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marzipanandminutiae · 1 month ago

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reading Shirley Jackson's college love letters to her future husband is like watching the heroine go into the basement in a slasher movie

like. girl. I know he's also a big nerd, and probably sometimes takes breaks from incessantly criticizing and trying to change you, but I'm from the future and this relationship is going to suck until you die please dump his ass

(also speaking of dying, Just Say No To Mixing Barbituates and Amphetamines. yes, even if the doctor says it's okay. no reason. celebrate your hypothetical 49th birthday really hard I SAID NO REASON CALM DOWN)

#shirley jackson #I was loaned the published book of her letters today #honestly a lot of the letters to Stanley read like someone who has been mentally abused by someone at some point #(not necessarily him- her mother was a piece of work too)#'I know I'm [histrionic/annoying/not as clever as you/etc.] but' comes up a lot #and at one point even while telling him off she's like 'well by the time school starts again I'll have forgiven you'#'and then you can change me the way you want and I'll learn to overlook your faults'#like. Shirley. look at me. whoever made you feel like this was normal or okay needs to be stoned to death #put death into their food and watch them die #she died with an unsent Dear John letter to him in her possession apparently #sounds like she was gearing up to leave #but. yeah.

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