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How common were,"Dear John Letter"?
Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2009 6:49 pm
by Footslogger
I saw this once in a movie and always wondered what it meant?[&:]
RE: How common were,"Dear John Letter"?
Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2009 7:01 pm
by DuckofTindalos
You saw it in a movie and didn't get it?
It's a letter from a wife or girlfriend to a serviceman announcing the termination of their relationship. I assume the first poor sap to get one was called John...[:D]
RE: How common were,"Dear John Letter"?
Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2009 7:22 pm
by ATCSMike
ORIGINAL: Terminus
You saw it in a movie and didn't get it?
It's a letter from a wife or girlfriend to a serviceman announcing the termination of their relationship. I assume the first poor sap to get one was called John...[:D]
My dad used to get them all of the time when he was in ROK and VN. Then again his name is John and the letters were from Mom.
HA! I kill me!![:D]
RE: How common were,"Dear John Letter"?
Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2009 7:31 pm
by 2ndACR
They occured......in all of the wars......even to this day guys get them.
RE: How common were,"Dear John Letter"?
Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2009 7:49 pm
by crsutton
Been there, done that. Don't really want to go back.
RE: How common were,"Dear John Letter"?
Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2009 11:44 pm
by Knavey
ORIGINAL: crsutton
Been there, done that. Don't really want to go back.
I actually got one of those too...ended up marrying the girl though. I suppose in the end she did not mean it. [:D]
RE: How common were,"Dear John Letter"?
Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 12:07 am
by GB68
ORIGINAL: Footslogger
I saw this once in a movie and always wondered what it meant?[&:]
This Link should help explain it.
dear John
RE: How common were,"Dear John Letter"?
Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 12:22 am
by Kull
ORIGINAL: Footslogger
I saw this once in a movie and always wondered what it meant?[&:]
Drakken orginally posted this in the "Jimmy's Girl" thread:
ORIGINAL: Drakken
And if you lose the game, that pic would be good. [:D]
RE: How common were,"Dear John Letter"?
Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 1:06 am
by RevRick
ORIGINAL: crsutton
Been there, done that. Don't really want to go back.
Ayup... burnt that bridge as soon as I crossed it, and never looked in that direction again!
RE: How common were,"Dear John Letter"?
Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 2:43 am
by Tiger_Rat
Do you mean dear John letters for troops or for WitPAE players?
RE: How common were,"Dear John Letter"?
Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 2:57 am
by tigercub
Wow that letter hurt me let alone the poor chap who got it....
Tiger!
RE: How common were,"Dear John Letter"?
Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 4:35 am
by comte
wow that letter is rough what a way to break up [:(]
RE: How common were,"Dear John Letter"?
Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 4:50 am
by Fishbed
ORIGINAL: Kull
ORIGINAL: Footslogger
I saw this once in a movie and always wondered what it meant?[&:]
Drakken orginally posted this in the "Jimmy's Girl" thread:
ORIGINAL: Drakken
And if you lose the game, that pic would be good. [:D]
Ouch, that hurts... Was it real? I mean, it is SO "cliché" (the whole Ford convertible thing lol) that I can't help wonder if it was a bad joke, or if she was that much of an ass.
I remember reading about China People's Liberation Army dear john letters during the 1979 war against Vietnam... The Chinese girls, they would be more pragmatic, it was reading something like that: "Dear Huang, I know you are at war right now, that's why I am leaving you. My family tells me that you could die anyday, and that soldier isn't a safe job in wartime, and they are right. I don't want to be a widow, I wouldn't be able to marry afterwards. No offense, take good care, I keep the cat"
RE: How common were,"Dear John Letter"?
Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 5:21 am
by tigercub
ORIGINAL: Fishbed
I remember reading about China People's Liberation Army dear john letters during the 1979 war against Vietnam... The Chinese girls, they would be more pragmatic, it was reading something like that: "Dear Huang, I know you are at war right now, that's why I am leaving you. My family tells me that you could die anyday, and that soldier isn't a safe job in wartime, and they are right. I don't want to be a widow, I wouldn't be able to marry afterwards. No offense, take good care, I keep the cat"
[:D]
RE: How common were,"Dear John Letter"?
Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 6:26 am
by Kaletsch2007
At least, she was fair enough to tell him. It is a little more surprising, if you return home and the flat is empty and you did not even know.
BTW she took the cat too[:@]
RE: How common were,"Dear John Letter"?
Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 6:31 am
by m10bob
I did not know it was possible to serve and not get one..I mean....I thought they were government issue, it came with the deal...
I got one from the girl I had been "going" with for maybe 3 years thru most of college, then once that horror story was over, I mistakenly took another girl during leave who I had known for a couple of years, and then SHE sent me one as well!..Sent me this really liberally slanted "peacenik" type Fonda-esque letter telling me I was too violent for her..
Geez....I was a Ranger but that sure as hell never was an issue before I got that latter.
(I later learned she ran off with the stereotypical hippie wannabe in a yellow and purple VW microbus with flowers and chicken tracks painted all over it)..
RE: How common were,"Dear John Letter"?
Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 6:38 am
by Kaletsch2007
ORIGINAL: m10bob
I did not know it was possible to serve and not get one..I mean....I thought they were government issue, it came with the deal...
I got one from the girl I had been "going" with for maybe 3 years thru most of college, then once that horror story was over, I mistakenly took another girl during leave who I had known for a couple of years, and then SHE sent me one as well!..Sent me this really liberally slanted "peacenik" type Fonda-esque letter telling me I was too violent for her..
Geez....I was a Ranger but that sure as hell never was an issue before I got that latter.
(I later learned she ran off with the stereotypical hippie wannabe in a yellow and purple VW microbus with flowers and chicken tracks painted all over it)..
These are the worst ones, blaming you for not beeing at home to take care. I have been through that too. You look sexy in your uniform, but you left me alone to fight for unknown people, you idiot. I need a man, who knows where to put priorities.[&:]
RE: How common were,"Dear John Letter"?
Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 6:41 am
by rockmedic109
ORIGINAL: m10bob
I did not know it was possible to serve and not get one..I mean....I thought they were government issue, it came with the deal...
I got one from the girl I had been "going" with for maybe 3 years thru most of college, then once that horror story was over, I mistakenly took another girl during leave who I had known for a couple of years, and then SHE sent me one as well!..Sent me this really liberally slanted "peacenik" type Fonda-esque letter telling me I was too violent for her..
Geez....I was a Ranger but that sure as hell never was an issue before I got that latter.
(I later learned she ran off with the stereotypical hippie wannabe in a yellow and purple VW microbus with flowers and chicken tracks painted all over it)..
And she is probably still running around in that VW microbus........
RE: How common were,"Dear John Letter"?
Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 7:16 am
by Fishbed
ORIGINAL: rockmedic109
ORIGINAL: m10bob
I did not know it was possible to serve and not get one..I mean....I thought they were government issue, it came with the deal...
I got one from the girl I had been "going" with for maybe 3 years thru most of college, then once that horror story was over, I mistakenly took another girl during leave who I had known for a couple of years, and then SHE sent me one as well!..Sent me this really liberally slanted "peacenik" type Fonda-esque letter telling me I was too violent for her..
Geez....I was a Ranger but that sure as hell never was an issue before I got that latter.
(I later learned she ran off with the stereotypical hippie wannabe in a yellow and purple VW microbus with flowers and chicken tracks painted all over it)..
And she is probably still running around in that VW microbus........
Yah, VW make durable stuff indeed.
RE: How common were,"Dear John Letter"?
Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 7:18 am
by Fishbed
ORIGINAL: Kaletsch2007
At least, she was fair enough to tell him. It is a little more surprising, if you return home and the flat is empty and you did not even know.
BTW she took the cat too[:@]
I must add that the mention of the cat was added for comic purpose only. [:o]
(Everyone knows she would have sold it in real life [;)] )