A man from Grand Rapids, Mich., has sunk to a new low — and he did it with flowers — according to his girlfriend.

In a letter to the world-renowned advice column Dear Abby, "Ann" of Grand Rapids recounted her initial surprise over a Valentine's Day gift from her boyfriend, "Richie." The gift, which consisted of a high-end flower arrangement and a box of chocolates, arrived two days before the holiday and was an unexpected treat for Ann, who had grown accustomed to Richie's cheap ways. Sadly, Ann soon learned the gift was indeed too good to be true.

"I asked him if he really went and got them," she explained, "and if they were really intended for me. When he didn't respond. I probed some more. He finally confessed they were from a funeral his parents had attended."

When Ann begged the experts manning the Dear Abby column for advice on how to react to Richie's duplicity, their response was short and specific: "Wake up and smell the flowers. You have glimpsed what your future will be like if you marry him. When it comes to making your happy, Richie will always be playing the angles, and you will be shortchanged because he is cheap."

Read the full letter by clicking here. 

--Cassandra P. Foster
cfoster@safnow.org

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