Back before we had the international postal service, people used to write their message on paper, pop it in a bottle, and throw it in the sea. It was up to the recipient to wait on the beach, day after day, until they finally received the bottle.
People had to have acute knowledge of tidal flows and sea movements. It was a bad system, and even today, people are finding lost messages in bottles, thrown into the sea, meant for someone else completely.
A long-distance lover, studying in Tarnów, Poland, in 1959, was missing her boyfriend, known only as Bunny, terribly. She had to get her anguish out, and so she penned him a message in a bottle. It outlines her heartache and reassures him that she is only his.
“I assure you that I am quiet and modest, I don’t make friends with anyone, I simply avoid men,” the woman, only known as Rysia, wrote. Continuing, she says, “My dear, I am a terrible egoist, I only write about myself, but I only think about you—I see you every moment.”
The thought is very cute, but throwing her message in a bottle in the sea, it was unlikely to ever reach her beloved. It floated in the sea for more than sixty years before being found by two boys exploring the coast.
2 Boys Looking For Original Author Of Love Message In A Bottle
Eryk and Kuba, two ten-year-old boys, were hiking around Stogi Beach in Gdańsk when they found the message in a bottle. The origin is more than 420 miles away, which makes the delivery time almost as slow as TEMU.
Now, they are searching for the original author. They have little more to go on than the place the lover studies and her given name in the message in the bottle. The boys have brought the sixty-year-old note of love to a local museum, hoping they can use their resources.
Throwing a bottle into the sea with a note inside may not be the most effective way to communicate. But the sentiment is there, and the thought of someone finding it decades later is always nice. Bring back throwing stuff in the sea, I say.