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From:[email protected]
Date: December 19, 2008 1:11p.m.
Subject:RE:Hi
Ruby,
Internet blackoutagain.
Is your brother in a relationship? How did he keep it a secret while he wasenlisted?
The image of your mom beating on your brother cracked me up. She really is something else,isn’tshe?
There’s nothing wrong with being conservative. You have your reasons. Wear whatever you want wheneveryouwant.
Here’s another listforyou:
I can trust some of my friends. (Youincluded.)
It isn’t a big deal to wipe the seat down before youuseit.
Everyone lies, even me. (And I’ve forgiven you for your lie. I thought we were pretending it didn’thappen?)
She was my first love. My first everything if you get what I mean. I’m not going to front, back then it felt like the world had ended, you know? Every few years, she messages me asking how I’m doing. She married one of my high school friends and has a couple of kids now. I’m happyforthem.
I think you’re giving that guy too much credit. He had to have known how you would handle him bringing someone over to your mom’s house. Either way, you did nothing wrong. He was older than you, he should’ve known better and done right by you. It’s BS. A nice guy wouldn’t have done that. Justsaying.
Definitely don’t meet guys at any bars or clubs. Don’t date friends of your friends either if you can help it. That always gets awkward. What about at kickboxing class? Or a cosplay thing? Let me think about it more. Every idea I have of where I’d met someone wouldn’t workforyou.
Every relationship turns into a bad one unless you find somebody to stay married to you for the rest ofyourlife.
This puppy showed up in my tent a couple of days ago. We’ve been taking turns feeding it. We’re not… allowed… to have any pets, but some other units have found dogs, kept them and got their paperwork together. He’s a cute thing. One of the guys here has a camera. I’ll try and get a picture and send ittoyou.
-A
P.S. What’s “girls like you” supposedtomean?
P.P.S. I feel zero remorse for guilttrippingyou.
P.P.S. You never told me about your sister’s skating competitions. Did she make it to thefinals?
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From:[email protected]
Date: December 20, 2008 2:17p.m.
Subject:Thankyou
Ruby,
I just got your next box. I thought you were only sending books? :] Little liar. I’m going to make a pizza tonight and go through what you sent. The guy in the bunk above mine was already trying to look through them and choose one. I told him he could wait until I read them first. Can’t trustanybodyhere.
