[Dear You. . .]

Dear you,

Here's an opportunity to vent a bit about the hurt that you caused me quite a number of years ago that continues to surface unexpectedly. I think it was because you could never explain why you did what you did. I can rationalize it and give a logical explanation, but it was such very bad timing as well, happening in the middle of my brother's passing. It was VERY selfish and hurtful. I try to let it go and not think about it anymore, but it comes up, bubbling up like muck in a lake and I have to deal with the feelings all over again. We have discussed it, and you probably think it's been laid to rest. I don't want to beat a dead horse - there's no sense in it. I will have to learn to live with the wound and wait for it to scar over. It damaged my trust - not a good thing for someone who has such a very hard time trusting - and I struggle with that still. Oddly, I do trust you, but there's a duplicity of feeling that I cannot explain. And since then you have been a good and loyal friend, your love is evident. Again, it was the timing. . .when I needed the rest of my world to be solid while my brother slipped away breath by breath and got slick liquid beneath my feet instead.

It reared it's ugly head again last night and when I saw this post today I realized it was a chance to write it out and take a look at it. In the greater scheme of things, 6 years is not a long time and that hurt is connected very closely with the pain of losing my brother. I love you. . .I forgive you. . .now I will keep moving on, one step at a time. But you will never understand just how much you hurt me that one time. It was enough hurt to last a lifetime.

Dear Self,

Aparently your opinion doesn't matter. Next time, don't bother.

Me.

Dear Michael,

Please throw away full bottles of Gatorade in your car that aren't yours and that I assume are yours and then i drink and then i find out they aren't yours! :eek:

Sincerely,
Your grossed out wife

Dear you,

You really are a brat, aren't you? Amazing. . . No one is allowed to get angry or annoyed but you. And you always take someone else's annoyance or anger and turn it around so that they end up apologizing to you. An incredible talent you have there. But perhaps you can market it somewhere else cause I don't want it 'round here.

Thanks
C.

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Originally Posted by Catherinedana

Dear you,

You really are a brat, aren't you? Amazing. . . No one is allowed to get angry or annoyed but you. And you always take someone else's annoyance or anger and turn it around so that they end up apologizing to you. An incredible talent you have there. But perhaps you can market it somewhere else cause I don't want it 'round here.

Thanks
C.

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OK, OK so you've redeemed yourself. Guess we are making progress :rolleyes:

Dear Apple,

Thank you for making amazing products that fix themselves, LITERALLY! I love my Ipod touch and was really upset when I thought it was broke, but thanks to a little help from MacForums and Itunes, it's as good as new! Such a simple fix :D

love,
a very satisfied customer!

Three types of Kongs, two types of Nyla bones, a frisbee, two squeekers, a huge stick, two tennis balls and some funky tennis ball thingy.

So, why the A/C cord? Why?

/s/ Foster Mom

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Originally Posted by Cataholic

Three types of Kongs,
two types of Nyla bones,
a frisbee,
two squeekers,
a huge stick,
two tennis balls and
some funky tennis ball thingy.

So, why the A/C cord? Why?

/s/ Foster Mom

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Possible Answers:

* Because it was THERE
* Electric has a "stimulating" taste
* The KAT said to
* Somebody already *spit* on that other stuff :eek:
* Don't rush me ... I'm still thinkin ...

:D
:love:

Dear K,

What happened to you? I don't like the "new" you and I never will. The little respect I have for is dwindling now. I just don't get the major change you've had over the course of 1 year. It makes me sad to think what can happen to you in your last years of High School. You don't have the audacity to call me your Bffl anymore, I'm sorry :( I don't have the heart to tell you that, I guess I should soon. We always hated people like this in our lives, but now it's you..and I just don't get the 180 turn-around. I don't want to loose you, it kills me to think of that because of what we used to have. I never thought we'd have a falling out like this. It's not even about this one thing, although this has me a bit shocked...it's about the fact that you will start doing this all the time. You think it's ok to fool around with people when it's really not. I don't get it. What you did doesn't seem like a big deal to most but it is because to me, this isn't you. This was never you..:( Maybe when you get the consequences of this, you will see. But for now, I guess you'll just live with this as your priority because I know that's all that matters to you anymore. Your dignity is gone. Know that I am not mad about this one thing, because I've known others who have done this before and it didn't seem like a big deal, but it's the fact that this is the highest priority you have in your life and the fact that you're turning into the same person you used to hate..

