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AIBU to get totally freaked out by my valentine

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Asteria · 12/02/2011 20:26

I am very very single and don't even have a sniff on the horizon, but a Valentines card arrived today. Now I should be really Grin but I'm actually just freaked out...

It's a moonpig card with two sticks of rock on it. On one stick of rock it says "I Love You" and on the other is my name - spelt wrong. No indication who sent it whatsoever and it just has two sinister x's inside.

Aside from the tastelessly impersonal card, I'm freaked out that someone has gone to the trouble of getting my address in order to send random tat through the post to me... I live in a really remote little hamlet - what will I get next? Strippogram, flowers or a horses head in my bed?

I'm also horrified that they couldn't at least spell my name right!

need some Wine

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HalfTermHero · 12/02/2011 20:35

Have some wine, I agree. It might not be as bad as you think. Could be the postman or similar? Mine is well up for knobing me,though I have no interest in anyone other than my dh.

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Asteria · 12/02/2011 20:44

Hope that it isn't the postman - he is married to a friend of mine Shock

[really would prefer a gin emoticon]

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HalfTermHero · 12/02/2011 20:48

Have a gin then, but make it slimline as may as well save the calories on the tonic Grin

I think you should just enjoy the fact that someone fancies you. Other than sending a ccard, this person has done nothing to harass you. You are obviously a looker so bottoms up! Smile

QueenSconetta · 12/02/2011 20:48

Do you have any DC of computer literate age and with a willing accomplice? If they fit into that category they might just have thought you would like it, and might not know how to spell your name cos they normall call you Mummy?

QueenSconetta · 12/02/2011 20:49

Or they might just be crap at typing like me Grin

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Asteria · 12/02/2011 20:53

I quizzed the family - my mother was AMAZED that I got one at all cow.

Halftermhero - are you suggesting that I need slimline?! Shock

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valiumredhead · 12/02/2011 20:54

Sorry but I am LOL @ 'sinister X's' Grin

HalfTermHero · 12/02/2011 21:12

Bloody Hell, Asteria!!! I am implying that we all need slimline as what the heck is the point in wasting calories on tonic water, lol. If you recall I said 'you must be a looker'!!! Well you won't be if you offer me out for a fight Shock Grin

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Asteria · 12/02/2011 21:19
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BaadRobot · 12/02/2011 21:22

LOL @ sinister X's too Grin
I reckon your mum sent it. And got your name wrong on purpose... Wink

hellymelly · 12/02/2011 21:26

I would love an anonymous valentine.And they've gone to the trouble of getting it personalised for you,even if they don't know how to spell your name.And nothing but xxxx s is traditional,no?

HalfTermHero · 12/02/2011 21:28

Lol Wine accepted. Seriously, it could be a God damn hunk that sent the card, this could be good news!

nickschick · 12/02/2011 21:28

Dont open the door to any men wearing black suits crombie coats and with an italian door knock technique Wink.

valiumredhead · 12/02/2011 21:30

And carrying a box of Black Magic Wink

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Asteria · 12/02/2011 21:32

couldn't I just get them to slot their Black Magic through the letterbox - or is that a bit too much like glory holes? Confused

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Asteria · 12/02/2011 21:35

My mum can't use a pc - also she hates the idea of my getting a man - bless her she is having that whole "I'm nearly 60 and you are having more fun than me now" moment. So not her... And I told my father to stop sending me valntines when I was about 15!

I don't know any hunks - well, not single ones anyhoo

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WimpleOfTheBallet · 12/02/2011 21:36

"Just slot your black magic through the door my good man...I'll shove it back through when I'm done with it."

Grin
geraldinetheluckygoat · 12/02/2011 21:37

as an aside, do they even still sell Black Magic? If so, how crap would that be, to receive Black Magic chocs? I wouldn't open the door to anything less than Hotel Chocolat these days....

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Asteria · 12/02/2011 21:43

They do sell it still, but mostly in your more budget type service stations alongside the wilted carnations... Clearly you are not as desperate as me Geraldine Grin

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HalfTermHero · 12/02/2011 21:45

Yep, Black Magic would be a really poor show. If it was a Green & Blacks miniture choc selection box through the letterbox though then he would clearly be a man of good taste.....

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Asteria · 12/02/2011 21:47

Call me a size Queen (oooh - possible name change there!!) but I would be ruddy disappointed if some random chap shoved a miniture choc through my letterbox Grin G&B or not!

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kaid100 · 12/02/2011 21:48

The Valentine's card thing is a tradition followed by perfectly normal people so i don't think there's any need to worry about stalkers just yet. I'd just see how things play out, and who knows it might be someone really nice :)

geraldinetheluckygoat · 12/02/2011 21:51

Asteria Grin
Green and Blacks would be acceptable! Especially the cherry one..!!!

geraldinetheluckygoat · 12/02/2011 21:52

Oh god, yes, one miniture one would be on a par with Black Magic lol. Can you imagine?! Although if it were a single maltesers bunny, or maybe a lindt one, might that be quite endearing? Or just weird?

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Asteria · 12/02/2011 21:53

oooh - haven't tried the cherry one yet - still very firmly in the butterscotch and milk chocolate camp, with the odd foray over to get at some Mayan Gold! Nom Nom Nom

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