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The sweetness of that dynamic -- the strange confluence of the distance, the lag-time, juxtaposed against the urgency with which we set upon and responded to every missive, all reflected in all the prose -- persists in our very different relationship today. <br /><br />What you say abt the handmade-gift element of a letter is so true; the nuance of a letter is so different now, particularly if one was never a letter-writer when it was all we had. Anyhow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6328138894440374230.post-12704198662677892122011-08-14T22:04:25.798-04:002011-08-14T22:04:25.798-04:00Ahhh. letters. I adore them, even if they are few...Ahhh. letters. I adore them, even if they are few and far between. I used to have a box of letters from my old boyfriends, college friends, grandparents, etc. and I lost it in a move! I am so sad about that, especially after reading your post. I wish someone like you had found the box.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6328138894440374230.post-57110251043029025532011-08-12T17:18:32.290-04:002011-08-12T17:18:32.290-04:00When I came across my old journals I didn't ev...When I came across my old journals I didn't even crack them open but took them straight to the shredder because I just couldn't bear to read the crap I wrote when I was fifteen or sixteen. <br /><br />Now about those letters. Did you read them? Please keep us posted if your old beau gets in touch with you and asks for the letters. Being all dramatic and such I'm thinking he is taking a long time to answer because he is in an ethical quandary because he never got over her and doesn't want his wife to know. <br /><br />Maybe I should write more and lay off the Lifetime movies, eh?laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02734604996634663930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6328138894440374230.post-70519011622332286912011-08-12T15:55:48.074-04:002011-08-12T15:55:48.074-04:00I have a box of letters up in my parent's atti...I have a box of letters up in my parent's attic that I'll need to go through some day. Years and years of memories!<br /><br />I remember one time in middle school I got in a huge fight with my then best friend and filled a shoe box with all the letters we'd ever written to each other and burned it. I wish I hadn't done that.Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12658627678879503495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6328138894440374230.post-74046172608198059412011-08-12T12:04:10.629-04:002011-08-12T12:04:10.629-04:00I don't think you and I ever exchanged actual ...I don't think you and I ever exchanged actual letters, but if we did, I still have them. I think I have kept every single "letter" that I've received from probably high school on. For the reasons you describe... they always seemed to be a (selfless?) act of creation. I hated writing, but always enjoyed having written. I assumed others felt the same way, and I like to to honor that. (You know who wrote great letters? Brenda. I think she was trying to entertain me, and she always did. Now we live in the fleeting world of IM, and the occasional face-to-face conversation.)Hootiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04400434356203181107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6328138894440374230.post-52022076694606662942011-08-11T22:59:22.981-04:002011-08-11T22:59:22.981-04:00Oh. Oops. Ok, so the other one I'm thinking of...Oh. Oops. Ok, so the other one I'm thinking of isn't married, I don't think? Clearly you'll need to email me.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07969357513275063157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6328138894440374230.post-30090714701314533592011-08-11T21:04:56.616-04:002011-08-11T21:04:56.616-04:00Perpetua, that is high praise! Thank you.
Jenni,...Perpetua, that is high praise! Thank you. <br /><br />Jenni, I was totally embarrassed for myself and everyone else I knew. Maybe one day I can read all that stuff.<br /><br />Amy, I'm not sure we're talking about the same person. Not Joe.Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06517252487552392654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6328138894440374230.post-19451757046299886352011-08-11T18:29:55.172-04:002011-08-11T18:29:55.172-04:00Oh, the letters! My friends and I wrote in high s...Oh, the letters! My friends and I wrote in high school, because I moved from California to England. I don't have them all, but I have a bunch. I love pulling them out when I run across the box. <br /><br />I do miss letters.Aimeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11061040044649042779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6328138894440374230.post-86133729950403976632011-08-11T14:10:07.346-04:002011-08-11T14:10:07.346-04:00I love your poignant take on how life is fleeting....I love your poignant take on how life is fleeting. It is important to realize that, I think, and spend time with your husband and others you love . Isn't it wonderful that you and Matt so enjoy one another's company? As for that bundle of letters, I say trash 'em.delainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01519073646760104147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6328138894440374230.post-25364838635484189182011-08-11T13:19:05.472-04:002011-08-11T13:19:05.472-04:00Well. That's the first time I've read a de...Well. That's the first time I've read a description of a dissertation and wanted to read it, honest to