OMG lost as to what to do

[Cynthiathequeen]

Name changed. 20odd year old DC has just hosted a pre party at ours. After their v noisy departure went into the room they had been in to check for forgotten candles etc. Found a hand written note on headed note paper from one of this country's most august body's. It is an addendum note and asks the recipient to send the note writer their "term time address" plus more, but never stepping over a line.
I have no idea of sender or recipient, but they all went to a school which arranges many work placements in said body.my DC has been one of them. A number of the school alumni have ended up working there as a career
All individuals are 21 plus but I am at a loss. Unhappy the note could be pressure on someone not yet properly mature. i accept I probably cannot intervene, don't think it is my own DC, so just your thoughts please?

PMSL @ "stiffest tutu"

Thank you Cynthia and goodnight. I think there may be a variety of transports home. Some will be more amusing than others.

Just out of curiosity, who calls anyone an august body? Are we in a Miss Marple?

What is happening? Have I stumbled into some weird riddle?

OTOH, lots of (young) researchers, interns, admin assts etc could have access to headed notepaper. And get a kick out of using it.

Teapotqueenie

Im not sure what is happening but i feel just that bit posher.

Do you feel august, teapot? 😀

No just another Gloucester Uni undergrad trying to shag their way to the top of Dursley bicycle Co Mavis.

And one of the Mums has caught wind. Again. Stand down

Haha yes. "Letters being the most discrete form of communication" - cultural analysis. "Letters being the most discreet form of communication" - potential romantic liaison. Quite a difference

Seriously, OP, I think you are getting carried away with your own runaway imagination here. If all parties are over 21, it's none of your business. Most likely one of your DC's friends has done an internship there, struck up a flirtation with someone (could be a lowly researcher for all you know if there's no name) and has been showing it around at the party as a badge of honour. You're carrying on like you've just singlehandedly discovered the Christine Keeler affair. Calm down, have a hot milk and take yourself off to bed

I wish someone would slip me an addendum

Text your DC now and ask them about it. And then tell us because frankly a reply from a pissed 20yo would make more sense than this thread.

Gloucester Uni is a very competitive arena. I would probably shag a paranoid technophobe to reach the higher echelons too. It's understandable.

Mavis, i feel august and tweedy. As in the fabric, not the Cheryl.

Snort!

Right... I am starting to get some serious Fomo here. WHAT is going on and why do some of you know and the rest of us not?
Not sure which emoji I need, so choose an appropriate one.

Crumbs. I feel a bit queer.

Cynthia I'd be tempted to ask my dd if it was her letter. If not she may know whose it is.

Well done for caring, many would not.

"...letters being the most discrete form of communication" - not if one loses them at someone else's party!

What is augurs body?

I would probably shag a paranoid technophobe to reach the higher echelons too. It's understandable.

It's a good solid plan, is what it is

August even

Manumission. All your suppositions are correct. Thank you for wading your way through something which I absolutely accept I have explained very poorly.
Teapot Thank you. That is exactly what I fear.
Tarty, discreet, sorry did not check auto correct.

Overall, sorry if my title was unhelpful, but ( through poor personal experience.) I do worry about how status can be misused and accepted by less experienced. I have seen such stuff seriously damage people.

I still want to know which phrase she googled.

OP i hear your worries but in my experience [ahem] the risk is borne by the one with the most to lose.

Hand it back to your offspring and ask sympathetically.

That's all you can do.

The 'august body' thing is a massive red herring. A power imbalance is a power imbalance be it Covent Garden or the assembly line.