Dear B,
I'm so sorry I broke your heart. We have been friends for years now and I know you wanted to take it a step further. I really wanted to also for about 5 years. I grew so close to you and I was afraid that our relationship would change if we broke up somehow. The truth is that I was scared. I have never been in a relationship before and I don't know how it works. I'm so sorry that it didn't work out with us. I know that you are hurting and everyone keeps telling me that you'll be fine with some time. But it kills me to know that I hurt you so badly. I didn't mean to and I wish that I could take it away.
I never see you anymore. We have the same friends and live in the same dorm and have the same classes, but I never see you. I miss hanging out with you. I miss hearing your goofy laugh and watching movies with you. I'm not sure if I like you in a dating kind of way but I do miss being around you. Please just talk to me again. My worst fear has come true. I never meant to hurt you and I wish that I had the courage to date you.
~love (maybe) S.
Dear family,
I know that I may be overreacting here, but this is how I feel. I have been hiding a big part of my life from you, and I know not well. The reason I spend so much time in my room is because I love anime and pokemon and cartoons and everything geeky and nerdy. I know that you don't care and you would accept me for liking this stuff. But there is still a part of me that feels like you would judge me and make fun of me. I still painfully remember in middle school when K would make fun of that girl on the bus who liked pokemon. "A highschooler shouldn't like pokemon. That's for kids." "Anime is so weird. Everyone who watches it is weird." No, I know those aren't your exact words K, but that's the impact it left on me. And when R would use the fact that I liked anime to make fun of me to her friends. So, I tried to give it up. I stopped playing my pokemon games, threw out my collection of cards, only watched anime late at night with the door closed. If someone walked in, I immediately shut it off in fear that you would see.
Then I went to collage. I met my awesome friends that let me open up about my interests. I told them that I liked anime and waited for their snarky remarks. It never came. They accepted me for who I am and don't judge me for liking the things I do. Also, I play dungeons and dragons. A introduced it to me and it's really fun. K, those dice you found are for D&D. The "game" I was talking about is D&D. I'm a mega nerd at heart and if you can look past the stereotypes, you'll see that there is a deeper side to everything. Thank you for listening and accepting me.
~Your nerdy daughter