Not Just Heart Strings Being Pulled

(It’s Valentine’s Day. I come downstairs to see my boyfriend has placed a small box on our table. He often gives me jewellery as gifts, so I assume there’s jewellery in the box.)

Boyfriend: “Happy Valentine’s, baby. Go ahead, open it!”

(I reach out and grab the box. When I lift it, a much larger gift bag comes flying out from around the table. I soon realize it is attached to the smaller box with a string, and picking up the small gift pulled the larger one into view.)

Boyfriend: “Ha! Bait-and-switch!”

(We both erupt into hysterical laughter.)