Write a Letter You Cannot Send (Read the Rules!)

[Brûlée]

dear dad,

i miss you a lot. obviously.

i wish i could turn to your guidance for career paths. do you think i could handle doing public health? it's what i'm interested in, but i just worry about hard science classes. i think i can minor in it without them. i know you would have advice.

i feel the absence of you in the funniest ways. you'd always send me far too many emojis and gifs if i got a good grade on an exam. the pause i still take when i now text mom, instead of our group message.

i think about the argument we'd often have - i'd bring up an issue i had with your behavior, and you'd say "oh, so i'm the bad guy now. i'm just the absolute worst, i agree." it always infuriated me! did you genuinely believe that, or were you just trying to deflect? i'm still not sure. but in a way, i did want that. if you were truly a bad person, then i thought it'd be black and white. if you were awful, then i wouldn't have to be conflicted. i could hate you and i'd be justified, as opposed to the reality of you being a complicated person.

we're all complicated people. sometimes i feel like you never got that about me. but that's a biased memory. i worry that i'll start to lose every real memory of you - i go back and replay it, changing the memory and its accuracy. and now i can't get any new ones.

things may seem grim from this letter - it's just because i'm venting all the bad stuff! i think that things are actually pretty good for me right now. my relationship with my girlfriend is still going great - i wish you could have met them. grades are good, and i end most days satisfied.

you're gone, but your impact isnt. your fingerprints are all over my life. it's nice.

i love you so much.

from,

B.G.

[yeosang1]

dear r

im not going into depth with thisbut
1.
freaking accept the apology
they said they were sorry
stop being so immature to ignore them
and hold that grudge
you imbecile

2. stop stealiung attention
news flash!
you arent the center of the world
you need to stop
okay? there are people hurting aroudn you
and what do you do?
BOOP.

[XIII DEATH]

You often thought you knew things. You never do, but no one does. Truth is only a moment and in the next, it is a lie. Such is life. Move on and forget it, take the new truth, run.

And what have we now? Loss of health, loss of material things, loss of a comforting environment. My body hurts from hard work, my heart hurts from grief. I need to forget about it all. Material doesn't matter, I'll start over with new doctors, and I'll make the most of the new little home with it's tall ugly grey wall by the highway. Tidy up the shabby tiny yard space. Erase my memories of my past decor themes and redecorate. New hobbies. New focuses. Nothing matters. Nothing matters.
When something bad happens to me, I try to think of the pain as a tool--this hurt is developing me. This is shaping me and helping me to grow as a person even though I cry and want to scream. I've lost everything now but my immediate family. That scares me because I don't want them to be next. But I can't think like that. Anyhow, it hurts a lot and I'm going to change and nothing will ever be the same.

Cast it aside, let it go. These withered old leaves, the green ones too, it's time to pluck them. Erase erase erase

[clickbait]

dear s,
i haven't seen you in such a long time, but i can't stop thinking about you.
you weren't just the cutest person i have ever seen, but you were smart,
creative, kind and caring. i lied saying i didn't like you because another
girl threatened me. i don't know what to do. i'm scared and i miss you
love,
c

[Flowerbud X.]

Seriously man? You baffle me.
You already took over the whole basement and you also want to take over the room that is now empty upstairs???
1) I would love to have that room as my own since I've only ever had my own once 6 years ago for like...1 1/2 months since you took over that too. For a very stupid reason might I add. Oh my weights can't be in the garage anymore because of the weather. It had a heater in it for the winter and stayed cool enough in the summer because of the ceiling fan and that stand up air conditioner you had. Smh.
2) That room is adjacent to our current room and all you would do is yell at us or complain. Especially when we girls have our rare heart to heart conversations.
This is just a bad idea man. You don't need to move your 'man cave' up here so it can be a shop. Just move your weights down into all that soon to be free space and put a shop there like geez.
And when I and Mom objected to your 'idea', you threw a hissy fit, taking it out on me. Just : ////

[HollyIsADeer]

Tomorrow's your birthday...and the thought of it makes me...sad.
I know you broke up with me, and I'm not going to get down on my knees and beg for you to take me back, I'm not that foolish. I don't care if you still cross my mind, I'm not going to bend to your will and come crawling back like many girls before me have probably done to you. My friends have said our relationship was toxic anyway, you taking your anger out on me and causing me to cry, but then kept apologizing and apologizing...and that was the end of it. It probably was, I just didn't want to admit it, because I was so in love with you and I wanted to make big plans to fly out to Germany to see you for the first time face to face...to touch you physically and not just communicate through screens and calls.
I cut off communications with you, you know why? Because I wanted to see if I could move on and not look back, and you know what? I did, I'm single and I'm free.I'm free from your dungeon of lies and I'm free from your devilish eyes and I'm free from your arms and kisses and words. So you know what?

This time...I won.

Goodbye Prisma, Roger, you won't miss me, and I will never miss you

Sincerely, your ex

[snailkinz]

i'm sorry for being so distant now. i wish i can just talk to all of you again and laugh along with you again like we used to, but i'm too sad to do anything now. whenever i'm sad i think i need to be alone, but then once i'm alone, it hurts so much and i'm dying to speak to someone, then because i've gotten used to being alone for so long i get too scared to go back to my friend groups since i fear its just gonna be awkward. i'm so sorry if you think i don't care about you anymore, i love you so much. seeing you and our other friends laugh and smile in 3rd period makes me feel happy for you. i wish life wasn't such a pain for me right now so i could be a part of your life again.

[yeosang1]

dear r

i
cannot
believe you!!!
why cant you accept it? huh?
there is no reason you cant.
you are half asses everything at this point.
someone sends you a paragraph?
"cant do it. sorry."
i caNT
BELIEVE YOU!!!!!

AND YOU WONT EVER CARE ABOUT ME
YOU SPAM ALL MY MESSAGES OUT
I CANT GET A WORD IN WITH YOU ONLINE
I FEEL SO IGNORED
THA N K S.
ALOT.
LOVE YOU :::::::::::::)))))))))))))))))))))))))))

[Ja986]

Dear Me
You can do it. You can do it.

[spookypuff]

Dear me,

I love you at all costs. Even though bad thoughts come in... your best friend is always there. on wednesday she needs your support. be there and don't let her down.