goodness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6328138894440374230.post-53488607944300648552011-08-11T11:08:26.719-04:002011-08-11T11:08:26.719-04:00I have old letters from friends, Sloan, etc. too. ...I have old letters from friends, Sloan, etc. too. We had email then too, but not everyone else did. My dad got email after I was at college and I think I wrote to him sometimes, but a lot of people didn't have it then in the early-mid 90s. You and Matt are great; I hope you get to feed each other grapes in a finished basement soon.Rebekahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07760473145803208544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6328138894440374230.post-43099717365305052752011-08-11T10:04:22.591-04:002011-08-11T10:04:22.591-04:00I never seem to make a dent in cleaning out my clo...I never seem to make a dent in cleaning out my closet because that is where I store my old journals and letters boxes and I end up reading on the floor of the closet.<br />What a mystery about the girlfriend letters. I would have sat there and read them all--or made a plan to do such as soon as the area became a Hubs-free zone.<br />Not sure what I would have done about the girlfriend to an old boyfriend letters you found. Did you check the dates? I once had a boyfriend who apparently told some girl he was available and found a letter written to him while we were going out and he was so stupid to leave it in his room and I found it and then I was even more stupid to keep going out with him.Michele Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17030846420862437581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6328138894440374230.post-32031643387295918672011-08-11T09:52:58.668-04:002011-08-11T09:52:58.668-04:00I had a box full of letters at my mom's house....I had a box full of letters at my mom's house. I wonder what happened to those? I may have tossed them, but that does not seem like me. We moved when I was 10 and I corresponded via mail with my cousin for like 7 or 8 years, and several other friends as well.<br /><br />Nelson kept all the notes I ever passed him in high school. He put them in a loose-leaf binder. I looked through them one day years ago. It was a little painful. I was so vapid, and I had horrible spelling and I was a little embarrassed for my 16-year-old self.Jennihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03776942311638100226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6328138894440374230.post-83183687718915344312011-08-11T01:48:03.157-04:002011-08-11T01:48:03.157-04:00I've saved some cards and letters from Jason--...I've saved some cards and letters from Jason--before we started with The Email, and it's like coded messages cause his handwriting is so bad that I'm the only one who can read it! <br /><br />This is a great post...so much here to comment on! I agree that it's hard to throw away letters and handwritten things. Especially now, they feel like such a personal piece of history. And I know why you saved your SAT scores--that was an historic moment. :) <br /><br />As for the ex of the ex, is there a return address on her envelopes? What if you sent them to HER?? Freaky!! Then you could be besties, maybe? Or not. By the way, I tried to friend this ex bf of yours on Facebook a few weeks ago and he never confirmed me. So maybe he doesn't get on FB much? That must be the reason. CAUSE WHO WOULDN'T WANT TO BE MY FRIEND?Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07969357513275063157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6328138894440374230.post-725142963671561362011-08-11T01:22:42.906-04:002011-08-11T01:22:42.906-04:00The ex's letters could produce a kind of Griff...The ex's letters could produce a kind of Griffin and Sabine book. Did you read those books when they were all the rage? I imagine you must have with the letters and lettering and such.<br /><br />I miss getting mail. I've been wanting for a while to start doing mail art, which is a thing, but I haven't had time. As you say!Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05220334396409452136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6328138894440374230.post-5905062617980537622011-08-11T01:02:48.327-04:002011-08-11T01:02:48.327-04:00You know what I would do with all those letters? M...You know what I would do with all those letters? Make cool scrapbooks or something for them. Just imagine your grandkids or great grand kids finding them! Even the ex's ex-girlfriend letters, get her a seperate book, and write an intro explaining what they are.novahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10999587070684124074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6328138894440374230.post-14329102225537821372011-08-11T00:51:08.364-04:002011-08-11T00:51:08.364-04:00Elizabeth! I love that since I've been doing t...Elizabeth! I love that since I've been doing this late night blogging thing, you tend to be my first comment. And when nobody has commented yet, I'm like, "Where's Elizabeth?!?"Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06517252487552392654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6328138894440374230.post-24303495174910655552011-08-11T00:50:13.540-04:002011-08-11T00:50:13.540-04:00I love the musing tone of this post. I have shoebo...I love the musing tone of this post. I have shoeboxes and shoeboxes filled to the brim with letters. Old boyfriends, old husbands (!) -- just one! -- my father. I can NOT throw a single letter or card away that I receive. You've inspired me to perhaps pull them out and go through them --Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.com