The Letters series have been an honest look into a past relationship of mine...at a time when people STILL wrote letters. Not email, but actual hand-written letters. This series continues with letters that an ex of my wrote when I was 24-years-old and working on a cruise ship in the Caribbean.
I give you Letter No. 5:
[This time, it's a letter that is a one-pager. Not the usual 3-pager as in the previous letters. If you've been following this series, you'll understand.]
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September 7, 1994
Dear Corey,
I hope that this letter reaches you by Saturday, but I doubt that it does. If not, please know that I am sorry and that I miss you terribly. I have received your latest letter dated August 30, 1994 and gather from it that you have decided to carry out your contract. [I had a three month contract with Norwegian Cruise Line. Can you believe it? A contract to work on a cruise line?] Good for you! I think you will be happier in the long run. [What did he mean by that?]
I went to Rehobeth Beach this weekend with Randy, Sandro, Bobby & Loukis. What a great time. It was very relaxing not to have to deal with the immaturities of my typical friends, i.e., Andre [his roommate - I can't believe he talked so bad about him. He seemed to be a nice guy.], Tommy, Schmuck, etc... Loukis and I did too much shopping. I spent over $600 on paintings, nick-nacs and clothes. Sometimes a girl just has to shop!!!
We went out all three nights to the Blue Moon for happy hour and on to the Renegade for dancing [as if I know anything about these places, having never been to Rehobeth Beach before]. What a blast. On the first night, Randy [hotmess] was passed out by 8:30, so we did not let him drink on the next and only moderate amounts on the third. I set my limit at four drinks per night and was able to maintain my goal. Sandro and Bobby danced the entire time while Loukis and I hung out outside where it was cool. Those places get so hot...not that the men would have anything to do with it. We met three really nice guys while there. [Did you really? So did I. More about that later...] One was from Puerto Rico, one from Cypress and the other from Baltimore. They were a lot of fun to hang out with. Basically, it was a great time! [I'll bet.] Wish you would have been there with me! [Do you REALLY?]
Well, Andre and Tommy are no longer speaking because Tommy's boyfriend was really rude to Andre and Andre told him where to go. Now Tommy is trying to be buddy-buddy to me so that I will smooth things over. [Save that drama for yo mama!] I made it perfectly clear that I do not want involved. The saga continues...[Didn't I know it?!]
I want you to know that I am patiently awaiting your return.
Take care of yourself and be careful out there on the ocean. [It was safer on the ocean than where you were, Matt!]
I want to hold you [And tell me that it's over?]
Sincerely,
Matt
[Again with 'sincerely'...it's fading.]
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11 Comments:
It's intriguing how you can track the curve of a relationship by the letters from just one side of it....
Hello Corey,
I miss letters too, very much. Before my husband and I became a couple we were very good friends already. 1996 he moved to London and I was still in germany...and we started to write one letter a day. What a joy to walk to the mailbox in the morning and find a new envelope, opening it and reading the handwritten thoughts. Our relationship grew due this letters. Now that we are married since 8 years we still love to go back and read these letters, we treasure them and they will never get lost through a crashed harddrive, they are real and I so love this.
Fabulous blog, thanks for sharing this.
~ Bettina
Corey!
I was giggling at all your interjections within his letter.
LOL
-Dean
Oooooo, "sincerely" -- the kiss of death.
I like reading this 'letters' series, but its also hard to read at times. Certain phrases that you use, or specific things that happen completely remind me of a time in my life when I felt the same thing. The feeling of losing someone you love because of distance is devastating.
Really with the sincerely? and right after "I want to hold you."
Bitch.
The tone of this letter is SO very different from the previous letters. Could you see this at the time or did you not want to see it? I know that in looking back on past relationships, I really didn't want to see some things that were quite obvious to other people. Yep "Sincerely" is a dead give away
I too have been enjoying this letter series! Andd the mention of the Blue Moon and the now defuct Renegade brings lots of summer lovin to this broad! We still go a couple times every summer and the Blur Moon is still the place for happy hour. And you have to love letters that change to sincerely eventally don't you.
I love this!!!
1994 - WOW! Good god I was only 24
Very creative. I love your interjections.
Ps...
I was very sorry to read about the loss of your dear blog friend.
My deepest sympathies Corey.
Wow, "sincerely," that is the kiss of death.
Yeah, he seems to be getting less mushy all of a sudden. Seems to me like something happened in Rehobeth.
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