A few days before Valentine’s last year I was walking home from work. As I entered the driveway where I live, I saw a car pull up, but I ignored it because it is usually for the landlords. Side note: I live in someone’s house, but I have my own entrance and apartment in what conceivably could have been a large garage. However the original owners opted for an apartment instead.
A few minutes after I entered my front door there was a knock on the door. The person was there for me after all! And he was carrying a large bouquet of flowers, part of which you can see in the image below. I can honestly say it was my first bouquet of flowers for Valentine’s ever so I was quite overjoyed. And I am sure Marco was patting himself on the back for his cunning planning, since I had no clue.
Ironic Valentine's Day card within flowers
You can see the card above. Now, Marco ordered them online (being that he is normally not even in the country!). He typed in the message he wanted (Niki- ik hou van jou! or I love you), and someone else at the florist actually wrote it out in pen.
…I think it was the Dutch that threw them off, because they definitely attached the wrong card to the bouquet! Look closely at it.
I must admit I started giggling and couldn’t stop for a long, long time. Perhaps they know Marco and they knew what I was in for? It’s definitely a Valentine’s Day gift I won’t forget anytime soon.
Life in the Hague 
The interesting thing is that I ordered a specific bouquet – the Valentine’s Day special or something like that.
It came with a special vase and things like that, and you did get that.
So they were totally not thinking straight when they used the card.
But it’s okay. It’s weird and special so it fits “our story” 🙂
This is truly funny, I still laugh when I think about it. When your old and gray, you can say, “remember when……….”
There are many crazy stories that Marco and I share. Including racing through subway cars to try and get to the front cars (the platform was very small and only a few front cars had access). It was a bit scary jumping between the cars but we survived. ;p
Too funny! I hope you kept the card for your grandchildren to see! Thanks for sharing.
Not sure I kept the card, but probably somewhere in my pile of letters! If not, I still have the photo.