Past Mistakes - Tell us some of yours
Mine was like the end of the world.
When I was in my late teens I fell desperately in love with my mate's sister. Her name was "Dawn" and I was struck dumb whenever she was near. Boy was I shy. Anyway, I found out she was having a birthday soon and thought that this was a good time to show her my feelings and maybe break the ice. At this time a major company regular advertised it's products with the slogan " Dawn - is the softest one" and this was emblazoned all over the packaging. I wanted to tell her that she was the bees knees and I wanted her to be mine. I went to wholesaler and bought a very large supplier's carton of the product and spent a fortune in wrapping paper to make it look really good and disguise the contents. I then bought a plain card and wrote in it - "This says it all" etc. I went around to her place late at night on the eve of her birthday and left the card and the carton on the front verandah, ready for the morning.
Well that did it, she never spoke to me again, I was shunned, never allowed to explain, my dreams were dashed. Why? - the product was "toilet rolls" and she was offended. Boy! do girls think different than boys.