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Your offer of love
Answered in full
Peculiar Julia once gave me a prompt to write a letter of rejection to an offer of love. Here’s a made up one (in my mind at the time) when I was 16/17 and full of teenage angst.
Hi Michael,
In response to your enquiry dated 5th November 2003, I regret to inform you that on this occasion, and all future occasions, the answer is no. Quite a resounding no actually. Let me explain why.
Girls talk
Let’s face it, I am your third option. Like I understand what’s going on, we’re all in the same boat at this age. Some of our friends move between each other like dancing partners at a barn dance. But we never joined in that dance for one reason or another. That question can be answered another day.
Anyway, I know that you already asked E and S the same question. You did well in leaving some time in between, but it all seems a bit obvious doesn’t it? Perhaps you didn’t even notice and need to reflect on that. I don’t mean that in a bad way, but for you to really think about why you have this need all of a sudden. You weren’t this way before, what changed? Hormones? Insecurities? Boredom? Friends hooking up?
Social group
Besides that, you’re also not really part of our group. Yeah you hang out with us…
