Anu ([info]azooey) wrote,
@ 2006-08-10 12:28:00
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Letters: May thy tribe grow

He could be a literary genius or Javed Akhtar's baap or (for diversity's sake) he might even be a whizkid flooring his bosses with his spotless presentations. But the male stable rarely takes credit for letters in love, letters "of" love being a much more evil form of feminine conspiracy.

Watch those sleek memos and carefully crafted professional mails being manufactured with mechanised consistency. I would even imagine an occasional burst of prurient lust shot out in a rapidly typed mail, riding high on a fast deflating wanking charge on a sleepless Sunday night. But *sugar tits* (to borrow from Mel Gibson's plush vocabulary) is hardly a woman's idea of feeling wanted when she's not exactly finding the y in horny. (I'd be quite flattered, especially if it came from Mr. Gibson's gob, but it would make for little more than wanton girlie gossip)

Here, this piece joyously spells out the need to educate the letter-challenged population. One in five women say they've never received a note from a lover/admirer. Almost half complain they've not received one in a decade!  

*Sulks and moans*. I havent received one since i was the size of Thumbelina :( Not even an email. Decidedly sorry state of affairs this.




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[info]deelight
2006-08-10 11:38 am UTC (link)
So true. Gone are the old days of pure romance.

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[info]azooey
2006-08-10 01:13 pm UTC (link)
oh my heartless and bitchy image doesnt gel well with pure romance, but yeah, I can do with a lot less of insensitivity, to put it mildly :(

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[info]fugney
2006-08-10 01:03 pm UTC (link)
One in five women say they've never received a note from a lover/admirer. Almost half complain they've not received one in a decade!

Bleeding appetite for dramatism.

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[info]azooey
2006-08-10 01:15 pm UTC (link)
huh? alright, play it down. And I'll watch u staring at the sun when ur old and alone at 85, with nothing but superman comics to read.

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[info]fugney
2006-08-10 01:18 pm UTC (link)
What is this, a boycott of those who refuse to write love letters? Who says I'm not getting any action just because I'm not cheesy enough?

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[info]azooey
2006-08-10 05:01 pm UTC (link)
haha i didnt suggest anything of that sort :) ur obviously getting all the mean "action" and few "words", but its possible to write a note without being cheesy at all. It works better than roses ;)

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[info]dianaparadise
2006-08-10 01:23 pm UTC (link)
Funny I should read this post of yours today. Last night I could not sleep so I came to the living room to watch TV and suddenly at about 1.30am the hubby surprises me with the sweetest love note in the world. He has sent me loads of love emails in the past but this was his first hand written note. I wonder if the paternal instincts are kicking in and softening him....

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[info]azooey
2006-08-10 05:07 pm UTC (link)
wow! it makes me wonder though, that if men actually figured out how easy it is to play to their women's weaknesses, they'd worry much less abt their credit card expenses.

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love letters
(Anonymous)
2006-08-11 06:47 am UTC (link)
its is romantic when u receive them and so endearing. i used to get it frm my ex along with mushy sms. letters r right now in some part of the attic which i cant acess as for sms i just get arnd to deleting them :)

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[info]sweta_mogra
2006-08-11 09:49 am UTC (link)
I have been so lucky when it comes to handwritten love notes. I have a bag full of them, right from school days. Its so stupidly sweet to go back to them at times. I have been lucky with them now also. I still get handwritten letters, and I love the feel of them. They are real time, unlike this web.

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[info]azooey
2006-08-11 11:51 am UTC (link)
haan haan, chidak le jitna namak chidakana hai! Some women, i tell you, have got all the charming boys. Pfaw!

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the eternal struggle continues
[info]prenju
2006-08-13 10:29 am UTC (link)
woman tries to get man to commit, man tries to avoid/postpone.

Its almost like gambling with those 5 cards ... the card game u see in the movies ..

"Of the 2,000 women in the UK surveyed, 77% wanted to receive a handwritten love letter rather than a love text or email - indicating that hi-tech methods of communication are not good enough for today's modern women."

Obviously they want something which cannot be forged (digitally) and men prefer digital techniques for 2 reasons - ease of use & minimizing commitment content (digital stuff sort of does that for me I guess). Women have an additional reason for wanting a handwritten note - proof that the man can try out a medium of expression he is not using recently (read "move mountains") just for her ... oooohhh choo chweeeet noo ?

"One in five women say they've never received a note from a lover/admirer. Almost half complain they've not received one in a decade!"

Have you ever posed to consider how a male would feel if you chics wrote them a lovey dovey message? Even an email/sms? The figures for men I am sure are far worse. So enjoy what statistics u have and stop whining ...

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Re: the eternal struggle continues
[info]azooey
2006-08-13 02:13 pm UTC (link)
very good point! something i have thought of myself. men dont like to leave behind any trace :) whereas for a woman, every relationship is the "one", innit? well, most of the time :) minus a few fatalists like yours truly. still, i dont understand how this "proof" could be used against them :-/ unless he's been really BSing with her, they're likely to part ways with mutual agreement.

Have you ever posed to consider how a male would feel if you chics wrote them a lovey dovey message? Even an email/sms? The figures for men I am sure are far worse. So enjoy what statistics u have and stop whining ...

Your luck that you asked the wrong person, mate! I've done everything from paintings to poems to shayari to letters to you-name-it.



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