:(

Dear Chocolate Cake,
I am going to eat you for breakfast. You are going to taste so good.
Sincerely,
Me

Dear revision,

I can't focus on you. Please make yourself more interesting.

From,

Ellie

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Dear Chocolate Cake,
I am going to eat you for breakfast. You are going to taste so good.
Sincerely,
Me

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Dear Eva,

I am very jealous of your cakey breakfast. Now I want cake.

From a hungry Ellie

Dear Ellie,
It was sooooo rich it made my teeth hurt but it was good. :)
-Eva

Dear Mum,
I'm sorry for what I did to the dog even though you said no more hair dye. I was pretty sure you were joking but just in case, he now has a racing stripe and an arrow on his head like Avatar. Sorry!
-Your loving daughter

Dear Summer,

Thank you for freeing me, FINALLY! This summer is going to be awesome :)

Love,
Alyssa

Dear Senior Year,

I am so ready for you!

Love, Alyssa;)

Dear Julie:

I am so so sorry...I was ignorant.

I met you a few years ago, you were going through a rough time, then things got better. I had your phone number and never called.

Today I looked on Facebook - then, the internet.

You died last November in hospital. You were only 45.

I waited too long, Julie. Please forgive me. I hope you were at peace and pain free.

Candace

Dear Photoshop CS5,
I think I might love you. I am going to be very upset when your free trial runs out in 30 days and I have to go back to CS4...
Love,
Ellie

Dear A,
Thanks for being there and listening to me when I needed it.. you are an awesome friend and don't you forget it!
Ellie

Dear S,
Thank you for being such an adorable little poser :) You made the photoshoot today so much fun!
From,
The crazy lady with the camera

Dear Eva,
I bet the cake was soooo worth the tooth ache ;)
-Ellie

Dear God,

Are you putting together an army up there? Since Nov '08 you have taken 3 of the loudest, bossiest, drill sargent in training people I have ever loved. You took Uncle Tom too soon, you took G-ma too soon, and tonight you took Aunt Carol again too soon.

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Dear B.,

The gift you did give me, when you finally got around to it, was lame. I know I was supposed to be touched, because it was from you, and you collect those, and so you bought one for me; but I wasn't. You'd have been better off letting it go altogether.

Signed,
me

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Dear B.,

It's now a year later. I bought you a gift, but I kept in mind what I received from you last year. We'll see what happens. I've lowered my expectations.

Signed,
me

You have always been a very reputable medical practice. Over the past several years I've been happy with the care I have received. But the letter I got from you has totally destroyed my confidence and trust in your office. How dare you put our medical records on some damn worthless computer! For the record, I will not complete that invasive form and I DO NOT CONSENT OR AGREE to having my information compromised to such an extent. Why were we not given a choice about this? When did you decide your patients are no longer human beings? By forcing this despicable act on us, you're putting personal and private information at a very serious risk. Don't insult my intelligence by giving me that bs line about security. Computer security is the ultimate oxymoron, there's no such thing! Any non functional, illiterate, incapable of thinking computer geek jerk-off can get it too easily. You might as well put it in the newspaper.
You owe each and every patient an apology for this betrayal of our right to privacy. Whoever came up with this insult needs to be fired immediately! This whole concept is just plain ignorant! I will not be back because of this.

Momcat, there are ways to keep computer data secure. Not every system is accessible from outside the building, unless they said they were going to put the information on the Internet, I would not worry about it.

Momcat - all my medical records are on computer and I'm thankful for that. If I were to be taken unconsious to the emergency department of the local hospital they could instantly pull up all my medical history, medications I am taking and any allergies I may have. If I see a specialist, they report back to my doctor via computer. This is especially important for my husband who has a number of life threatening medical conditions where time would be of the essence if there was an emergency.

