A gift must come from someone.
Part 2 of this entry has got nothing to do with the items, but very much to do with the sender. Or should I put it this way. This post has got very much to do with “the” sender, one whose identity had been kept a mystery until he found the right time to reveal himself.
It’s the mystery sender. So what’s the secrecy all about you may wonder. Me too.
Girls, have you ever received a wonderful, sweet bouquet of flowers on Valentine’s Day and when you excitedly search for the card to find out who this guy is, all you get was a short standard greeting of “Happy Valentine’s Day” in a handwriting that was totally foreign to you, and which probably belonged to the guy working in the florist anyway.
Guys, have you done such a thing before?
Oh, I can’t tell for all girls and I haven’t got time to do a survey, but for me, I’m sorry guys. If you pulled such a trick on me, no way are you going to meet a doe-eyed, sweety lovey-dovey girl drowning in the sea of happiness and glee.
In fact, there can only be two scenarios.
One – I grew from excitement to initial curiousity then finally to mere frustration. Why would anyone want to send someone a gift and not identifying himself? Annonymity only works in charity organisations, not in the setting of expressing your liking for someone on a special day like this.
Especially if he is no longer a teenager, but a working adult, all the more he won’t get any consolation points from me. I’m sorry, but really, there are better things to do in life than to spend one whole day guessing who is the mystery man.
Which leads me to the next scenario:
Two - I don’t give a damn! Yes, so I chuck the bouquet aside and unless and until Mr Mystery Man turns himself in, otherwise it will be just another bouquet to me. No special meaning, no special faces attached to it.
Oh, there’s another scenario.
Three – It freaks me out! I mean, the gift was delivered to your door step and you have absolutely no idea who he is? Am I being stalked? Trust me, this thought had occurred to me more than once and it’s definitely not making the gift deserving as it was supposed to be.
In order to feel safe, I had to rack my brain and squeezed all the juices to search for a plausible candidate, one who knew me long enough or one who had sent me home before. Either this, or I’m being stalked unknowingly. Eeks. Whatever nice feelings the gift had, trust me, by this time all of them would have vanished into thin air.
Whichever is a better scenario you think? One is full of emotions no doubt, though not pleasant but at least I’m feeling. Two is void of emotions and a can’t-be-bothered-to-play-this-guessing-game-with-you attitude. Three is the worst.
If you ask me, none of them is motivating or encouraging.
Speaking about this, I must tell you this incident that happened to me.
The same thing happened. I got a bouquet of flowers and a bear, delivered straight to my house. Guess what? Well, I was surprised of course. So the next thing I did was to locate the card. When I noticed one I thought this wasn’t going to be a mystery case after all.
No, I was wrong! The card didn’t say anything about the sender!
Nevermind, this time I’ve grown mature enough to choose option two. I didn’t bother to guess who this person was and went on to do my own stuff. Until I got an sms from my friend asking me if I received his gift only then I knew he’s the one.
And guess what? He was wondering if I didn’t like the flowers and the bear because I hadn’t called to thank him!
What actually happened? Well, it turned out that the florist had forgotten to put his name in the card! Ha ha… so I told him that I didn’t know he was that sweet guy, and not because I didn’t like my gift.
It was quite hilarious really. What a sweet misunderstanding.
Now, who wouldn’t love a gift from a friend on Valentine’s Day? You would too, wouldn’t you? 
So guys, if you really, really want to pull off a stunt like this, it’s either you have a very well-thought, foolproof strategy mapped out with 100% confidence of a perfect execution that puts all the pieces together seamlessly at the precise timing, otherwise I’d really suggest you to think twice before you act. No, thrice. No, think as long as you need.
Better still, don’t even consider this option.
[tags]Valentine’s Day, gifts, mysterious sender, flowers, secret admirer, recipient, surprise[/tags]
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