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October 18, 2005 |
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Would You Make a Deal With Me?
FOUND by Aaron
in Erie, Pennsylvania
My mom's boyfriend found this on his windshield behind a church in Erie. What we've been debating is whether the guy who wrote this is either really old or if he was writing on top of a piece of concrete.
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We collect FOUND stuff: love letters, birthday cards, kids' homework,
to-do lists, ticket stubs, poetry on napkins, telephone bills, doodles -
anything that gives a glimpse into someone
else's life. Anything goes...
how sad that a man could let someone use him like this? he needs a good companion, not someone who would just use him.
this is sooo weird, really sad :(
So what I want to know is what the mom's boyfriend did with the cell phone money?
heidi, you crack me up!
An old guy (presumably given the cursive style) wanting a particular chick to sleep next to him, and he'd pay so she wouldn't lose money? I'm guessing she's a prostitute (if she wont lose money if he pays her)... but is she someone this old dude is infatuated with, or is it someone he's close to that he wants to see off the streets? One can only wonder.
how sad......
I would say the shakiness is probably from meds for being mentally ill . . . tarditive dyskinesia maybe . . .
Am I the only one who reads "Marion"?
Marion is a guy's name too...was more popular in the 1920s and 1930s, particularly with Polish immigrants.
John Wayne's real name was Marion.Really can't imagine anyone calling 'The Duke', Marion though.
I concur about the prostitute idea, if she won't be losing money if he pays her so she'll stay all night. And why can't he pay her to stay and not have sex when she's not having her period, does she charge more then? I don't think an older man would misspell night like that, maybe its just shaky cause the person was emotional at the time of writing
The reason she won't be losing any money is BECAUSE she'd be on her period, since she wouldn't otherwise be "working" at that time. He's suggesting this because he can't afford to pay her what she usually charges, giving her an opportunity to at least make SOME money when she wouldn't normally be making any. It's still highly weird.
Let's get back to where the cell phone money went!
Sweet, and yet rather sad. Poor fellow. She's not worth it if she won't be your friend, mate!!
I just wonder why he thought Sylvia was parked behind the church.
That's the saddest thing I've ever read.
sad,lonely.And why can't prostitutes go to church?
I am also chiefly concerned with the cell phone money. And I agree this is horribly sad. I'd say it's from an extremely lonely, extremely old man who just wants some company. Awful. :(
You know what phrase is hilarious? Highly weird.
This was written by an old pervert. Sylvia is definitely a prostitute. Missy had it right on the nose.
I think those of us here deserve a cut of that cell phone money.
The former mayor of D.C. wants to sleep with Sylvia all night?
Give him a price, already! It's been almost 18 months.
I don’t think this guy is a pervert. I think he’s just longing to fill the need that all of us have for companionship. I can tell you more than sex, a lot of nights I’d rather just fall asleep with someone in my arms.
What a spectacular (yes, also sad) glimpse into some one's life! Thank you for posting this-
Sylvia sucks(aparently).This lonely guy just wants to treat her to a nice dinner,he'll even provide transportation PLUS pay for her cell phone...all for no sex,just to be near another human being.It's very sad.Maybe she didn't charge him...if that's the case,Sylvia doesn't suck.
wow this made me cry...the way he's so desparate for some companionship :(
What's really jarring about this letter is that Marion hasn't yet figured out that many women -- even PROFESSIONAL women -- when on their period, are not very interested in fulfilling someone else's needs. Sounds like he has a car and enough money for a cell phone, what price can he "afford?"
well, it kinda just sounds like a lonely guy who needs a cuddle once in a while. prostitutes aren't emotionless drones or anything, they would do that for a guy they liked, pretty sweet deal too when you think about it. he sounds like a nice dude.
Marion is a lady. She feels that the only person she can go to for that comfort of having a "relationship" is Sylvia. They met out back behind the church a few times after drinking at the local bar and Marion grew quite smitten with Sylvia. Marion just needs a friend to sleep with without the hassles of sex! :)
But wait, so, Sylvia never got this note because the mom's boyfriend took it off the car? I imagine that the interception of Marion's desirous note to Sylvia must have set into motion a series of hijinks, comedy of errors and some hurt feelings.
I wonder whether Sylvia ever found out that Marion wanted to sleep all night with her?
It's quite sweet really.
Sandra's right...no one would have called the Duke "Marion" and lived to tell the tale!
This Marion wants to buy her cellphone?? That's what it says. Maybe he thinks a new cellphone would give him a chance to have her number so he wouldn't have to leave notes on random cars.
Or maybe "Sylvia" is an imaginary...well..prostitute, you can't really call that an imaginary friend, now can you?
It reminds me of King David in the Bible when he got so old he couldn't stay warm in bed so they found the Shunnamite to sleep with him but with no sex.
missy makes the most sense to me. i love this "found."
Am I the only one who doesn't find this note "sweet" or "sad"? When I read it, I was actually more amused and disturbed than sad.
This reminds me of Miles Davis. It never dawned on me that there would be prostitutes in Erie. I wonder what happened.
yeah... just comes across as sad to me. especially with the thought of it being an old man. =/
I found this note kind of disturbing when I read it. It is sad, yet it leaves a sour taste in my mouth at the same time. I'm not sure why? The fact that it was found behind a church suggests a couple of things for me: a) a priest with a secret sex fetish; or more likely, b) Marion and the prostitute often find themselves going to the church because it is a place of shelter in a bad part of town. The fact that Marion writes, ". . . at a price I can afford", doesn't sound like he has that much money him/herself. It just sounds rather odd for someone of "higher status" to write that, it's too much like a plea. That tells me that Marion him/herself probably doesn't have that much money but is desperate enough for Sylvia's attention to give everything he/she has. A very interesting glimps into the underworld though! Good read.
