I wear a poppy all year round - I have the small metal ones (buttons, I think they call them). I do it in remembrance of those called to make sacrifices that I've never been called to make, and in grateful thanks that their sacrifices have given me the freedom to do things that I might not otherwise have had.

If others choose not to wear a poppy, that's fine - it's one of the freedoms I mentioned above. But they'd better not get shitty with me because I do choose to wear one.