DEAR INTERNET SERIOUS BUSINESS. i am compelled to write a letter to my very first boyfriend. is this a bad idea?
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more pepper! said, (103 days ago)
we last saw one another 4 years ago? and we've always been on good terms.
more pepper! said, (103 days ago)
@el indio: i dunno, i dreamt about him last night and i've been thinking about it all day.
Superion said, (103 days ago)
I have gotten two letters from ex-girlfriends in the last year.
Both of them have been...awkward, to say the least. But in the case of one, we can be semi-friendly (though it's been 17 years, so much is water under the bridge) and in the case of the other, I replied to be civil, but was distant. She hurt me some good, and she's married now; I hold no more grudges, but to say it doesn't ever sting would be untrue.
It is up to you to verify your motives, and the outcomes. I personally don't see anything wrong with it, but that didn't take away from the strangeness of both messages.
Jubilee! said, (103 days ago)
Dear Pepper,
If by "very first boyfriend" you mean me, then yes.
Kissz,
Jubidoo
soulcamp said, (103 days ago)
Seems a bit weird to me. But then again, what do I know?
Surely there must be *something* else you can write instead.
soulcamp said, (103 days ago)
Honestly, I can't imagine what I would think if I were the recipient of such a letter. I guess it would really depend on the content of the letter, but it still seems like it would be a bit odd to get.
arielsara said, (103 days ago)
If I may be so bold- dreams about people from the past aren't about those people now- they're about what those people meant to us in the past and what our past means to us now.
In the last few years I've been contacted by several people I used to know, some as boyfriends, and in general it's a good experience. There are people I've been to shy to reply too- my first love among them- and people I have chatted with for hours over instant messenger. But every time I've remembered something I don't think about anymore and thought about my present in a new way.
I guess bottom line, it doesn't sound like a bad idea, but it's probably not the only thing you could be inspired to do by that dream.
soulcamp said, (103 days ago)
Now, the guy who owes you the money, you should write.
Tell him to leave the cash in small, unmarked bills in the pocket of a handbag that you fancy at your favorite store. Also tell him that you know where he lives and that someone is watching his every move.
arielsara said, (103 days ago)
I would like to note that while I skimmed my reply for bad they're/their/there grammar, I missed the bad to/too grammar. Proof positive that it's the ass end of the day.
more pepper! said, (103 days ago)
i will sleep on it again tonight. i just remembered the last thing he said to me the last time we saw one another and it would be a good scene in a movie.
le sigh.
lay oale said, (103 days ago)
I say go for it, as long as its not a dirty letter and he has a girlfriend who gets stabby.
Generally, if this question crosses your mind, it is.