tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post3298685135897716059..comments2023-11-03T04:57:11.073-04:00Comments on Romance Bandits: Love LettersLoucinda McGary aka Aunty Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02217492654108300014noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-9880566454787341162007-10-19T13:23:00.000-04:002007-10-19T13:23:00.000-04:00Kirsten dear, I've been sick and sicker. Still str...Kirsten dear, I've been sick and sicker. Still struggling. Hence my absence on this board.<BR/><BR/>Caren, I can't believe I missed your ocffee post!!! And I also missed Joan's Dancing with the Stars post. I'm SUCH a huge fan of both.<BR/><BR/>BLEH. That picture of the curdled half-n-half in the coffee just soured my stomach. Sugar always makes caffeine go down smoother. :)Keira Soleorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14440213826734580889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-81243463644477892202007-10-19T09:47:00.000-04:002007-10-19T09:47:00.000-04:00Keira! We haven't seen you for a couple days--wher...Keira! We haven't seen you for a couple days--where ya been, girl? Caren had a whole post about COFFEE and I was expecting you to swing through any minute so we could tell them that nobody knows coffee like people from the NW! :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-60874764145905149592007-10-19T07:05:00.000-04:002007-10-19T07:05:00.000-04:00Buffie, darling, we've all been enjoying your new ...Buffie, darling, we've <B>all</B> been enjoying your new eye candy. He is a threat to keyboards everywhere! *g*<BR/><BR/>Keira, I'm thinking if you put Nutella in a popsicle tray, add sticks and freeze it, then you could batter it and flash fry it. Drizzle with chocolate sauce, dust with powdered sugar and--voila!--Fair food! *eg*Caren Cranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12352366686017375279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-59294873587287146062007-10-19T06:53:00.000-04:002007-10-19T06:53:00.000-04:00Kirsten -- I'm glad you enjoying the new eye candy...Kirsten -- I'm glad you enjoying the new eye candy!Buffiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18320253744501589352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-65946165403116740072007-10-19T01:49:00.000-04:002007-10-19T01:49:00.000-04:00Nutella -- YEEEE HAAAA!!! A spoonful of Nutella ma...Nutella -- YEEEE HAAAA!!! A spoonful of Nutella makes everything go down, everything go up, everything go around. <BR/><BR/>Foanna, I think there's something <I>else</I> in that Nutella of yours. With the earth titled on your axis, it's no wonder...<BR/><BR/>Caren, next October, fried Nutella on a stick will be coming to a fair near you.Keira Soleorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14440213826734580889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-20728385772843527312007-10-19T01:28:00.000-04:002007-10-19T01:28:00.000-04:00Kirsten asked, "...just waiting to show up when yo...<I>Kirsten asked, "...just waiting to show up when you need them? </I><BR/><BR/>I have to say "a land mine" is what went through my mind as I read that question. <BR/><BR/>Foanna, I better check through my ginormous e-mail records for those, ah, revealing messages.<BR/><BR/>Christine, loved that tidbit about your parents. Absolutely sigh-worthy (and tucked away into my research files). :)<BR/><BR/>Hellion, something out-of-this-world hilarious always happens to you, doesn't it?! :)Keira Soleorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14440213826734580889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-26639584486380749632007-10-18T23:58:00.000-04:002007-10-18T23:58:00.000-04:00Actually, Caren, what makes me laugh is that it wa...Actually, Caren, what makes me laugh is that it was advertised here as HEALTH food! I don't know how they worked that out! Tastes like pure nutty chocolate to me and I don't know HOW MUCH SUGAR is in that sucker, but I bounce off the ceiling every time I eat it.Anna Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06695579361323275316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-13474083044556938702007-10-18T22:22:00.000-04:002007-10-18T22:22:00.000-04:00This is an ugly message for KEIRA and ANNA (both) ...This is an ugly message for KEIRA and ANNA (both) and every other horrible Bandita who encouraged me to try Nutella! <BR/><BR/>My name is Caren and I am a new NUTELLA addict. And it's all your fault!Caren Cranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12352366686017375279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-68611271767784084182007-10-18T20:36:00.000-04:002007-10-18T20:36:00.000-04:00MsHellion, you always make me smile! I love the st...MsHellion, you always make me smile! I love the stick figures--that's about what my drawing ability would be. :-) I save those really nice letters from CPs too...in fact, my darling CP is Susan Seyfarth also a bandita, and it is no exaggeration to say that her letters alone have kept me in this game. I don't know what I would do without her.