Letters Never Sent - Scathing Truths Never Shared with the Recipient

Letter Details: To the asshold soldier who left without saying hello

Category: Romantic Tiffs

Description: This is meant to mock the annoyingly verbose prose with which the subject would write and speak to me. He may not sense the sarcasm, but, eh, fuck ‘m. I may never send this. But it still felt good to write. Here goes (somethin’)…

So, after swelling with the tremendous crescendo of anticipation from your communication regarding your return home, I have just learned that you are already gone. Please allow for me to indulge my curiosity and ashamedly, my insecurity, for just a moment.

Although I only knew you during the brief static between your evolving identities, I came to admire the great appreciation you have for the family in your life; and thus, I decided not to push my own visit too soon into the few weeks you had here. After all, what was I to you, really? I will avoid including the worst of such thoughts, and fondly remember how you once expressed your respect for me—with such conviction and descriptive (almost sincere!) verbosity. Frankly, I am not one who requires much reassurance, but I honestly no longer feel such respect from you.

I am hoping to avoid sounding completely egocentric (and to avoid feeling used) in conveying to you that it is my sincere wish that the reason why we did not reconnect as you had so fantasized/dreamed/whatevered about is because others have earned your attention, and not because of some misstep of my own.

I hold you slightly responsible for helping to restore some of my respect for the male species, and I guess I just need some validation that I haven’t entrusted such an honor in vain.

Just tell me something that won’t make me think you’re an asshole. ‘Cause I really don’t wanna.