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j4Damn, I wasn't going to do this, because I didn't expect to get any -- partly because I didn't send any -- but:
Card, signed. Unexpected but much appreciated, thank you very lovely person.
Card, anonymous. Contained a chocolate heart. Also unexpected, and also appreciated, thank you other lovely person... but I'd love to know you are! (I really don't get the anonymity thing.)
One-word SMS. Does that count? I think it does. <smile>
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Date: 2004-02-14 11:03 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-02-14 11:25 am (UTC)(I can understand anonymity if the card is confessing to seriously strong feelings - if nothing else one can simply be scared to come out and say it - but if it says nothing more controversial than "you're really nice, have some chocolate" then I'd like to know who to thank...)
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Date: 2004-02-14 11:27 am (UTC)Obviously my handwriting is not a dead giveaway then.
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Date: 2004-02-14 02:21 pm (UTC)So, thank you again, and you're lovely too. :-) *kiss*
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Date: 2004-02-15 12:45 am (UTC)But in that case, thank you :-)
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Date: 2004-02-14 02:27 pm (UTC)a) they know it's you, and there's no point in being anonymous, or
b) they have absolutely no idea who it is, in which case what have you achieved by telling them your feelings? or
c) they don't suspect you & they think it's somebody else, in which you'll potentially be badly hurt when they bounce at you and tell you how happy they are because they think X sent them this wonderful message of undying love, or
d) they'll suspect more than one person, including you, in which case they'll be confused, and they won't know how to behave around any of the people they suspect, and
e) d00m.
The card was very sweet though. :) Sorry, I didn't mean to sound unappreciative, I've wandered off into hypothetical d00m-laden situations now.
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Date: 2004-02-15 12:49 am (UTC)In other words, the desirable effects of sending an anonymous V-card were its effects on me, and I don't think I even thought it through as far as wondering how she would feel about it. (I was a terribly self-centred teenager at the time, I'll readily admit. And a pillock.)
Some time after I sent it, I did think it through from her point of view, and I think I reached pretty much the same set of conclusions you've listed above, so I don't think I'd ever do it again...
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Date: 2004-02-15 04:30 am (UTC)But then, I've never received a valantines day card, anonymous or otherwise, so I wouldn't really know.
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Date: 2004-02-15 04:32 am (UTC)Signed
Bitter and twisted Valantines Day reject
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Date: 2004-02-15 06:11 am (UTC)The one anonymous Valentine's Day card I remember sending had this result :-) The recipient (a girl at my school) began going out with some random bloke she knew as a consequence!
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Date: 2004-02-15 08:31 am (UTC)a) they know it's you, and there's no point in being anonymous, or
b) they have absolutely no idea who it is, in which case what have you achieved by telling them your feelings? or
c) they don't suspect you & they think it's somebody else, in which you'll potentially be badly hurt when they bounce at you and tell you how happy they are because they think X sent them this wonderful message of undying love, or
d) they'll suspect more than one person, including you, in which case they'll be confused, and they won't know how to behave around any of the people they suspect, and
e) d00m.
The card was very sweet though. :) Sorry, I didn't mean to sound unappreciative, I've wandered off into hypothetical d00m-laden situations now.
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Date: 2004-02-14 02:18 pm (UTC)When I first read this I thought you meant you'd sent it, but then I saw Simon's followup, so does this mean you (and he) both got one as well?
Confused now!