A Welshman got his girlfriend 12 bags of flour because romance is not dead

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Sam Haysom
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LONDON – You've never seen a romantic gesture quite like this before.

Paige-Ellen Williams was so baffled when a Tesco delivery drive knocked on her front door with 12 bags of flour that she initially told him he must have got the wrong address – but when he came back and said he'd spoken to her boyfriend Richard Selway and the flours were definitely for her, things slowly became clear.

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“I was teasing him a few weeks ago telling him I deserved to have flowers delivered to the house after a pretty challenging day," Williams told Wales Online. I completely forgot I’d said anything to him about it.

“It wasn’t until the delivery driver left that I realised every single carrier bag was full of flour and the penny finally dropped.”

Meanwhile, Tesco responded with praise for the romantic gesture.

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And Williams shared the message exchange she'd had with her boyfriend after the delivery.

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“He’s usually very romantic and thoughtful and he’s a great daddy to our daughter Hazel," continued Williams. "But he has a wicked sense of humour. He’s very lucky I find him so funny!"

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