The Girl Who Ran Away From Her Valentine

On Valentine day he wanted to show her his passion . She waited for him at the bus stop with a box of roses on her hands . As soon as he arrived she kissed him.on the cheek and gave him the flowers but to her surprise Getrude saw nothing in his hands . Mike said , " I have a surprise for you . Let's go to the river . You will love it ." When Mike and Getrude arrived at the river he pointed at the river sand, " I want us to play with sand , we can build tunnels and pretend we live there ." Getrude was more annoyed with this thinking . She looked away , " This is our first big date and you ask me to play with sand , are you crazy ? " Mike held her hand , " That's only way how I can express my love to you ." Getrude ran home and never bothered to see Mike again . She told her friend she accidentally dated the most boring man on earth , " imagine he wanted us to play with sand like kids ." Her friends echoed and made fun of Mike . Some said , " a day like Valentine that's when a real man must hold you , embrace you and show his love ." Days passed , weeks passed , years passed Mike was out of Getrude's life . Getrude got married to the most handsome guy . One day Getrude and her husband went to town . Getrude husband's said , ' Stay here I will meet my boss in his office ." Suddenly Mike appeared from nowhere. Getrude told Mike how she moved on , got married to a successful husband and he is very rich with a lucrative job as an engineer. Mike said , " congratulations , this is amazing ." As they were talking Getrude's husband appeared . He seemed to know Mike . They shook hands and Mike left to give them space . Getrude asked , " My dear husband how did you know Mike ? " Getrude's husband replied , " That is my boss I was talking about . He owns a construction multimillion company and deals with gold found on sand . He told me many years ago he met a girl of his heart , he wanted to introduce her to the life of gold found in river sands and how he became rich but he was heart broken the girl didn't want anything to do with sands . She ran away from him because she expected roses ." Getrude almost told her husband it was her who ran away from Mike . She regretted she was chasing roses instead of real love from Mike , playing with sands on Valentine . Lesson ; Take love as it comes. It does not come in sugar coated roses but it is natural .