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Teen Gives Flowers To All Female Classmates So They 'Feel Loved And Special'

Updated September 8, 2021

If you ever happened to be single when Valentine's Day rolled around in high school, then I'm sure you know just how miserable that day can be.

It's already pretty crummy to have to watch as your loved-up classmates personally receive flowers and gifts from sweethearts or secret admirers.

But there's just something so supremely disheartening about having to also sit quietly at your desk while student council members dance around your homeroom, gleefully handing out Valentine's Day candy grams when you already know there isn't one coming your way.

Indeed, the arbitrary day of love can be downright terrible if you're excluded from all the fanfare.

One Texas teen recognized just how truly unhappy Valentine's Day can make some girls feel. That's why he took it upon himself to make sure every single one of his female classmates had a Valentine last year, whether they had someone special in their lives or not.

Jayme Wooley, a 15-year-old sophomore at Axtell High School, bought 170 flowers for that very reason.

Facebook | Axtell ISD

On Valentine's Day in 2020, he showed up at school with his impressive bouquet, and handed the flowers out to every female student from sixth to 12th grade.

Kennedi Sherrill, one of the recipients of Wooley's Valentine's Day flowers, told CNN, "He handed me a flower and I thought it was really special because not everyone gets a flower on Valentine's Day."

In fact, that was exactly the reason why Wooley felt compelled to make sure every girl at his school was shown a little bit of love that Valentine's Day.

Facebook | Axtell ISD

The year before, he had witnessed some of his female classmates go without receiving anything on the day of love. And that had stuck with him.

"Over the past couple of years that I've been at Axtell, not all of the girls were able to get flowers and stuff," the teen told CNN. "Sometimes, it'd just be a secret admirer or popular girls. It felt heartbreaking knowing that not every girl was feeling special."

After spending his Valentine's Day handing out flowers, Wooley has decided to continue on the tradition, and hopes other students will consider doing the same.

His heartwarming gesture was highlighted in a Facebook post from his school, in which Axtell High thanked Wooley for "[making] every girl feel loved and special on Valentine's Day" and "making Axtell a great place to be."

"I'll probably never forget that moment of just seeing their faces brighten up," Wooley told CNN. "I don't want anybody to feel less important than anyone else."

h/t: CNN

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Teen Gives Flowers To All Female Classmates So They 'Feel Loved And Special'

Indeed, the arbitrary *day of love* can be downright terrible if you're excluded from all the fanfare.

Jayme Wooley, a 15-year-old sophomore at Axtell High School, bought 170 flowers for that very reason.

In fact, that was exactly the reason why Wooley felt compelled to make sure every girl at his school was shown a little bit of love that Valentine's Day.

After spending his Valentine's Day handing out flowers, Wooley has decided to continue on the tradition, and hopes other students will consider doing the same.

Indeed, the arbitrary day of love can be downright terrible if you're excluded from all the fanfare.