Man Takes Out $17K Ad to Win Back Wife

Watch out, Ward. One guy has found that flowers and chocolates are not enough to make it up to his wife. But maybe a full-page newspaper ad will do it.

When five dozen roses didn't work, an estranged husband took out a full-page newspaper ad to ask his wife for forgiveness... "Please believe the words in my letter, they are true and from my heart," read the ad in Tuesday's edition of The Florida Times-Union. "I can only hope you will give me the chance to prove my unending love for you. Life without you is empty and meaningless." Larry, who declined to give his last name, sent the $17,000 apology to Marianne, his wife of 17 years. She left him almost two weeks ago, he said.

Wow. For those who doubt marriage is hard work and expensive, take this to heart. And remember, it is usually cheaper to cherish your wife every day than to try and convince her of the fact after years of neglect.



Or so it seems to this simple single man.