself for taking the time to take care of something! You kept a schedule for 2 years to do your best to keep it alive whether it’s fake or not! Sometimes you just need a fake plant to show you what you’re truly capable of!"
A third said: "It’s like when you’re in college or high school, and they give you that fake baby to carry around for months to teach you what it’s like to be a mom."
