How would you feel?

I remember when my aunt had a very rare disorder in the hospital, I went to visit. They were saying there were a couple types of the disorder and she had the most aggressive one, and that she'd most likely pass from it. It was truly devastating. (She did pass two months later)😟
Her daughter and my uncle were there too, and I brought in a nice large bouquet of flowers. As we all were leaving after visiting my aunt, my cousin and uncle said, "We aren't taking the flowers home. We have a lot. You can just leave them at the nurse station." And they both left. 🙁
At the time that stung Bec I spent a while picking them out..and I still think back to that day . would you have felt sad or dismissed? I know if someone got my mom flowers I'd never say "I can't take them just leave them here. " There was plenty of room at their house when we went back. It's not that important now of course, but how would you have felt/reacted?
( These two family members have been very rude to me multiple times before, and I don't stay in touch now, for some context)