On the outside of a plain white envelope it says "Feel free to ignore this".
Ernest,
I decided to write you a letter rather than send an email or a text or even talk to you in person because letters are easy to ignore. You can just toss them aside and never think about them again. Granted you can delete emails and texts but that's not the point. And it's a lot easier for me to express myself when I hand write something than when I type.
This time that we've been spending together has been pretty fantastic. The sex is, of course, phenomenal. We've been laughing a lot. And I will never get tired of watching you enjoy my cooking. You get this little twinkle in your eye when the food is just right. It's kind of adorable. It's gotten me to doing a lot of thinking though and I realized something.
I don't want to wait 11 years.
You can do with that what you will. If I don't get any kind of a response then I will have my answer and I will never bring it up again. I don't want this to put any kind of a strain on our relationship but I do understand if you need some time to yourself after a declaration like that. I just couldn't keep it in anymore.
I also don't want you to feel like you have to respond right away. Take your time. Think about it. I'm a very patient woman most of the time so even if it takes you months to figure out how you feel, that's fine. I don't mind. I'll wait. And I won't push. I'm not going to bring it up anymore after this. I will talk about it if you want to, but only if you want to.