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“Now it’s time for us to take questions, which are done anonymously. I will help you resolve your problems in order.” Giselle’s voice was cool and aloof, and very recognizable. A slender, fair hand appeared on screen.
The virtual gift the caller gave her was a carousel worth 188. There was the sound of the special effects associated with the gift,
and the first speaker came on. It was a young lady.
She sounded like she had been crying, and there was a tearful note in her voice as she said, “Can you help me out, Madam? I don’t
want to break up with my boyfriend. I can do anything for him.”
By the end of her sentence, she sounded as if she was about to break down. She was clearly madly in love with him.
Giselle asked her to calm down and speak slowly.
After taking a couple of minutes to calm down, the young lady said, “My boyfriend and I have been together for four years, and
we met each other’s parents last year.
“We agreed on a wedding gift of 288 thousand, and his parents agreed at the time, but now he says he can’t afford that amount. My parents insist that I break up with him, and they’ll disown me if I don’t.”
Giselle took notes as the young woman spoke. Her handwriting on the piece of paper was neat and pleasing to the eye.
The young lady wanted Giselle to give her a solution so that she could marry her boyfriend while also getting her parents to give
- in.
All the comments were scolding the young lady for being a hopeless romantic.
Giselle asked, “Has he ever saved your life?”
“No, but he’s a really good person. Even if he has no money, he’ll buy me a bunch of fresh flowers every day that cost 9.99
dollars.”
The comments came flooding in.
“Flowers that cost 9.99 dollars? Haven’t your parents ever bought you flowers?”
“Don’t be so silly, young lady! How can you be so devoted with just 9.99 dollars? If you were my daughter, I’d disown you at
once!”
“Is it that cheap to be in a relationship nowadays? I spent thousands on my ex, and she still ran off with someone in the end.”
Giselle stopped writing. “Do you know why he buys you flowers every day that cost 9.99 dollars?”
The young woman was confused. “Because I like them…”
“No, you’re wrong.” Giselle corrected her. “If a bunch of flowers are fresh enough, you wouldn’t need to get them every day. He’s never gotten you any other kind of present, has he?”
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She continued, “Let me guess. Does he often say that he needs to save up money to marry you? Does he spend your money while being frugal with his own?”
Giselle could already analyze the situation based on what the young lady had said.
The young lady was still trying to defend her boyfriend. “I get tens of thousands in pocket money every month. It’s perfectly
normal for me to spend some on him, isn’t it?
“My boyfriend says that when he has money in the future, he’s going to buy me handbags, a house, and a car. He’s going to make
me the happiest woman in the world…” Her face couldn’t be seen, but it was easy to imagine her contented expression based on
her voice.
Giselle said, “Your boyfriend is really good at drawing castles in the air.”
She had thought that she was bad enough as a hopeless romantic, but this caller was even worse.
If the young lady had tens of thousands in pocket money every month, she must be from a wealthy family. How had they raised such a naive daughter?
The commenters in the live stream were being very rational. They kept persuading the young lady to listen to her parents.
However, they didn’t get any thanks for their trouble because the young lady lost her temper. “I don’t care! I won’t break up
my boyfriend! Madam, tell me whether or not you can help me!”
Giselle lived by her own professional code of ethics. Her job was to help to restore relationships and to protect marriages. However, they had to be worth it.
It was clear that the young woman on the line didn’t meet the conditions.
Giselle crossed out all the main words she had written.
