the ex-boyfriend letters

Ex-Boyfriend Letter #4

October 28, 2010

Dear_______, Most people start off as friends, become lovers then move in together. We did the opposite. We were room-mates who became friends who eventually ended up as lovers. When I moved into The Co-Op, your bedroom was next to mine and we spent six months sharing a dingy bathroom & kitchen with our other room-mate. Five years later we saw each [...]

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Ex-Boyfriend Letter #3

May 31, 2010

Dear________, I wasn’t planning on writing you a letter. You were never my boyfriend. You were never really anything to me, except a momentary lapse in judgment. However, I changed my mind about the letter when I heard through the grapevine that we had slept together. I find this very interesting considering, IT NEVER HAPPENED. Here is the deal: we went out [...]

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Ex-Boyfriend Letter #2

April 7, 2010

Dear ______, YOU’RE AN ALCOHOLIC. There I said it. I probably should have told you that 10 years ago when I broke up with you but I didn’t. I’m sure by now someone has told you this. Or some other girl you’ve dated has tried to stage an intervention. Or you’ve figured it out on your own (I hope). It feels a [...]

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Because this Needs to be Said:

March 26, 2010

I had this weird epiphany when I was in LA last week: People are actually reading this blog & they are making judgments about my life & my writing. I knew this would happen when I started publicly writing about certain aspects of my life online. However it didn’t really hit home until last week, when I received my first anonymous comment [...]

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Ex-Boyfriend Letter #1

March 19, 2010

Dear ________ , Originally I wasn’t going to write you a letter because our break-up was pretty cut and dry. You were too old for me. We were both at different points in our lives. When we broke up, we shook hands as friends and never spoke again. But here is what I should have said to you when I had the [...]

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The Ex-Boyfriend Letters

March 16, 2010

So, this is the little suprise I’ve been saving for you guys: a new weekly feature on Skinny Dip! (To anyone who has seen me over the past week, THIS is what has been keeping me up at night & giving me those lovely dark circles under my eyes) Lately, I’ve had this overwhelming feeling like I have so much to say [...]

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