sudden death

"In the latter half of the last century, telegrams rarely communicated anything truly important. By the 1950s, they had become largely irrelevant. Until fairly recently, however, a telegram was still a way to let someone know that they were special, a distinctive way to say congratulations or to offer an invitation...Now the telegram is a relic, a quaint vestige of a long ago that exists only in song lyrics and old movies. No need to mourn its demise; its time was past."

i've always wanted to be told i was special via telegram or plan a secret meeting in some unknown city...and even though that day had not come to pass yet, i always thought it would be possible...someday. how sweet and tender that would be to have a "love=*fill in the blank*" message like this. now it seems that day will never, ever, ever come.