I worked at the latin American headquarters of a major telecom firm. I helped the head of HR pull off this massive meeting and she gave me a small token of her appreciation ( I was an onsite for another services firm). It so happened that there was a new girl that started in HR the same day. She latched on to me. We kinda got involved, I helped her put together the corporate retreat (which was hugely sucessful)…..then she ghosted me. I lost the job, lost the girl and 3 months later I got a job on a cruise ship. Before I left I had one of the guys get me a mailing list of everyone at the company. My position made it so I knew all the admins……As I went from island to island I sent postcards to the different admins I worked with…but not to the girl from HR. The best part, I never told them that I worked on cruise ship. So the big mystery was where was I, and what was I doing. Each postcard would ignite this discussion. I returned to the city 5 months later, tanned, lost 30 pounds, in great shape. Even bought a nice pair of cowboy boots ( I was already 6′3″) I didn’t need the height. Nice new Polo T shirt, new jeans. Best I ever looked. I strolled in to meet one of my best friends for lunch. As I saw all my old gang, hugs and kisses all around. I saw the head of HR and went over say Hi, I even gave her a hug……..right in front of HR girl.