You are moving on to bigger places and bigger things soon. I just want you to know how proud of you I am and how special you are to me. Thank you for all the adventures and laughs (seriously, I have never laughed so much which anyone else). You may have nearly given me bald spots from noogies, but you'll always be my favorite. —Girl Who Quietly Loves You

I mean this in the most sincere and least creepy way ever: you have the nicest butt I have ever seen on a man. Good job. —I Hate To See You Go But I Loooove To Watch You Leave

In fact, EVERYONE seems to like you and the things you do. Your presence lights up the room, and when you're around things become funnier, more interesting and full of potential. But does that just mean I want us to be best buds? Or...a different kind of buds? I'm pretty sure you're not interested in me beyond friend-hood, but occasionally you give me cause to wonder otherwise. You're generally touchy and snuggly (with everyone), but when you touch ME I get dizzy. Good dizzy. It's confusing, friend. (But also nice!) I want us to continue to have adventures and silly times and to change the world, but my stupid heart is of two minds. And because we're involved in some of the same things, I fear doing anything that could make all that stuff less comfortable. But it doesn't have to be a THING, y'know? I am happy to be (just) your pal, but I need to know if you meant anything by kissing my hand and sustaining all those hugs for longer than anticipated. I can get over it and never mention any of this again, but you've gotta tell it to me straight. —Enthusiastic One

You know when I tell you and everyone else that I love you like a brother? I'm lying.

I'm pretty sure you are, too. —Chemistry, Not Biology

I might ask you to come for a run with me sometime soon, but I'd actually rather ask you if I could buy you a drink. —M

Dear Red, I just want you to know that even though we haven't talked in a while I still think about you. This is a weird phase for us right now, but weird isn't always bad. Things will pan out, trust me. Just know I loved you then, and I love you now. —Blue Thunder

I found a box of letters from you under my bed the other day, and regardless of how dated they maybe and how much feelings have changed between then and now I want to thankyou for your abundance of care. Thankyou for writing out entire books to me about your heart. I will never forget the time and dedication you put into building something beautiful for us. I miss you a lot, I don't expect to hear from you anytime soon, and that's okay. In fact it's more than okay, I think it's very necessary. I just wanted to somehow reach out to you and say thankyou. Thankyou for creating a safe space for me and keeping it that way. I will always cherish it. —Art

Thank you for being such a wonderful human being. Thank you for serving as a reminder that men can exist and have literally every trait that I value. I love hearing about your family—especially about how you met and fell in love with your wife. There was never a chance in hell for us (due to, among other things, the age gap and also the fact that she is your soulmate), but you should know that I base my idea of "ideal guy" on you. Thank you for that. —Freshman

I can still hear your cheerful voice saying “Hi!” as we would playfully greet each other while we cuddled and kissed. The love we shared was the best I have known and I am grateful to you. I wish we had been open about our needs years back. Yes, I can still hear your voice teasing me as we would part from our embrace, “Come back!” —Grateful To You

You always help to brighten up my workday, and if we existed in a slightly different parallel universe, I would date the heck out of you. —Not-quite-as-young-ster