Wild monkey love or tender Sarah McLachlan love?

Xander ,'Him'


Natter 40: The Nice One  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


aurelia - Nov 17, 2005 9:08:47 am PST #4908 of 10006
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

Did we notice this [link] from the People site?

I still have letters from a guy that I lived with for a couple of years. Those letters (written while I was working out of state for the summer) were entirely welcome. We also had a habit of randomly leaving little notes for each other, but I don't think I kept any of those.

A couple of other guys wrote me letters that were flattering, but because I wasn't really into them just seemed kind of odd. The most random (this was when I was 26-27) was from a guy I hadn't seen since I was 16.


§ ita § - Nov 17, 2005 9:09:17 am PST #4909 of 10006
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

ita mocks my pain

Dude, I have more creepy guy stories I can share. You think I don't know from pain and guys going to twisty lengths to get in your face?


Cashmere - Nov 17, 2005 9:11:06 am PST #4910 of 10006
Now tagless for your comfort.

I never had any love letters. I did get a gut-punching "you're such a good friend" letter from my high school crush, though.

He's a surgeon now.


erikaj - Nov 17, 2005 9:12:00 am PST #4911 of 10006
Always Anti-fascist!

After we stopped going out, I recycled my love letters from Favorite Ex...if I had known we weren't going to stay in touch, I might have kept the ones without the clip art. I do have several...love e-mails?


Allyson - Nov 17, 2005 9:18:02 am PST #4912 of 10006
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

I've written love letters, and now I wonder if they were creepy.


§ ita § - Nov 17, 2005 9:20:33 am PST #4913 of 10006
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I've written love letters, and now I wonder if they were creepy.

Write me one, and I'll tell you.

Me, unsurprisingly? I've never even thought of writing one.


Allyson - Nov 17, 2005 9:21:31 am PST #4914 of 10006
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

Write me one, and I'll tell you.

I think I did, it's called Safe Harbor from Ann Arbor.


§ ita § - Nov 17, 2005 9:23:17 am PST #4915 of 10006
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Not creepy at all!


DavidS - Nov 17, 2005 9:42:26 am PST #4916 of 10006
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Man, I've never gotten even a creepy or sucky love letter.

Yeah, but you have gotten a valentine.

What counts as a love letter? A first time declartion of love, or just regular schmoopy letters between separated lovers? I've got plenty of the latter.


Allyson - Nov 17, 2005 9:45:49 am PST #4917 of 10006
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

I don't think they're necessarily declarations of romantic love, like the essay I wrote about ita, or Tim, they can just be about how much you love someone. I'm not sure if either essay is schmoopy, but they're both about how much I love them, and how I came to love them.

I have written the romantic love letter, though. I think romantic love letters are less complex, for me, anyway.