Now they tell me
“Write Thrilling Love Letters,” promises this 1952 book (just 98 cents!):
No longer need your letters be dry, awkward or uninteresting. HOW TO WRITE LOVE LETTERS is a complete book that shows you how everyday things can sound thrilling. It helps you to express your personality in every letter you write.
Funny. I thought the “personality” was what was scaring them off.
fillyjonk »
5 November 2009 · 7:18 am
Do people even WRITE love letters any more? Or has that all been superseded by the “booty call”?
(I start to feel sad about not being part of the “dating game,” and then something comes up that reminds me of why I chose to largely sit it out.)
CGHill »
5 November 2009 · 7:58 am
You can’t stuff a booty call into a bottle and cast it upon the waters.
fillyjonk »
5 November 2009 · 8:23 am
But is it a love letter when it’s written and sent in such a way that the intended target is unlikely to get it? That seems more to be a “my hopes are unfulfilled but I am writing them down anyway” letter.
CGHill »
5 November 2009 · 9:01 am
Actually, it fits into the unfortunate mathematics quite neatly: the possibility that the message in the bottle will reach the intended is almost exactly equal to the possibility, as perceived by the sender, that those feelings will ever be returned. It’s a small number, but hardly an irrational one.