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My Friend Gave Me the Best Valentine’s Day Present
It may be the most thoughtful gift I’ve ever received
My friends and I are hanging out together. The three of us are divorced. We’re worried because another friend has left some items at their marital property.
We all agree on one thing.
It’s a risk to trust an ex with your belongings.
“I wrote about this,” I say. “You guys should read “I Lost Everything I Owned, But this is what made me cry like a baby.”
I sum the article up for my two friends.
A few days later they call me.
“You have to come over to my apartment,” says one of my friends.
“I’ll come later,” I say. “I’m going out.”
“No,” she says. “You have to come now.”
I walk into her apartment.
“Okay,” I say jokingly. “There had better be a man or diamonds in here. What’s the urgency?”
They smile.
And place a gold bag in front of me.
“What is this?” I ask.
“Open it,” they say.
I begin to unravel the mystery. I grab the first item out of the bag. It’s a candy conversation hearts banner. The…
