GAMES FOR ABSTINENT COUPLES – GAME 5: MYSTERY LOVER (PART 2)
“Dear Lady, I have been watching you from afar for a long time now. I feel strangely attracted to you, but I’m sad because I feel that your own deepest passion is dormant. I wish I could draw out this passion so that you could be your true, best self. I know that sounds corny, but I really mean it. I don’t know the way yet, but maybe I’ll find the way. I know that you’re married, and I will respect that. Anyway, I’m too shy to reveal myself to you. But know you are loved and admired.—Your Mystery Lover.”
This letter should be followed, a week or so later, by a gift—perhaps a dozen roses delivered by hand, with a note:
“Always thinking about you.—Your Mystery Lover.”
When the husband sees the flowers, he might ask, “Who are these flowers from?”—to throw her off. Then, a week later, there might be a short poem. It should be simple and not overly sentimental:
“I think of you and wish/That you and I—/I think of you and wonder/What would be if we—/I think of your beautiful, intelligent eyes/And how it would be/if they looked at me/with love/Or surprise./I think of you. . . .”
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