In my experience with these despicable computers, there is no such thing as security. Karen, I do trust you but not on this. I no longer can trust my doctor because of this and will NOT go to ANY excuse for a professional with so little regard for privacy and personal information. I'm on insulin which is nothing to fool around with. I'll go off the medication rather than be degraded and dehumanized by some worthless piece of unreliable electronic crap. It's just not worth it! This computer crap has gone way too far now and it MUST stop. Why is this insult forced on us? These idiots need to act like the professionals they think they are by letting us decide whether or not we want such personal information compromised.

But, Momcat, did they say their information will be on the Internet? If not, there's no way for a hacker to get into it, other than breaking into the physical building, in which case, they could steal your paper files just as readily!

If you came to my house, you could not access any of the data of my computer unless I was there to type in the password for you. And no, the password is not written down on a Post-It stuck to the monitor, it isn't written down anywhere.

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In my experience with these despicable computers, there is no such thing as security. Karen, I do trust you but not on this. I no longer can trust my doctor because of this and will NOT go to ANY excuse for a professional with so little regard for privacy and personal information. I'm on insulin which is nothing to fool around with. I'll go off the medication rather than be degraded and dehumanized by some worthless piece of unreliable electronic crap. It's just not worth it! This computer crap has gone way too far now and it MUST stop. Why is this insult forced on us? These idiots need to act like the professionals they think they are by letting us decide whether or not we want such personal information compromised.

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I work in a hospital and this is the dawn of the computer age. EVERYTHING is going computerized. We take xrays and they are sent via a secure internet connection to a doctor that may or may not even be in this country and read and reported on. It is scary but its convenient and people are working hard to keep everything private. Like louie and me said this helps with emergencies. And a lot of chain pharmacies are connected (Walmart, CVS, Rite-Aid, Walgreen's) to each other via computers to help with drug interactions. That computer connection could save your life someday. While I understand your frustration I guess I don't understand your hatred of a worthless computer when you are using a worthless computer to make this post. :confused: Good Luck and I hope you find some peace in the situation.

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Originally Posted by cassiesmom

Dear B.,

It's now a year later. I bought you a gift, but I kept in mind what I received from you last year. We'll see what happens. I've lowered my expectations.

Signed,
me

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Dear B.,

No gift?! What's that about? I guess I didn't lower my expectations enough!

Signed,
me

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Originally Posted by Alysser

Dear Senior Year,

I am so ready for you!

Love, Alyssa;)

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Dear God, please bless Alyssa in her senior year. Please give her many fun times that will lead to happy memories, and please keep her safe from harm. Thank You for Alyssa, God! Amen

~elyse

Dear Britt,

You've been gone for over a year now, and I still get numb when I think about all that happened. Someone brought you up today, and I can't believe you'll never be able to drive to school with us. You'll never be able to get senioritis with us, You should be going to senior prom & on senior trips. You SHOULD be Graduating on June 20th 2011. You should be experiencing your 18th birthday. You should be going to college next year. It kills me knowing you won't be experiencing this. I am so sorry. :( May you RIP and you are forever class of 2011.

Love, Alyssa :love:

Dear Rebecca,
I am done with you. Stop thinking I like you after all the crap you put me through in middle school. Glad to see you're experiencing all that crap now. I guess karma does work. I don't know why you transferred into one of my classes, because of course I get that luck but I suppose it's luck that it's only ONE course. You're a two-faced pathological lying jerk and I don't want any association with you but I am too damn nice. I wish I wasn't. These days, just LOOKING at you annoys me now-a-days. I just remember all the stuff you did to me and you made my life miserable. I honestly don't know how I made it through Middle School. But whatever, you're getting what you deserve now and I don't care about you. I have found who my true friends are and I don't need you in my life. As far as I'm concerned Graduation day will be the last time I ever see you again. You're a psycho. I can't believe you how much lying you get away with. WHO lies about someone committing suicide? I will never understand but I guess I don't need you. CANNOT. WAIT. TILL. I. NEVER. NEED. TO. SEE. YOU. AGAIN. :)

Dear you,

You are back in my life once more. After six months of not texting me, you randomly text me one day and say you want to hang out with me. Walk around town, have something to eat. You're engaged. It's wrong that you're engaged, but you are. And yet you still want to see me and hang out with me. Can we even be friends? I can't trust you anymore. You've done so much before to make me definitely not trust you...