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-34424414900938393122007-10-18T20:35:00.000-04:002007-10-18T20:35:00.000-04:00linda, I'm glad you had that love and kept that ho...linda, I'm glad you had that love and kept that hope chest! I think these are the things that put that smile back on our faces when we're ready to give up. Nothing beats love, right? Nothing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-35837255133114278662007-10-18T20:33:00.000-04:002007-10-18T20:33:00.000-04:00h maree, thanks for stopping by! Our resident Auss...h maree, thanks for stopping by! Our resident Aussies are amazing, aren't they? Great job raising money for St. Judes! And you should make those copies before they're too faded to read! I sure wish I could get my waterlogged notes back. <BR/><BR/>TICD, I applaud your ritual burning, though I never would have had the guts. I love my little letters too much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-30675861334115396422007-10-18T18:46:00.000-04:002007-10-18T18:46:00.000-04:00What a great topic, Kirsten! The poem you received...What a great topic, Kirsten! The poem you received is lovely *g*<BR/><BR/>My husband never wrote me love letters but we do exchange notes/letters instead of cards for birthdays and our anniversary and I've kept them all. <BR/><BR/>My FIL had my MIL burn the letters he wrote to her during WW II as they were too painful for him to have around (he was a Paratrooper with the Airborne and a POW in Germany) She does still have a lovely scrapbook with a few notes she saved but we all wish she could've kept the letters :-)Beth Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01204356784898045866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-5602522420850372512007-10-18T16:56:00.000-04:002007-10-18T16:56:00.000-04:00Kirsten, my husband and I have never sent letters ...Kirsten, my husband and I have never sent letters but I have a box filled with goofy cards with lovely sweet sentiments along with stacks of those little cards that come with the flowers he's bought me over the years. He's always finding new ways of saying "I love you" on those little cards. I like holding onto them because they're all special to me! <BR/><BR/>And what a sweet poem that was. Thank you for sharing it with us.Kate Carlislehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16863555050062113192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-89972054614879490692007-10-18T15:10:00.000-04:002007-10-18T15:10:00.000-04:00Kirsten - Nope no fuzzy slippers or feather boa ro...Kirsten - Nope no fuzzy slippers or feather boa robe. I perfumed my blue (always blue to match my eyes - double gag!) stationary with a cotton ball sprayed with fragrance and kept in the box with the paper. Geez, reading the comments makes me glad my courtship was in the days before computers *g*. November marks our 34th anniversary and my dh's letters to me are sprinkled with concerns about Vietnam and the draft and all sorts of historical (hah!) detail. It's a true loss to future generations if those kind of communications are preserved in some form.Donna MacMeanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10310857800824141312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-11164004278461955142007-10-18T14:27:00.000-04:002007-10-18T14:27:00.000-04:00Kirsten, I did remember the incredibly goofy, roma...Kirsten, I did remember the incredibly goofy, romantic thing my husband did. We met in engineering school and were not really youngsters (I was 23, he was 28). Before we started dating, when we were "interested friends" he would call me every night.<BR/><BR/>Now, it would be late (totally blowing my "no calls after 9 pm" rule), when my son was in bed. When I was doing homework. Sometimes we talked about homework, but often it was just getting-to-know-you chit chat, with a few "name that tune" segments thrown in. <BR/><BR/>I was in a position, as a single mom with no money or time, where it was very difficult for me to date anyone and he worked around it. One of the many reasons he is my hero.Caren Cranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12352366686017375279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-53485516805574101552007-10-18T14:19:00.000-04:002007-10-18T14:19:00.000-04:00Wow, Claudia, every day for a year! No wonder you ...Wow, Claudia, every day for a year! No wonder you married him. *g*Caren Cranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12352366686017375279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-5105702059993306922007-10-18T13:56:00.000-04:002007-10-18T13:56:00.000-04:00Kirsten this is a great topic.I was not necessaril...Kirsten this is a great topic.<BR/><BR/>I was not necessarily a late bloomer, but I did get a late start dating, and short of the few "I like you if you like me, check yes or no" notes from grade school, nobody bothered to write love letters to me until my husband. He's a brilliant, though not a prolific, poet, and wrote me several nice letters over school holidays. And yes, I still have them. It's nice to read and remember how that felt--how exciting it was to be as much in love with love itself as you were with the person doing the writing. :0)Cassondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420982030156788059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-41491673561311591452007-10-18T13:04:00.000-04:002007-10-18T13:04:00.000-04:00Ha, I think I do have buried in a trunk a poem a y...Ha, I think I do have buried in a trunk a poem a young man wrote me in high school. (I was a senior, he was a junior.) I think it was an ode to my breasts or something--he certainly stared at them enough.<BR/><BR/>But most of college talking came from emails. No love letters by pen then. Plus the guys I knew weren't exactly articulate with pen & paper. And if they went to draw me, it would have been a stick figure. No love letters for me. Other than that poem, I don't exactly inspire men to those kinds of levels. *LOL*<BR/><BR/>I do occasionally print really good critiques from CPs to remind me that my story isn't complete drivel and I should keep writing/polishing/sending it out. Those are my favorite love letters at the moment.Hellie Sinclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03933713255844695337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-56925626373700646582007-10-18T12:15:00.000-04:002007-10-18T12:15:00.000-04:00A few years ago I decided to rent a debris bin and...A few years ago I decided to rent a debris bin and clean out my garage. Among the "why did I keep this crap" stuff I found my small Lane "hope chest" that I got as a graduating senior from a girl's high school. In it were dried flowers, concert tickets and a few "love" letters from my first love. Our relationship ended badly but re-reading the notes made me remember something very important - someone REALLY loved me! There is nothing like the intensity of your first love. The men since then have never felt THAT way about me and I felt like I had had my love for my life and it was over for me. But at least - I had it.