I've just had one just this morning, it came with the postman!
It's a long and complex background story too boring to write here, but I have a longtime good friend who thought there was a possibility I had fallen out with him (rumours and assumptions) and rather than give up on it sent me a one of those little plushy teddies with 'best friend' on it and his return address, the kind Hallmark and such sell.

Thus puzzled, this prompting me to contact him and ask him to what I owed the pleasure, I then got the full story that we have now sorted out between us. All rumour and divisive half-truths quashed and we remain good, if not stronger friends because of it.

Lovely gesture from a lovely man, lovely way to start my day, great and inventive way to break the ice in what could (he thought) have been a tricky area to approach, nice win over the haters.

I think there's something in my eye...
( ..wil, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 12:06, Reply)