I want to see you and spend time with you and be friends, I just don't know how I'm going to feel when I'm around you. I'm not sure if I know how to be just your friend.

Maybe we can make this work.

-Bri

Dear Headache,

Please leave me alone. I have a lot of work to do tonight and you are not helping :(

No love,
Ellie


Dear Sir,

Hey... you are teaching an A LEVEL CLASS. These exams are extremely important to us all, and we actually need to be taught something. WE DON'T NEED TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR WEEKEND :mad:. And it may have been ok a couple of years ago when we had no important exams to worry about, but asking us to 'tell you about our weekend so we don't have to get on and do the work' is NOT appreciated. I can understand a student saying that, but a TEACHER trying to get out of doing the work?

And letting us go 20 mins early from a lesson? Well lesson time is for you to TEACH US! We need that time so we know the stuff for the exam. We haven't even been given text books yet so we can't teach ourselves...

Oh and what did you do when you found out no one in the class had done the homework? YOU LAUGHED! How are we ever meant to respect your authority when you laugh? And on the topic of laughing, can you PLEASE stop laughing after everything you say? It is so annoying. And can you please stop acting like you are one of the students. You are not there to become best friends with the group of popular guys in the class.

And for goodness sake, if you want to use an interactive whiteboard in lesson at least learn how to use it instead of making us wait half the lesson for you to work out something which is sooooo simple to do (perhaps if you listen to the class you might work out how to do it).

And please learn to spell the key words we need. They are new words to us. We don't know how to spell them and we need you to spell them correctly so we can get them right in the exam.

Learn to teach us something or retire. I have had you for what... 2 weeks? And you are already driving me (and most the class) insane.

Grrrr,
Ellie.

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Originally Posted by cassiesmom

Dear B.,

No gift?! What's that about? I guess I didn't lower my expectations enough!

Signed,
me

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Dear B.,

We are so done. You said one thing and then you did exactly the opposite. I simply can't get over it. I am hurt. There was no reason for you to handle it that way. I thought we were better friends than that.

Signed,
me

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Dear you,

You are back in my life once more. After six months of not texting me, you randomly text me one day and say you want to hang out with me. Walk around town, have something to eat. You're engaged. It's wrong that you're engaged, but you are. And yet you still want to see me and hang out with me. Can we even be friends? I can't trust you anymore. You've done so much before to make me definitely not trust you...

I want to see you and spend time with you and be friends, I just don't know how I'm going to feel when I'm around you. I'm not sure if I know how to be just your friend.

Maybe we can make this work.

-Bri

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Dear you,

We hung out yesterday. It went a whole lot better than I expected. I wasn't a complete spazz, and apparently we acted "natural."

Now I'm starting to realize why I liked you in the first place. You are so much nicer in person than you ever were when we only texted... But I don't know where that's going to lead me. You're engaged. But you're making the decisions here, not me.

I know what I want and I don't know where things are going to go. We can be friends, I'm fine with that, but if you want it otherwise, you've got some things to deal with and a lot of making up to do.

-Bri

Dear You,

I'm in love with you.
I will always, always be your girl.

But it will never, ever work...
...and it kills me.

Love, Meg

Dear Sis,

Stop judging me. Take a look at yourself first before you evangelize to others. You have a big mouth and a closed mind. Did we grow up in the same house? I find it hard to believe. . .

Kisses!
Me

Dear Deer in my Neighborhood - Could you please not walk along the curb at night. You blend in so well with the trees and leaves that I sometimes don't see you. I really don't want to collide with you! I enjoy seeing you when I drive home from church through the forest preserves on Wolf Road. I am trying to take as many well-lit roads as possible, but the last half a mile worries me t he most.

And if you could just stand still for a second in the morning when you're munching on grass after the landscapers do the lawn in front of my building - I enjoy seeing you and I'd love to take your picture.

Thank you,
Elyse

Dear Co-Workers ... I enjoy working with you so much! You make me smile, you crack me up with laughter and sometimes you even make me cry. I am blessed to have such a great bunch of co-workers. You rock!

Friends,
Elyse

Dear boss...

