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?

Maybe it's an esteemed caretaker? Or a venerable postroom clerk? 😂

Lurking to read the outcome.

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a hand written note on headed note paper from one of this country's most august body's
asks the recipient to send the note writer their "term time address"
never stepping over a line
the paper and heading is very prestigious
it doesn't name the sender
a quote "from our mutual friend" about letters being the only discrete way to communicate
more than one (many more than one) person works from there
one of DCs friends is getting sucked in, by much more powerful person

Clue: Cynthiathequeen has dealt with said august body in her profession.

is this a posh grown up version of a kid sending a note in class saying "jonny(our mutusl friend ) fancies you but doesn't want the whole class to know" on a page ripped from their homework planner?

So from what I understand, the letter read thus:

"Dear ___,

Please send me your term time address, as well as some other things. My word, we've shared some good times! Don't tweet your reply - as our mutual friend says, letters are the only discrete (sic) method of communication. The walls have ears - but nay, I shall say no more. I do not wish to cross a line.

Love and kisses,

The Duke"

I imagine it sealed with red wax.

After puzzling this out in the early hours the thing that's making me smile is all this talk of August body etc and the title of the op starts 'omg' !!

Please send me your term time address, as well as some other things. My word, we've shared some good times!

Poor bemused DH is laughing at me cackling now and has no idea why.

listen read very carefully.... I'd be worried the note will self destruct!

Why the OMG in your original post OP? They are 21! I had been living independently for 5 years by that age.

I imagine it sealed with red wax.

How bizarre! I love the MNters replies to this weirdness .. fucking awesome

5 pages in and I have no idea what the hell this is all about.

Professor Plum. in the kitchen with a candlestick? shrug

Watched this thread last night, came back to see responses this morning. Have not been disappointed, brilliant responses from MN!

Side note, my pal works for the House of Commons and now loves using language like OP's for maximum confusion. What is it about that place that turns people into the political equivalent of Margo from the Good Life?

This will be one of those threads that people quote when name changing, niace ham Sharon, cutted up pear, august body...

Ah.... good old Mumsnet

An adult (21+) being infantilised.

an interfering mother who reads other people's letters - no-one bats an eye!

a proper MN mystery (probably never to be resolved)

MNers with brilliant replies.

THIS IS WHY I LOVE YOU MUMSNET

I read the original OP as puglife did. Is "august" really such an obscure term?

I am baffled and amused in equal measure

A letter is never a discreet way of communicating, though! It can be found and read much more easily than email or text. It doesn't make any sense at all.

I assume the person concerned thought the post more discreet because it can't be hacked into like email. They may also have expected the recipient to bin the letter immediately.

I get the feeling I've missed something
But what? Who knows?

Perhaps the DM will run with this in the hope of a spot of scandal or muck spreading.

It really does sound like something from a role play party. We had similar things at a murder mystery I went to.

It's really an over reaction.

Definitely one for the Daily Mail... Look out for someone going through your bins OP