#dear john letter

[howifeltabouthim]

'I think a clean break is better,' she wrote, which was an unfortunate use of language if you thought about it. Which he did, endlessly.

Kate Atkinson, from Death at the Sign of the Rook

[vampiregerard]

song obsession of the day

[misscordeliamonroe]

I still miss you.

Dear Gabe,

  Do I still say dad? I don't even know. Bella still asks about you. Not as often but she does. She misses you still. I show her old pictures and we still talk about you. You really did make a damn good impression on that little girl. Hell, what am I saying. Up until the very end you made one on me too. I think that's what broke my heart the most. The truth is I still wake up sometimes and I want to go find you because I miss you. I miss our talks. I miss watching you with Bella. I miss it all. I remember one night I was sitting up because I couldn't sleep and I was pregnant with Bella. I was staring out the window and I was thanking god for you. I knew that if I wasn't here in New York with you I wouldn't have been happy. I knew that finding you those years ago saved my life.

Do I miss Nancy Scott? Hell no I don't. She put me through hell for fifteen years. You really did save me from her and her husband. You made my life in New York and beyond possible and I can't thank you enough for that. I've been through so much that you don't know about. Yeah I moved to California. You probably know that much. California was definitely good for my career. California sent me to London for a while and London was wonderful but the truth was I missed New York. With that being said I'm home. I'm in the house I had before. It's hard not to miss you here because you're everywhere but this is home. I not only miss you but I miss the menagerie of animals. I miss all the little things too. You've missed a relationship or two in my life.

Da--Gabe.. Bella's so big and she's starting school this year. You've missed so much in her life and in mine and it sucks. When I got here just before my sixteenth birthday I thought it was forever. It felt like forever. I had the family I had dreamed of. You were taken from me so young and then you took yourself from me but from Bella. She's old enough to really understand holidays now and it's the cutest thing. You know every Christmas she still gets you a gift in case she gets to see you again. Or she'll make you a card or something for Father's day because you made such an impact on her small life. I don't stop her because it's something she wants to do. I don't stop her because you still mean so much to her. You still mean so much to both of us.

Oh and.. You missed another milestone. Bella's going to be a big sister. It's still early and she will be finding out soon but yeah another baby is on the way. And because of me and because of your strong willed granddaughter this baby will know about you too. I know you probably won't ever see this but thank you for saving me. Thank you for being here for me while you were. I still miss you. I still love you.. I hope you're doing well for yourself. Maybe one day we'll cross paths again.

xo, Cordelia Monroe James.

[bloghrexach]

MICHAEL MOORE ... "When you lose this election, and you will, don’t “declare victory” before the polls close. Don’t claim you’ve "won" when only 23% of the vote has been counted. Don’t lie to the American people again, Donald.

And don’t lie to yourself again."

Dear Donald — A Dear John Letter to Donald John Trump from Michael Moore

[dwuerch-blog]

Never Would God Unfriend Us

Back in the day, when we unfriended someone, we walked away, erased their name off our notebook or wrote a “Dear John” letter. Here we are – decades later and we can unfriend someone with the tap of a button. I don’t “unfriend” but rather “unfollow”, usually because of their language, their rants, their lack of self-control. I still want them to follow me – hopefully, so they’ll catch some Light…

[prettyashtrological]

Give yourself permission to be mine 💛

[marzipanandminutiae]

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)

[thegreatimpersonator]

dear john (taylor's version)

[rivermask]

Tumblr Book Clubs I am Currently Following, in order of how hard I think they would be to catch up on if you wanted to join the fun:

Around the World Hourly (Around the World in Eighty Days with entries sent according to the in-story hour of events, started Oct 2)

The Public Domain Book Club (started Frankenstein for the month of October on Oct 1)

Lord of the Rings Newsletter (started late September with some very long posts, but will be variable length as they follow the dates of events in the story)

Dracula Daily via Re:Dracula (chronological Dracula by Bram Stoker - OK, you've missed most of this one, but the audio format is very engaging - you could still catch up for the exciting conclusion!)

