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Anonymous valentines card from a woman in my street

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TheReaderIs · 11/02/2026 23:47

I’ve just received an anonymous valentines card from a woman in my street. The card had a stamp on it and it said “The woman within” and my address! The card mentions her seeing me walking to my bus and how she waits for her husband and kids to go out and…well! She says she’s bisexual and she goes into detail about what she wants to do to me…omg!

The card was posted first class, why pay for a stamp lol. Could this be a hoax? It was quite specific about seeing me walking to my bus.

I’m separated from my ex - could it be him or his family playing a prank? Or do I have a randy, bisexual neighbour??

I dunno what to think! 🙈

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NotThisAgain1987 · 12/02/2026 00:12

mumofoneAloneandwell · 12/02/2026 00:00

I do imagine though that a stamp makes sense because of all the cctv around these days

but then again, it’s been signed by her allegedly

If I were to do this, I wouldn't because I'm not unhinged, I'd deffo post it. Imagine if you went to put it through the door and the person answered the door mortifying.

NotThisAgain1987 · 12/02/2026 00:10

Women, on the whole, don't talk sexually about a person with our some form of consent. Hence why I solicited dick picks are much more of a thing than unsolicited vulva pics. Guarantee a man wrote that card.

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TheReaderIs · 12/02/2026 00:05

mumofoneAloneandwell · 12/02/2026 00:00

What’s the woman like? Have you spoken to her, noticed any lingering looks? 👀👀

i’m kiiinda leaning towards prank but why would your ex do that, is he unhinged?

to create a card and send it, sounds like the work of a woman or a pathetic man

I’m not sure about my ex sending it but his family are pretty unhinged! It’s so weird, I really dunno what to make of it. I think it’s unlikely that it’s actually a neighbour plus I mostly look like a scruff walking to my bus and not sexually alluring in the slightest ha ha.

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 12/02/2026 00:00

I do imagine though that a stamp makes sense because of all the cctv around these days

but then again, it’s been signed by her allegedly

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 12/02/2026 00:00

What’s the woman like? Have you spoken to her, noticed any lingering looks? 👀👀

i’m kiiinda leaning towards prank but why would your ex do that, is he unhinged?

to create a card and send it, sounds like the work of a woman or a pathetic man

BauhausOfEliott · 11/02/2026 23:58

Why would she a) post it with a stamp if she lives in your street and b) send you a Valentine’s card three days before Valentine’s Day?

It’s also really fucking creepy and stalkerish for someone you don’t know to stare at you on your way to work and then send you a sexually explicit card. If the card had said it was from a bloke - especially a married father - people would be rightly accusing him of stalking and sexual harassment.

So yeah, either it’s a weird prank or we’re in Baby Reindeer territory. Or this thread’s bollocks.

TheGreenClarinet · 11/02/2026 23:56

Sounds like your ex playing a prank or some bored local teenagers, I would ignore it.

fivepastmidnight · 11/02/2026 23:55

TheReaderIs · 11/02/2026 23:51

Yeah that was my first thought!

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in case you had a ring doorbell?

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TheReaderIs · 11/02/2026 23:53

ScarlettSarah · 11/02/2026 23:52

Are you tempted, OP?

Why, is it you? 🤣

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ScarlettSarah · 11/02/2026 23:52

Are you tempted, OP?

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TheReaderIs · 11/02/2026 23:51

Arlanymor · 11/02/2026 23:48

Why would someone in your street post a card with a stamp on it?

Yeah that was my first thought!

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TheReaderIs · 11/02/2026 23:50

mumofoneAloneandwell · 11/02/2026 23:48

I don’t know but thank you for bringing us this excellent gossip 🥰😂

Ha ha! You are welcome 🤣

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Needmorelego · 11/02/2026 23:49

Chuck it in the bin and forget about it.

mumofoneAloneandwell · 11/02/2026 23:48

I don’t know but thank you for bringing us this excellent gossip 🥰😂

Arlanymor · 11/02/2026 23:48

Why would someone in your street post a card with a stamp on it?