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THE BEST DIVORCE LETTER EVER


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Dear Connie,

 

I know the counselor said we shouldn't contact each other during

our "cooling off" period, but I couldn't wait anymore. The day

you left, I swore I'd never talk to you again. But that was just

the wounded little boy in me talking. Still, I never wanted to be

the first one to make contact. In my fantasies, it was always you

who would come crawling back to me.

 

I guess my pride needed that. But now I see that my pride's cost

me a lot of things. I'm tired of pretending I don't miss you. I

don't care about looking bad anymore. I don't care who makes the

first move as long as one of us does.

 

Maybe it's time we let our hearts speak as loudly as our hurt.

And this is what my heart says: "There's no one like you, Connie."

I look for you in the eyes and breasts of every woman I see, but

they're not you. They're not even close. Two weeks ago, I met

this girl at Flamingos and brought her home with me. I don't say

this to hurt you, but just to illustrate the depth of my

desperation.

 

She was young, maybe 19, with one of those perfect bodies that

only youth and maybe a childhood spent ice skating can give you.

I mean, just a perfect body. Tits like you wouldn't believe and

an ass that just wouldn't quit. Every man's dream, right? But as

I sat on the couch being blown by

this stunner, I thought, look at the stuff we've made important in

our lives. It's all so superficial.

What does a perfect body mean? Does it make her better in bed?

Well, in this case, yes, but you see what I'm getting at. Does it

make her a better person? Does she have a better heart than my

moderately attractive Connie? I doubt it. And I'd never really

thought of that before.

 

I don't know, maybe I'm just growing up a little. Later, after

I'd tossed her about a half a pint of throat yogurt, I found

myself thinking, "Why do I feel so drained and empty?" It wasn't

just her flawless technique or her slutty, shameless hunger, but

something else. Some nagging feeling of loss. Why did it feel so

incomplete? And then it hit me. It didn't feel the same because

you weren't there to watch. Do you know what I mean? Nothing

feels the same without you. Jesus, Connie, I'm just going crazy

without you. And everything I do reminds me of you.

 

Do you remember Carol, that single mom we met at the Holiday Inn

lounge last year? Well, she dropped by last week with a pan of

lasagna. She said she figured I wasn't eating right without a

woman around. I didn't know what she meant till later, but that's

not the real story.

 

Anyway, we had a few glasses of wine and the next thing you know,

we're banging away in our old bedroom. And this tart's a total

monster in the sack. She's giving me everything, you know, like a

real woman does when she's not hung up about her weight or her

career and whether the kids can hear us. And all of a sudden, she

spots that tilting mirror on your grandmother's old vanity. So

she puts it on the floor and we straddle it, right, so we can

watch ourselves. And it's totally hot, but it makes me sad, too.

Cause I can't help thinking, "Why didn't Connie ever put the&nb

sp;mirror on the floor? We've had this old vanity for what, 14

years, and we never used it as a sex toy."

 

Saturday, your sister drops by with my copy of the restraining

order. I mean, Vicky's just a kid and all, but she's got a pretty

good head on her shoulders and she's been a real friend to me

during this painful time. She's given me lots of good advice

about you and about women in general. She's pulling for us to get

back together, Connie, she really is.

 

So we're doing Jell-O shots in a hot bubble bath and talking about

happier times. Here's this teenage girl with the same DNA as you

and all I can do is think of how much she looked like you when you

were 18. And that just about makes me cry.

 

And then it turns out Vicky's really into the whole anal thing,

that gets me to thinking about how many times I pressured you

about trying it and how that probably fueled some of the

bitterness between us. But do you see how even then, when I'm

thrusting inside your baby sister's cinnamon ring, all I can do is

think of you? It's true, Connie. In your heart you must know it.

Don't you think we could start over? Just wipe all the grievances

away and start fresh? I think we can.

 

If you feel the same please, please, please let me know.

 

Otherwise, can you let me know where the fucking remote is.

 

Love, Dan

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