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Looking for love? If you're in Dodauer Forest in northern Germany, then you're in luck.
Awwwwww Looking for love? If you're in Dodauer Forest in northern Germany, then you're in luck. The Associated Press reported on March 4 about the Bridegroom's Oak, a 500-year-old tree that has served as a mailbox for the lovelorn for over a century. The custom originated with a couple whose relationship was opposed by the woman's father; they left messages for each other in the tree's knothole and eventually married in 1892.
Here's how it works: People send a letter (address: Bräutigamseiche, Dodauer Forest, 23701 Eutin, Germany), and the postmaster delivers it to the tree.
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