**bleep bleep**
Censored....

Dear God, could You please bless Isabel and Richard today and all of my other PT friends who need a blessing. You know who they are. Thank You, God for my PT Friends!

Elyse

Dear Adelaide,

I knew I should have gotten you fixed last week, but life got so busy! I'm totally paying for my procrastination, though. Eventhough we scheduled for you to be spayed this coming Tuesday, you appear to be on your own schedule.... you have gone into heat! What has happened to my monster kitten?! You have turned into this bizarre, extremely affectionate creature that won't leave me alone. Your tiny little squeaks have been replaced with an alarmingly loud battle cry of some sort.

How in the world do people live with unaltered cats?

All my love,
Your humble servant.

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Originally Posted by cassiesmom

Dear B.,

No gift?! What's that about? I guess I didn't lower my expectations enough!

Signed,
me

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Dear B.,
If A. already told you what to do to get your sore ankle to stop hurting, why did you ask me? I think you wanted to rub in that you only started seeing A. 6 or 7 months ago and you're already taking a vacation together. And why did you then tell me that A. recommended the same things I did? I am very confused.

Signed,
me

Dear Current Employer,
While I don't dread going to work as much as I did when I was in games, I do dread it. I am sick of it. I am worn out from the drama, and I'm sick of being treated like s*** after all the favors I do for people. ALL SUMMER. And K, I know you're still bitter at me for something that wasn't my fault and something that wasn't even a big deal. I am very aware you could've gotten in trouble for it, but you didn't, or not that I know of anyway. I wish you were still cool with me, because you were a great guy before that night. It's not everyone I am tired of, but I am tired of the fakes, liars, and people who treat me like crap and act like they never knew me. This season changed alot of people, well I feel that way anyway, and it got better in certain ways but last year was more fun. I miss the way everyone used to be close. I'm tired of the BS and I'm going to be moving on after this season. This weekend, I found out that if I call out one more time then I get fired. I want to do it, so so so freakin' bad. But I refuse to screw myself over, I need the money and there's only 4 weeks left. It would also be bad for a resume and a next job. I want to tell you to screw yourself, and to just leave, but I am going to do the one good thing I've done for myself all season and end it well. I really will try and not come back next year. I am sick of SF and the bullcrap I've put up with the past 3 years.

I'm not talking about everyone, but I am talking about alot of people in a way - which hurts. But I am ready to move on with my life now. kthnxbai.


Dear R,
UGH, been avoiding you and avoiding you and finally had to talk to you today. So you took the SAT'S in august huh? Yeah, because you really gained alot from that lie. Stop acting like you care about people when you never did, and just stop acting like you care about me. I want to pummel you in the face everyday, you're the most terrible human being I've ever met. ARGHHHHHHHHH. Can't wait to never see you after June 20th :) I had to do a project with you, cool, doesn't mean I wanted to talk to you, I am being made to. 2 people out of our group hate you, 1 is too nice to let you not work with us, and 1 is just neutral.

disliked, by me.

Dear God,

Could you please be with my friend Phred today. He has a complex medical problem and needs healing. Please be with Phred and with everyone who is thinking of and praying for him, God.

Could you please be with Cataholic's sister and niece today. Her niece is having a kidney transplant. She has had challenging medical problems all her life but she has done amazingly well. Please be with the doctors and nurses and her family, and please bless this dear girl.

Thank You, God for all of the very special people, dogs, cats, and pets here on Pet Talk! They are such a blessing to me!

Thank You,
Elyse
amen

Dear Mom,
Please let me go to our school trip, it would be a great deed you would have done, pleasey squeezy with a cherry on top! :) I really want to go with my friends and my teachers, Thank You!

and
Dear Mom,
Please let MZRZM come over to our house on Saturday, and please let me go to their funfair too! Thank You and please let me go to their funfair too! thank you, and please please please let me go to their funfair too! <3
Love You,
Sana

and
Dear Miss Warda,
Please don't scold me for not doing my homework, I forgot my books at home, silly me! :rolleyes: I guess I'll have to bunk you class, or else you'll kill me and I don't want to die, I really want to attend the surprise day! ;)But I am really afraid you might strangle me because this homework was due for like three weeks, I am so upset, Please don't do anything to me even though its your right to kill me...
From Sana