Random conversation.(I was talking about the lost art of love letters, a lost art i believe that I am trying to bring back, and revolutionize with various degrees of sucess, as you will see)
ME: Can love letters have footnotes?
FRIEND: Lol, a footnote? Wow
ME: ...I put one in there
Nothing wrong with that is there? I didn't think so anyway. Anyway if you are writing a love letter yourself, here are some hints: Pray, really loud that the recepient is exepting to the genre.
1. Use intro (i.e DEAR, Dearest, Querida, One that I adore)etc
a. Under no circumstances use the word "hi" or "hey" or any of their variables.
2. Write idealistically.
b. Refrain from common language. So instead of "Why haven't you written back" write as Griban might put it: "I have thought of many matters during the mute months that have passed without my receiving either an answer or a letter."
3. Do not get sexual. Instead of "I can't wait to &%$@" write "I can't wait to hold you in my arms" or things of that nature.
4. Be honest, it is ok to exaggerate a bit. Not too honest. Keep the "waited by your house for 5 hours to get a look at you" comments to your self, you psycho!
5. Metaphors and similes and any type of figurative language is great. "My longing for you is like an unrelenting tide" or "You are day, noon and night."
a. Make sure you don't go overboard. It all depends on the recipient. Few if its a new love, many if its a long term love.
b. Remember the purpose is to woo, not to scare. So if you are just crushing and you want a date don't go "you are my everything" or "my fire for you burns deep like the sun" etc.
6. Be optimistic.
a. Odds are that women might be weirded out. Since Love letters are things of the past and chivalry is dead with the acceleration of the feminist movement.
b. Girls might not know what to do about a it, and guys would probably get scared unless the giver was cute.
7. Quote someone else.
a. Don't cite them, just put it in quotes.
8. Don't be afraid to put your own touch to it. Write your own lines if possible, but remember that you can't go wrong with Neruda, Browning, Cummings, etc.
9. Put your name on it!
a. Very important. I forgot this important detail myself at one time.
b. If you want to go the secret admirer route. Exclude name for a bit if you want, but make sure this girl isn't moving any time soon and that you will eventually put it in there.
10. Footnotes optional.
Don't blame me if this doesn't work.
P.S It works better if you know the person.
P.S.S If by any chance you were wondering (stalking does not make you more attractive, so put the binoculars down k. thanks.)
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