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weddings-from-hell-by-kathryn-smithKathryn Smith – cupid, author, and frequent (and very appreciated) contributor to TGTBTU – shares a Valentine story with us. 

Don’t forget to catch her anthology, Weddings From Hell, releasing 27 May 08.

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Okay — I have a Valentine’s story–

The first Valentine’s my husband (then boyfriend) and I shared came about when we were both in our mid-twenties and poor. We didn’t go out to dinner or anything fancy, but we did exchange cards and small gifts. I still have the card Steve gave me. It was pink and white and said, “The only thing better than Chocolate on Valentine’s Day is…” And when you opened it up it said, “Sharing it with THIS guy!”

flirt.jpgOriginally inside the card there had been a black and white photo of a very buff, shirtless guy wearing nothing but low-slung jeans. However, there was a not-so subtle difference in the card my sweetie gave me. Steve had put a picture of his own face over top of the model’s. What’s worse — in a good way — was that Steve’s pic was color, a few years out of date (I believe he had a slight mullet) and totally goofy. I laughed so hard I thought my bladder was going to explode.

Is it any wonder I kept him? And to this day he can still make me laugh like nobody else.

Kathryn Smith

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What about you, readers?  Have any stories of gifts, gifting, and re-gifting that make you laugh to this day?TGTBTU Devil Heart