I thought you might appreciate this: I was just looking for something in my computer and just found a copy of a wind up letter I wrote to my old mate Richard back in 1999 supposedly from his old girlfriend who dumped him out of the blue and moved to Yorkshire. I posted in when I was in Leeds and years after they split up. I just texted Richard and said I had just found this, I got a reply that just said "Cnut, you keep looking over your shoulder pal, revenge is a dish best served cold" 13 April 1999 Dear Richard I hope this letter finds you well. You have been very difficult to track down, and it was only last week that I got this address, I hope it’s the right one. I know all this will probably come as a shock to you, and I do apologise. I had hoped that it would never come to this. I sometimes wonder if you think about me, I certainly think about you often, in fact everytime I look at my daughter, she reminds me of you very much. But I resolved long ago never to tell you, and although it would have been wonderful if it had worked out, I knew then that it wouldn’t. What I am trying to say is, Richard, that you have a daughter. I named her Ricky after you. She’s a wonderful little girl. She is funny and charming. She’s doing fairly well at school, although I do feel that she has missed out on having a proper father figure. I am separated from my husband now, the marriage didn’t end very happily and I feel that Ricky has taken this quite hard, she’s very protective of me. The reason I am writing is that my husband left us with a lot of gambling debts, so we had to sell the house, and I am staying with relatives. I am hoping to move back to Sutton in the near future. I’m sure it will take you some time to adjust to this situation, which is why I wrote instead of calling, and I know this is a lot to ask, but if you could help out a little with some of the costs for Ricky, e.g. New school uniform etc, I’d be most grateful. I also hope that in time you could get to know her. She often asks who her real father is and I am sure it would do her the world of good to have a decent father figure. I know this will come as a shock, so naturally I will take a couple weeks before I contact you again. I hope I did the right thing in not telling you at the time, indeed if it wasn’t for the situation I now find myself in, you wouldn’t know at all. Please don’t be angry with my decision, I thought it would be best for all of us. With love.
Wow he let you walk away after that, I suppose he must have just felt relieved that it was a wind up. Its a cracker tho
FoC, That is straight out the toppest of top draw wind ups! What we need to know is: A) How long did you leave it before telling him it was a wind up? 2) What was his reaction? I did something slightly similar to a mate when we were 18. He shagged the rough bird that lived opposite me under a tree in the park in the rain, one night after a party when we were 18.....and was a fool & didn't wrap his tool. 4 weeks later there were 3 cars full of 18 year old lads on the way to a rave. We stopped at the services, and (conspiring with another mate) faked a call from my Mum. With him in ear shot I repeated "What do you mean Kate's Mum has been over in tears? *pause for effect* What does 3 weeks late mean? Pregnant? Kate? Won't say who the father is? Etc. etc." Suffice to say said mate was panicking - especially with 11 other lads that were in on the wind up giving him grief & laughing. It was only when he was sat on the forecourt, crying in to his hands that his life was over, I fessed up. He punched me in the head, then saw the funny side.....then spiked my can of Red Stripe later that night.
