... in response to Re: Visit one/many, posted by Patrick on Oct 16, 2002Wow! There really ARE tree huggers?
Shucks. I thought that was just an expression. (That's too funny. Wanted your exact birth place and hour? I dated an AW like that once... Just once...)
I think you are right about letter writing.
Of course, everyone knows where I stand on the WOVO vs. WMVM debate.
One thing though... you know, there was once a time when writing love letters was a very acceptable means of courtship. It was not uncommon for a man to meet a woman (usually a friend of the family) on a trip and then court her through letters until he could come and court her in person before asking her father for her hand.
The art of letter writing in general has been lost mostly from our society. Which is a shame. Yes, a phone call can pack more information in a shorter period of time... but it is temporal.
A phone call is to a letter what a snapshot is to a portrait.
Why are we always in such a rush?
We are the only generation that can stand in front of a microwave and scream: "Hurry up!"
Some of the greatest romances of the past are known about simply because there were letters to document it.
To this day, my fiance and I continue to write letters. We have amassed a great many of them now. I know many people will think it sounds corny... but I'm glad I have them. Our entire courtship is documented this way. A phone call is lost.
I'm not saying that everyone should do the WOVO. Clearly its not for everyone. You are counting for luck to some degree. Also, as Partick said, you shouldn't do it if you are in a hurry.
But if it works... I don't know.... It seems less of a "MOB" thing and more of an old-fashioned courting thing. (You know... old-fashioned with computers, email, and trans-atlantic airplane rides thrown in...)
