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

[CavQueen]

Dear {NAME REDACTED},
Please, stop saying those dark, evil things. I know you don't mean them, but it's painful to hear.
Even if you hurt me sometimes, I'll always be here for you. We'll get you help.
Love, Sunny.

[-icarus-]

Hey R.
It's been a wild few weeks on my end. Ever since I started my anxiety meds, these feelings have only grown. And it's gotten much harder to hide them. Maybe you already know what I'm talking about. or have I hidden it well enough? Either way, it's not like these feelings will ever be reciprocated by you. you give off too many straight guy(tm) vibes, and I have a bad history with cis guys. I'm too weird for you anyways.
Still like you though.
-Mack

[Palkia!]

Hi T.
I love you but please stop bringing home random fish. i cant take care of them all. these poor fish deserved more than what I can give them. i know you arent gonna stop until dad makes you but still. I don't even know where you are getting them. we don't live near any bodies of water. you cant drive so you arent driving somewhere else to get them, so I got no clue where you are getting all these fish. the worst part is that most of these are cold water fish. my tank is a warm water tank. even worse is that my tank is for small fish, not the mid size ones you keep bringing home. i cant take care of these fish. I'm having to store them in buckets at the moment. i cant afford to get another tank or anything really for these new fish. i would really appreciate if you either a. stop bringing home fish or b. helped me take care of them.

tldr: stop bringing home random fish. i love fish but I cant take care of them all :[
-C

[Fishkin]

In response to my last post on this thread. I was stupid. I was so so so stupid to believe we could be anything more than acquaintances, I dunno what I was thinking. Agreeing to talk to you on Instagram, allowing myself to stare at the photos you sent for too long, telling my friends I like you. We're nothing more than RP partners aren't we, I thought waking up each morning and sending you a good morning or getting multiple videos on tiktok from you was something more than just,,, pretending to be our favorite characters. I can't even muster up the energy to respond to your most recent message because you have been so quiet all day. I shouldn't have offered to make you a bracelet, I thought it was a good branch but it seemed to just burn the roots instead. I don't even know your name. I never asked, and I feel like it's too late at this point. I know your roommates names but not yours?? I almost want to cut it off to prevent myself from getting hurt more. I was stupid. I hope we can pretend that we never knew each other or something. I can't go through this again,,, not again,,, I've done it once and it hurt so bad. Please just spare my heart.

[Fleatah]

i can't get over what you did, and now that i realise what it was, now that i am old enough to understand, i'm horrified. i wish i never had to see you again. i wish you never existed in the first place. and eveyone still thinks you're an amazing person. if only they knew. if only i wasn't chicken and told them... dunno if they'd believe me anyway.

[aerangis]

Dear M,,

Sometimes I doubt this relationship. It can happen when I'm feeling hurt by your advice when I'm sad. But I have come to understand how much you care for me. That this is your way of trying to show me you're here for me and haven't yet learned what I need in those moments. I have come to understand that you feel helpless and that you don't know what to say.
I hope one day you can understand what I mean when I say that what I really need is to be held in empathetic listening, not advice or positivity. Sometimes I just need to be sad and then it passes.
I suppose everything has its time. I'm with you now. But feeling invalidated in this way is making me feel like I'm losing trust. Losing connection. I don't want that kind of relationship. Can we work on this together?

Love // a



Dear J,,
I miss you. I miss you as a friend. Sometimes I wish we had never started dating. You were so important to me. I believe you still are. I'm sorry I didn't reply to those messages. I was so overwhelmed. I swear I was planning on replying. "I'll do it tomorrow", I thought. And then days became weeks and then months and now its just to late. I will call you eventually. To tell you that I'm sorry at least.
The thing is - I miss you. I miss our talks, your intellect, your eagerness to explore any topic deeply and thoroughly. I miss playing board games with you. Going swimming. Taking long walks. You were my safety zone. The closest to family I had in this city. The one I could always rely on and call when I needed help or support. I want you to know how much I valued all that, even though it's in the past now.

Yours sincerely // a

[PrinceOfTheAliens]

Dear _____

I know I can never send this to you, but I have to say this somehow. We met two years ago, and I have had a crush on you since. I think of you every day, and I know you are the only one who understands me, although you will never know why. We are both the lonely kid with only a few friends, and struggle to keep the few that we have. I can relate to you in so many ways, although you will never know how. I still talk to you, but I know I could never work up the courage to say any of this. Just please, stay safe out there and know that there are people like you out there. You are not alone.
Love, Loonsong

[incognito!]

a,

is love ever enough to justify this kind of hurt?
it's beginning to wear me down
i know it hurts you just the same
maybe in another lifetime you can give me the love that i know you want to be able to
maybe you're right that i don't deserve this
but how much longer should i wait for you?

m

[PinkAngel]

Dear Anon,

You shoe-box! You gave me COVID. D:< Wet hair out in the cold does not magically attract illnesses and you could not possibly have known that your "cold" was not contagious. I should have never considered going near you. D: My head feels like cotton balls and I am so far behind on my literature review because I can barely think. I hope all of your toenails become temporarily inverted and your fingernails temporarily concave.

Sincerely,
Me

[marty byrde]

Dear aunt,

I miss you. It's almost been a year. I know you said not to cry, not to waste time grieving over you but it's not that easy. I'm sorry for all the trouble I used to cause you but... in the last year I hope you were happy with our relationship. I like to think we made some amazing memories while you were here. I hope that wherever you are, you're happy. The dog got big! He's a good boy and you would be very proud of him. I still struggle with wanting to call you... I miss hearing your voice. I hope in some life, we'll see each other again.

Love, Marsh

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Dear J,

I still think about you. I kinda hate that I do. I hope, in spite of our differences, that you're doing well wherever you may be. I also truly hope you change and grow as a person and get the help you desperately need. I sincerely hope you don't burn any more bridges before you figure things out. I release you from my memory, from my pain. I only want to remember the good times. I also hope you don't try contacting me again because... I truly never want to speak to you again. I've already apologized for my errors and where I dropped the ball. It wasn't all on you; it took us both to destroy what was built up for over a year. But it's over. You made sure it was over.

Sincerely, Marsh