Was this from someone here or IRL?  Fuck em. You have way more going on in your life than I do, and you shouldn't concern yourself about what fat people say.  As a side note, my fiance gave me a little poinsettia for Christmas too and it's still kicking! I don't know much about plants, but I keep it next to my snake tank, close to the heating pad. I wonder if that helps? I also talk to it sometimes lol. Call me crazy but they say plants like it...