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Dear John Letter 绝交信
当你看到这个题目的时候,能猜到内容是什么吗??
中国有个说法叫作“鸿雁传情”,指的是情侣通过写信互相表达爱意。但是如果收到的是“Dear John Letter”的话,那就大事不妙了。因为在西方,Dear John Letter指的是情人写给对方的绝交信。
“Dear John Letter”成为一个大众词汇是在第二次世界大战的时候。男人们应征入伍,留下了他们的妻子或女朋友。由于常年在外征战,他们的情人纷纷移情别恋,另寻他人。这样的绝交信往往以“Dear John”来称呼绝交对象。信的开头一般也是固定的:“我已经找到了我的另一半,但他不是你。所以我想我们还是分开的好。”
可以想象,在战场上收到远方爱人的绝交信对奋勇作战的战士来说是十分痛苦的,更为痛苦的是他们都被统一地称呼为“Dear John”。因为这样的信带给战士们的往往是刻骨铭心的伤感于是“Dear John Letter”在战后广为流传。
有趣的是,“Dear John Letter”还引出了另外一个词组“That is all she wrote”。二战时在军队中有一个流传很广的笑话:一名士兵将女友的来信念给战友们听。“Dear John”,他刚一开口就停住了。战友们催他继续往下念,他说:“That is all she wrote.”(她就写了这么多,我被甩了!)
嘿嘿,明白了吗??
下面是一篇范文!
Dear John,
I have been seriously looking back upon our relationship and getting very clear on what I need and desire out of a relationship.
The conclusion I have come to is that we are too different in both our personality and our desired lifestyles to be able to successfully live together with joy, bliss, good communication, and interaction.
This is not about you or about me \"winning or losing\", or about one of us being wrong -- it is about two ways of being... which do not fulfill each other, or go together. Though I had been open to having you visit with the thought that possibly we could 'try' again, after thinking about it a lot, I realize that it is not a good idea. I am very clear that we are not the 'right' people for each other at this time in our lives.
Please forgive yourself, and me, for any 'mistakes' we made along the way... and remember that we both have grown immensely through being together... but the time has come to move on.
So basically what I am saying is that I would like to 'cancel' my invitation for you to visit. I feel at this time, that I need to move on with my life, and having you come and visit would not serve any positive purpose. You need to accept that this relationship is over and open yourself up to receiving the blessings of the universe...
I think we both need to let go of the past, be grateful for what we had for a time, learn from our experiences, and move on from there.
Dearest John, we have been through a lot together... I have a learned a lot about myself, as you have learnt a lot about yourself. At this point, we are both ready to graduate to the next level in a relationship...What we have learned, whether while we were together, or whether after, through looking back on how we 'operated' together, will serve us in our future relationships.
It has been my experience, that all relationships that end are simply opening the door to another level of joy, and a better relationship built on what we have learnt in the past. So I know and trust that there is someone out there who will support you in your growth while loving you exactly the way you are... which is something that we were not doing for each other. I constantly judged and criticized you, in the same manner that you judged and criticized me... Out there is the perfect person for you that will love you and not find a single thing to criticize about you in the same way that you will not find a single thing to criticize about them... You will accept her as she is, even while seeing that she is not \"perfect\".
Do not see this as losing something, but rather as having gained knowledge and wisdom... Everything that you learned from us being together, as well as from us being separated, you will be able to put in practice in your next relationship to avoid the traps that we got into.
EVERYTHING ALWAYS WORKS OUT FOR THE BEST, and this is no exception. Trust in yourself, trust in the Universe, trust in the power of Love that rules our lives. Please don’t get into feeling sorry for yourself and wanting to 'end it all'. Rather, thank God for the learning experience, and ask for the openness to recognize the blessings in your life. They are there... open yourself up to being you, accepting yourself completely without judgment, and loving yourself unconditionally.
I wish you joy, I wish you happiness, I wish you heaven on earth. Please trust in yourself and the Universe enough to take some deep breaths, and start looking to find and create joy in your life. It is there... simply step out and claim it.
Blessings to you... Be the light!
Dear John, oh, how I hate to write! Dear John, I must let you know tonight that my love for you has died away like grass upon the lawn. And tonight I wed another, dear John.
I was overseas in battle when the postman came to me. He handed me a letter and I was just as happy as I could be, cause the fighting was all over and the battles had all been won. But then I opened up that letter and it started: Dear John.
Won't you please send back my picture? My husband wants it now. When I tell you who I'm wedding, you won't care, do you anyhow? And it hurts me so to tell you that my love for you is gone. But tonight I wed your brother, dear John. |
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