# My letter slipped under a neighbor's door **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 3, 2010, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120 "2010-03-03T14:36:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120/121 "2010-03-05T16:36:04Z")
Appropriateness, schmappropriateness- go up there, see if you wanna hit it, and if so then go for it. Her note clearly indicates she wants it. What’s the big deal? ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120/122 "2010-03-05T16:57:22Z")
Okay, okay, I realize that not everyone has the capacity or the urge to be all smooth like that… so, here’s what you could do. Go up there (she wants you to, trust me- if I give a guy the exact hours I’m available, it means I want him to contact me), and when she answers the door, ask her to come to your apartment to (pick one) listen for the strange noise/hang out/see your “etchings” (include finger quotes). Report back. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120/123 "2010-03-05T16:59:59Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > Appropriateness, schmappropriateness- go up there, see if you wanna hit it, and if so then go for it. Her note clearly indicates she wants it. What’s the big deal? Huh? I’m sorry to continue to be the wet blanket, but her note does not “clearly indicate that she wants it”. See post 63 for an actual transcription of the note. She may be interested in the OP, and want to continue communication - but she hasn’t expressed a desire for any junk (yet). ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120/124 "2010-03-05T17:02:22Z")
I humbly submit that her giving him the exact hours that she’s available, along with the smiley face, combined with the forthright openness and niceness, clearly indicates her desire for his carnal companionship. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120/125 "2010-03-05T17:04:24Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Huh? I’m sorry to continue to be the wet blanket, but her note does not “clearly indicate that she wants it”. See post 63 for an actual transcription of the note. She may be interested in the OP, and want to continue communication - but she hasn’t expressed a desire for any junk (yet). I don’t know, I’m with **Alice**. Girl wouldn’t give her #, and exact hours of availabilitiy if she wasn’t hoping for something more to happen. Gotta read between the lines. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120/126 "2010-03-05T17:05:39Z")
Yeah, this is one of those “signs” we’ve been discussing lately that some guys just don’t get when it’s going on. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120/127 "2010-03-05T17:09:47Z")
Call (or visit) her already; I don’t like being kept in suspense. If she’s in shool, she’s probably not in her 50’s. It’s possible but the chances are against it. ---
**Author:** ![Zuzu\_s\_Petals](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@Zuzu\_s\_Petals](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zuzu_s_Petals)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120/128 "2010-03-05T17:11:40Z")
Oh yeah, she’s definitely interested. It’s just all gonna end in tears, is what I’m saying. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120/129 "2010-03-05T17:12:44Z")
> [@Zuzu\_s\_Petals](#): > > Oh yeah, she’s definitely interested. It’s just all gonna end in tears, that’s what I’m saying. Doesn’t it always, at least at some point? 😛 I say it’s better to have hit it and lost, than never to have hit it at all. ---
**Author:** ![Zuzu\_s\_Petals](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@Zuzu\_s\_Petals](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zuzu_s_Petals)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120/130 "2010-03-05T17:14:18Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > Doesn’t it always, at least at some point? 😛 > I say it’s better to have hit it and lost, than never to have hit it at all. But she has a braying laugh like a donkey crossed with a hyena! You can just \*tell \*from her note. Don’t go there, OP, seriously. ---
**Author:** ![Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4bbf92/32.png) [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120/131 "2010-03-05T17:14:42Z")
> [@HelloNinja](#): > > I don’t know, I’m with **Alice**. Girl wouldn’t give her #, and exact hours of availabilitiy if she wasn’t hoping for something more to happen. Gotta read between the lines. Totally. If I ever had a note like that slipped under my door, and I just wanted to let the dude know it wasn’t me, I would have kept it short and to the point: “I’m sorry you’re having this trouble, but I’m always sound asleep at those hours, and don’t do anything that would make that kind of noise at any time. Good luck.” No, she’s been wooed by his mad writing skillz and wants to get with him. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120/132 "2010-03-05T17:16:28Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > I humbly submit that her giving him the exact hours that she’s available, along with the smiley face, combined with the forthright openness and niceness, clearly indicates her desire for his carnal companionship. Well, I think if I was constantly being bombarded with incredibly loud annoying sounds in my apartment building and someone offered to help me find the source, I’d respond back. And if I regularly went to bed at 9pm, I’d make a note of that in my response as well in the hopes that I wasn’t awakened from bed. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120/133 "2010-03-05T17:16:48Z")
> [@Zuzu\_s\_Petals](#): > > But she has a braying laugh like a donkey crossed with a hyena! You can just \*tell \*from her note. Homely girls need love, too! ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120/134 "2010-03-05T17:17:47Z")
When I was the OP’s age, I was kinda shy. Still, in a situation like this we woulda already had some fun, broken up, and moved on by now. Just sayin. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120/135 "2010-03-05T17:17:49Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Well, I think if I was constantly being bombarded with incredibly loud annoying sounds in my apartment building and someone offered to help me find the source, I’d respond back. And if I regularly went to bed at 9pm, I’d make a note of that in my response as well in the hopes that I wasn’t awakened from bed. Well, there’s only one way to find out for sure, isn’t there? OP? ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120/136 "2010-03-05T17:25:48Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > Well, there’s only one way to find out for sure, isn’t there? > > OP? Absolutely. Now - should he just call (“Hey, it’s 1502! Thanks for the note - let me know when you hear it, and I’ll do the same.”), or should he wait until the noise starts and call with, “Hey - it’s 1502! Do you hear it right now?” ---
**Author:** ![Kiber](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kiber/32/317_2.png) [@Kiber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiber)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120/137 "2010-03-05T17:26:23Z")
Am I the only one convinced that the noise must be coming from [Donald](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=403719) Eugene [Ivens](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=458636&highlight=found+wallet)? ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120/138 "2010-03-05T17:32:34Z")
> [@wierdaaron](#): > > If I weren’t shallow and pathetic, I’d say that any girl who recognized my correct usage of the word discrete is wife material – but that’s not the case, so I won’t. Was your usage of the word “discrete” correct? :dubious: Discrete: 1 Constituting a separate thing. See Synonyms at distinct. 2 Consisting of unconnected distinct parts. 3 Mathematics Defined for a finite or countable set of values; not continuous. Discreet: 1 Marked by, exercising, or showing prudence and wise self-restraint in speech and behavior; circumspect. 2 Free from ostentation or pretension; modest. From AHD, 4th Ed. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120/139 "2010-03-05T17:40:22Z")
I agree that the lady in question does, indeed, want his junk. She put her phone number in there two times and a smiley face, for heaven’s sake! I also suspect she’s from Iowa, but Iowa girls need lovin’ too. Text away, my weird friend. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120/140 "2010-03-05T17:40:57Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Absolutely. Now - should he just call (“Hey, it’s 1502! Thanks for the note - let me know when you hear it, and I’ll do the same.”), or should he wait until the noise starts and call with, “Hey - it’s 1502! Do you hear it right now?” This is the scenario I have concocted: OP goes upstairs, on a weekend night, say tonight or tomorrow night, tells the girl that the sound is going on right now, and invite her to come down. They get down there- there’s soft lighting, music, two glasses of wine… boom chicka bow wow, chicka bow wow… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-letter-slipped-under-a-neighbors-door/531120.md?page=8)