2004-06-17
More Unsent Letters
Suzannah,
I want to be honest. I don't know where to begin.
I've been holding myself in check, at least as far as mentioning how I feel goes. I made my move a couple months ago and was rejected; as kind as you put it, it was rejection, and I still don't recover as well from it as I'd like to. I'm afraid that saying what I feel would be an offense to you, and I don't want to offend you.
You must know where I stand.. That is, you know how strongly I'm inclined toward marriage, and you must know that I think highly of you, as I've said as much, at least on occasion. If nothing else, I quite plainly asked to court you, which lays the whole thing bare.
I treasure your friendship, truly, and certainly don't wish to lose it. I want to be OK with 'just' being friends. But I can't help but hope that maybe you'll decide in my favor...
I just get so frustrated and disappointed sometimes. Not with you, specifically; I don't know very many nice girls, and it seems every time I think I might have found one... There's something. She's not Catholic, or worse she's not Christian, or even worse still I simply have no part to play in her life.
I admire you quite a bit; I want you to think well of me, to consider me a friend. And I'm always saying something or showing some fault or reason why I'm nothing more than a fool.
Anyways, I'm not sure what I'm trying to say.
-Andrew
I want to be honest. I don't know where to begin.
I've been holding myself in check, at least as far as mentioning how I feel goes. I made my move a couple months ago and was rejected; as kind as you put it, it was rejection, and I still don't recover as well from it as I'd like to. I'm afraid that saying what I feel would be an offense to you, and I don't want to offend you.
You must know where I stand.. That is, you know how strongly I'm inclined toward marriage, and you must know that I think highly of you, as I've said as much, at least on occasion. If nothing else, I quite plainly asked to court you, which lays the whole thing bare.
I treasure your friendship, truly, and certainly don't wish to lose it. I want to be OK with 'just' being friends. But I can't help but hope that maybe you'll decide in my favor...
I just get so frustrated and disappointed sometimes. Not with you, specifically; I don't know very many nice girls, and it seems every time I think I might have found one... There's something. She's not Catholic, or worse she's not Christian, or even worse still I simply have no part to play in her life.
I admire you quite a bit; I want you to think well of me, to consider me a friend. And I'm always saying something or showing some fault or reason why I'm nothing more than a fool.
Anyways, I'm not sure what I'm trying to say.
-Andrew