underage unrequiting

kara from montreal shares this story of an anonymous note that left her "unable (yet still unwilling) to requite"

writes kara:

"Here's the deal: I started university at 17, and didn't turn 18 until just before the second semester ended. Most of my classmates didn't know I was younger; I wasn't trying to be deceptive, but it wasn't something that needed to come up. Several months into the year, in an incredibly awkward moment that involved me wearing mickey mouse socks and drinking cranberry juice in a room full of musicians with wine glasses, it came to light that I was still underage. This occured shortly before Valentines Day, an occasion on which our beloved school basketball team held a fundraiser selling bags of red and white candy which they would deliver to student mailboxes along with a note from the sender. I only got one. The note read: "Dear Kara, if only you were 18"."