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07442132140729441219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-71104171819017092742007-10-18T11:53:00.000-04:002007-10-18T11:53:00.000-04:00Oh, what a lovely topic! I am blessed w/ a dh who...Oh, what a lovely topic! I am blessed w/ a dh who not only wrote cards and letters while we were dating, but sent flowers with notes. :> He's my hero. Grins. I have one posted to my bulletin board next to my desk that says, "It just keeps getting better." Sigh. Such a keeper. Like you, Kirsten, I love him most when he does those little things like shoo the boys away from Mama while she's working, and take them out to McDonalds when they get too loud. I do still keep a couple of old love letters - shhhhh, don't tell! - but more for the sweet memory of the words, rather than the men who wrote them. Isn't that awfully selfish of me? Snork.<BR/><BR/>Caren, my dear mother would rise up from the great beyond and smite me if my boys didn't write thank you notes. I've been known to deliver them in person if I think they're getting too late.<BR/><BR/>Kirsten, I am so with you on the business thank yous too. Its a touch that makes you memorable as a job candidate. I never neglected it and usually got the job offer. It was always mentioned too. :> It's the little things, isn't it?<BR/><BR/>Susan, I love that your DH dances w/ you in the kitchen. What a lovely image. Suz, the blue-penned note made me smile as well. Helen, you (and several of the Banditas!) are a light of hope to all of us who see the divorce stats and wonder if it ever lasts.<BR/><BR/>Viva the love letter/card/note or act of love that reminds us why we married them in the first place!Jeanne (AKA The Duchesse)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03492480881584553111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-23151781297896900732007-10-18T11:47:00.000-04:002007-10-18T11:47:00.000-04:00And I completely forgot the reason I was here in t...And I completely forgot the reason I was here in the first place instead of writing. <BR/><BR/>Anna and Christine signed some books for a charity auction for St Jude's Children's Research Hospital. <BR/><BR/>The auction was yesterday and their contribution helped us raise $100! Final figures for the entire auction aren't in yet but I made sure I kept track of the reader's basket.<BR/><BR/>Thanks so much both of you.<BR/><BR/>H! :)H Maree Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11827290766503424095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-40431381249585142752007-10-18T11:42:00.000-04:002007-10-18T11:42:00.000-04:00This is fun. Brought back all sorts of memories.Ne...This is fun. Brought back all sorts of memories.<BR/><BR/>Nearly all my love letters from dh are on old style fax paper - yes the sort that has the writing disappear after a while. I got them out a while back when we got a new printer to copy them and - yep - they're still in the pile of junk beside the printer. <BR/><BR/>I was reading all the comments about boys that adored some of you too much, thinking 'why didn't I have that?'. Then I remembered Smiley. He was lovely. And I was such a cow. *sighs* At least I learnt to value the gorgeous inside instead of the gorgeous outside. Of course it's nice when they go together. :)<BR/><BR/>Claudia's comment reminded me of an old lady I know who had a ritual burning of the love letters her dh had sent her during WW II. After someone broke into her house and got into them she couldn't stand the thought of anyone else reading them. <BR/><BR/>H! :)H Maree Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11827290766503424095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-47010802342389185792007-10-18T11:21:00.000-04:002007-10-18T11:21:00.000-04:00Fun post! I used to have a box of love letters fro...Fun post! <BR/><BR/>I used to have a box of love letters from past boyfriends. I kept every letter ever written to me by an old love. <BR/><BR/>When my DH and I were newlyweds, we threw them away together, a ritual of sorts. It was symbolic, but it meant a great deal to him. The love letters from him, I kept, and I have a box full; he wrote me every day for a year.Claudia Dainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07018678621098546704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-77819920929402786252007-10-18T09:58:00.000-04:002007-10-18T09:58:00.000-04:00Susan, you should go print out those emails! And d...Susan, you should go print out those emails! And do it in blue italic script like Suz!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-42975706334014466062007-10-18T09:56:00.000-04:002007-10-18T09:56:00.000-04:00Susan, I think you're totally right--we all probab...Susan, I think you're totally right--we all probably had that boy who adored us a little more than he should have. My poet definitely came into my life at a time when I needed to be adored, and helped me do a lot of healing. But it wasn't healthy in the long run for either of us, though it was lovely while it lasted. I've tried to google him a few times but can't find him. Sigh. I bet he's published a few books by now, or is teaching writing at some small college and adoring some other, much more deserving woman. <BR/><BR/>And yes, yes, yes--we need the poetry but we need the action, too. When my husband takes the kids far away or pushes me gently out the door to the coffee shop to write, I feel sooo loved.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com