On the front page of the paper this morning….this happy happy joy joy Valentine’s story. Geezzzzz…..

Valentine’s Day: a sweet time for florists, chocolate makers, card sellers, restaurateurs — and private investigators.

On a day when romance is on the minds of many, some are filled with suspicion: Are their love interests of interest to anyone else?

Exposing trysts is good business for private investigators, especially around Valentine’s Day, when, marital experts say, infidelity and extramarital affairs reach a crescendo.

Some of South Florida’s 2,686 licensed sleuths may be spending the holiday hunched in their cars, blending in at restaurants, hurrying through hotel lobbies, legally bugging living rooms and ducking on the beaches to record their targets in the act of cheating.

“We’ve got everyone working,” said Brad Robinson, a former CIA agent whose Millennium Group in West Palm Beach employs six investigators.

Cheating is the side of Valentine’s Day that no one likes to talk about, even though millions of Americans are the victims of infidelity each year, said Ruth Houston, founder of infidelityadvice.com and author of Is He Cheating on You? 829 Telltale Signs.

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