My Dear Wormwood (The Screwtape Letters by CS Lewis - 22 short letters so far, posted on a weekly basis)

What Manner of Man (original vampire romance by St John Starling - 24 shortish and very fun chapters so far, posted on a weekly basis)

Whale Weekly (Moby Dick by Herman Melville with roughly chronological timescale - we're 70-some chapters in but there are often long breaks between them so you could probably catch up)

Les Mis Letters (a chapter of Les Miserables by Victor Hugo every day for a year - catch-up difficulty level: impossible)

Please add your own!

[applestede]

So it’s come to my attention that Mary probably won’t be in S2 which, bummer.

But I hope she can at least have some passing good mention, or some indication that she and Stede are on speaking terms.

First of all, no matter what they think of each other, they still have kids, and I would hope that Stede would want to be at the very least aware of what was going on in their lives, even if he isn’t really their father figure anymore.

But I also think that Mary and Stede could be really good friends regardless, especially since that pressure of being in a marriage that neither of them wanted and neither of them enjoyed is gone. You can see a glimpse of that camaraderie toward the end of episode ten (the conversation about love, and the whole faking his death thing.)

She could easily send him letters using some sort of pseudonym or another form of don’t-reveal-my-ex-husband-isn’t-actually-dead deception. They could gossip together.

I just think they could have a really strong bond when there are no expectations put on them.

[howifeltabouthim]

Since I have been here I have written to him once,—one sad, long, weary letter. Since that I am constrained to leave his letters unanswered.

Anthony Trollope, from Phineas Redux

[koszmarnybudyn]

Dont mind me just thinking about aro but not ace Arthur Lester

[diary-of-a-teenage-girl24]

October 5th 2024 00:53

To whoever this may concern.

Hello , my name is [Redacted] I am [Redacted] years old and come from [Redacted] in [Redacted].

You may be wondering why vital information, concerning myself, has been removed. There is a very simple reason to this. I believe that to know a person, we need not know about their whereabouts, or even their name. My location does not determine my personality, my music taste, my religion, my age doesn't affect my outlook on like. And my name is simply that. Mine. It does not change anything about me, or who I am as a person.

Now that, that is out of the way, hello, how was your day? Mine was just splendid, I allowed myself to waste away my day. Sloth will always be my hamartia. Hamartia is a great word, isn't it? It means "A Fatal Flaw". I first read it in John Greens "The fault in Our Stars" that was a book that truly changed me. Of course it's no "The Bell Jar" by the incredible Sylvia Plath, but it truly encapsulates the teenage experience. Luckily I am not dying of cancer, but inside my soul, I couldn't help but relate to Hazel Grace.

I am a believer that we, as humans, are created by everything around us. From the people we meet, to the characters in books with who we relate to so much with. I am also a believer in Christianity, and I am completely aware that some of you could be very put off by this, but that does not affect me. I simply know that I, myself, am a Christian, and that is pretty much it. This was lame.

Note to self: Remember to study.

See you around.

-[Redacted]

p.s

"I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart, I am, I am, I am." -Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar.

[ciggi3s4ever]

Bright Star, by Jane Campion - 2009

[dwuerch-blog]

Unfriended?

This is my last “Early Voting” day at the polls. Now onto the big finale on Tuesday. If you haven’t already – please vote before it’s too late. It is a right we should never avoid. Do you need a friend to take you to the polls? Please call someone to take you or if you don’t want or can’t get out of your car, just drive up to the closest polling location and ask for someone to “curbside” vote…

[auntie-browning]

Browning, what's the usual training regime you put Zaire through?

"The usual: push ups, sit ups, burpies, and making him run for his dear life as I shoot at him with my gun in iive fire exercises...Well, I say 'live fire' but most of them are blanks...but he doesn't need to know that, does he~"