This is kind of sad. Obviously, the girl is a prostitute, and I think the author of this note really has feelings for her. I think he just wants to be with her, take her out on a date and treat her like a real woman. So sad that they can't be together because she's a whore. =[ Sounds like the plot to a bad chick flick or something.
i can't be the only female on here that sympathizes with sylvia & is creeped out by this note.....i am not a hooker, but i have had more than one geeky guy make outlandish offers like that & they were all ages plus usually married....i would imagine more than a few women have had that experience....
& no, i did not get money for a cell phone or anything else......*J*
Minor comment for the gender-identification impaired:
In general, Marion is a man's name, and Marian is a woman's name.
great find! has anyone considered that she might be a stripper? he could be the creepy regular who sits in the corner all night and just wants to talk to her. she is very good at manipulation and mentioned during their chat that she had lost/broken her cell phone, knowing full well that he would buy her a new one. gross, both of you.
a stripper who offers other services... alright a prostitute.
i think sylvia would at least have a working cellphone. this guy seems decent, with good intentions, and they seem really close to each other...thus sylvia i believe will make a deal with him. all the best to them both!
God, what a bunch of projections from the most of you--a pervert?.Why? The guy is just lonely and wants someone to sleep next to. I think also that he bought her a cellphone to insure her safety and a phone call in return. Sounds like a win-win. I make my place a "safe house" from time to time and I've heard plenty of stories like this. Signed--A gentleman
Even though the whole period thing is a little funny...this letter makes me very sad for the old man.
Could his name be Marlon not Marion?
I guess he wants to sleep with this prostitute/stripper who goes the extra mile, during a time when he presumes she's not working (although some guys are into having sex with a woman during her period). Maybe he likes her, maybe he just wants to be with somebody, I don't know. But what I want to know is what happened to her old cell phone that he needs to buy her a new one...
"I don't need sex THAT nite," implies that he usually does... need sex. My guess is that Marion fell in love with the hooker, who got creeped out "lost her phone" in attempt to avoid him. Now he's trying to lure her back by playing gentleman? It's likely that they used to be pretty close, since he dares to mention her period like that...
sylvia can be an older name too...maybe she is an older lady of the evening..anyone think of that? and joel b in my town..that was sweet what you wrote!!
Hey, apparently there are alot of sad people in Balto because I thought that this was some older dude who liked a pro. I think he just wanted to get close to her and to have somebody there. I think it's a sad note.
To Joel in Balimore, I would hold you.
that's creepy. I read the letter, and then the location, and never knew that odd things like that were found in Erie. Well, erie is an odd town, so, I guess it isn't surprising
i read marlon first, too, but i think that since all his other L's are loopy and since the "rl" blend would make a loopy L the easiest... it's marion.
i think that sleeping next to a hooker all night is creepier than having sex with her... prostitutes provide a service to fulfill physical desires, not emotional desires like sleeping next to someone
all i can say is that i'm glad i'm not a prostitute. they must have tough lives.
I don't think it's an old guy. I mean, it would make sense, sure, but considering the fact that he spells night and right 'nite' and 'rite' I think he was either nervous or wrote it on something uneven. But a really sweet note all in all.
My grandmother's father was named Marion.
Maybe Marion isn't old, but just homeless.
I think it's an old man, a widower, who just wants someone to be in the med with him because he doesn't like sleeping alone, but he's probably on a pension and doesn't have much money. it's a heartbreaker.
"You would not lose work this way"? What is he writing to a prostitute??? I live just outside of Eerie so this is disturbing hahaha.
This gives us such a wonderful glimpse into our human need for companionship. Very Sad :(
This gives us such a wonderful glimpse into our human need for companionship. Very Sad :(
This gives us such a wonderful glimpse into our human need for companionship. Very Sad :(
Addressing the issue of his mispelling nite: It is possible that he doesn't write that often. When you don't write that often you forget how things are spelled. (This has occurred many times with my father).
Addressing the shaky handwriting: Again maybe he doesn't write that often OR maybe he was feeling pressure to write neatly OR maybe he is on meds OR maybe he really is old like everyone seems to think.
Just because he has shaky cursive handwriting does not necessarily make him an old pervert. My parents are in their late 50s and they were taught to write in cursive in grade school.
It's entirely possible that this man is say a divorced laborer in his early 60s who is now on disability from the damage that years of laboring has done to his body. Being a laborer would not entail writing that frequently. Being on disability would explain the low funds. Just a possibility.
Never underestimate the lengths that one will go to in order to have companionship. It doesn't necessarily make them perverted, but it does make them human.
A sad find, that's for sure. Sylvia is almost definitely a prostitute, like most of you already said, and I agree with Emily that he doesn't have to be an old pervert. I feel bad, because Sylvia either never got the note or decided to stick it onto a complete stranger's windshield. I wonder, was the cell phone money stolen by the time this was found or did the father just spend it? Guess we'll never find out.
it seems like most people viewing this have remorse for the man writing the letter...i on the other hand think this is very creepy. its sad that the man is alone but its definitly more creepy that hes even asking in the first place...
Did anyone not think this was intended for subby's mother? Do prostitutes use there real names, it could have been intended for her mother and the boyfriend intercepted.