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    Question for the Ladies: Secret Admirers?

    So I was going over my movie collection and I noticed this old dusty one called Secret Admirer, a pretty standard 80's teen/romance comedy. It's not a bad flick, its fun, you should check it out if you've never seen it.

    This got me to ponder a bit, what ever happened to secret admirers? Do they still exist or are people to afraid to be accused of being a stalker these days?

    Now in the movies the way it seems to work is the secret admirer will send beautifully crafted sincere love letters / poems to the object of his sometimes her affection and said object of affection falls in love with whomever could write like that and after a series of events the secret admirers typically is revealed and all is right with the world and the credits roll.

    But thats the movies, I'm curious about how this works in the real world, if it works at all. So if you have any stories or experiences with it in the real world, please share!

    Was it creepy or positive? Did any romance actually ensue? How did you react when or if you learned the indentity of your secret admirer.

    Or if you just have an opinion in general about the whole secret admirer thing, I'd like to hear that to.
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    Default Re: Question for the Ladies: Secret Admirers?

    myspace ruined it

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    How did myspace ruin it?

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    myspace ruined it
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    Default Re: Question for the Ladies: Secret Admirers?

    why would you write someone a letter if you can just "add to friends"?

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    Default Re: Question for the Ladies: Secret Admirers?

    Any secret admirer after the age of 14 is just a stalker.
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    The best way to get into my pants is to pull them off, not write me poetry from afar.

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    Default Re: Question for the Ladies: Secret Admirers?

    Quote Originally Posted by Katrine View Post
    The best way to get into my pants is to pull them off, not write me poetry from afar.
    LOL...Excellent answer!
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    Lol. Good OP....it's so true tho, seems so "back in the day." But why?

    Also, my generation is very obviously the most self-absorbed, spoiled, look-at-me, and jaded generation yet. (And that's been proven!)

    There's lots of ppl who, if given a secret note or poem, would

    a) Get a HUGE ASS EGO about it

    b) Be AFRAID

    c) run and post it ALL OVER Myspace and the like

    d) Not shut up about it, tell EVERYONE

    e) Fuck with the sender ROYALLY.

    And what's most likely is a combination of all of the above.



    Brrrrr, right?

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    Oh also, anyone read FOUND magazine?


    One of the found items was a postcard from 1919 or something, and a perfect secret admirer note, simple but beautifully written, and asking the lovely dame to "carry a newspaper under your arm at 12:30 tomorrow if you are interested."


    Awwww! It doesn't get much more cuter or old-fashioned than that!

    And it leaves you to wonder about the smallness of the community back then...did ppl just know everyone and where they usually hang out at 12:30?

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    Default Re: Question for the Ladies: Secret Admirers?

    I think it depends on the secret admirer and how they go about admiring you.

    I had a guy that was a bellman when I used to work in a hotel keep leaving roses in my car. Then he left me some goofy poem. It was really sweet, not creepy, but I just wasn't interested.

    I do know someone who found a traffic ticket on her car in the parking lot at work with a summons to go out with the cop who wrote the ticket for lunch (or something like that.) The guy was a real estate broker who was also a part-time cop and would see her around the place she worked all the time. He used the ticket to write the note. She ended up marrying him.

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    Default Re: Question for the Ladies: Secret Admirers?

    I used to watch that movie when I was a teen, it was pretty cute.

    I've never had a secret admirer, to my knowledge.

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