If you want them, say it. If you want to marry them, say it! Just think how sweet it would be one day to look back at those letters and see your intentions all spelled out for the first time. Romantic love letters are the one form where it’s crucial to have absolutely no subtext. Put it out there. Think about it: How nice would it be to hear them say, “You are the best part of my life?”
Lean into the drama of falling in love, like Oscar Wilde to Lord Alfred Douglas
In June of 1891, Irish poet and playwright Oscar Wilde met Lord Alfred “Bosie” Douglas, a then-21-year-old Oxford undergraduate who would come to be the author’s muse and lover. It was during the course of their affair that Wilde wrote Salomé and the four great plays which, to this day, are the cornerstone of his literary legacy. Unfortunately their relationship was not accepted at the time and the duo carried on their affair in secret. Wilde’s surviving letters make the enduring power of their love clear.
Your affair is probably not forbidden, but if it’s even a little bit taboo…ooh, that’s money. Job keeping you apart? Parents ever so slightly judgmental? You’re got yourself a tragic love story, the most romantic kind. And if there’s nothing standing between you, make it up! Yes, you can role play in letters. It’s fan autofiction.
Make wild promises, like Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn
The King of England for 38 years, Henry VIII wrote his lover, Anne Boleyn, a collection of secret, romantic letters for her. Henry was a despotic ruler with six wives—two of whom he beheaded, including Anne. But he was also noted as a great romantic, as shown in the letters Henry wrote Anne during their years-long courtship.
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