YIPPPEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! T this is such great news! I am so happy for you that B made contact! I can't believe the coincidence aswell considering that we've all been talking about contacting him the past few days!

So, I agreee with Essie- I wouldn't wait too long to contact him now that he's made contact with you. What's your gut feeling about how to do it? Having read your thoughts about the e-mail thing, I can see why you might not want to go down that route (although I did think it was interesting that you and B didn't communicate much by e-mail before because of it seeming impersonal- did B think that too? Maybe in the future, using it might be a 180? ;\) )

So I love the pants idea- that is funny and clever, but I would probably wait a while to start mailing pants to him. I guess putting myself in his shoes, he might expect to get a gentle contact from you back, perhaps letting him know how you're getting on and that you're thinking about him. Also, sending his pants in the post might send a signal of you not wanting them- let him ask for them from you and you can say something sexy/cheeky in response, like "would he like the ones you've been wearing aswell?". Have you got some of those gifts of real giving at the ready that you could send with a note?

I am thinking a bit out loud here, but if you were to send something in the post, would you be able to send something that would encourage a response? I guess we need to get a dialogue going, so encouraging a response would be good, especially now that he has broken cover. A phone call as Essie suggests would obviously do that pretty well, but maybe it would be nice to work up to that subtly (but not too subtle!). A path of baby steps, I think, would be the way to go. Oh, like a trail of cheese for the doormouse to eat.

OK, my lurgi is affecting my brain. I'd better stop writing now. Congratulations T- I am SO HAPPY for you!

L.xx

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