Dear John letter

I guess he thought about it.

And then on, I believe it was a Monday, I got essentially a Dear John letter.

This is somebody I had known since, you

know,

And so it's not your first rodeo.

No.

How did you respond to the Dear John letter? Did you just let it go? I didn't reply.

That's it.

We look at times when I can remember all the times that some little pretty girl broke my heart.

All the way back from elementary school right on through to when I was in the army and I got a Dear John letter.

If you don't know what a Dear John letter is, it's, hey, look, you're over there, and I'm back here, and I'm just saying goodbye.

I found somebody else.

But thank God I've not had to worry about that for the last almost 50 years, because January 50 years, this woman will...

John.

Dear John.

Example that I'm thinking of is Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky.

I think

Just leave him a note.

It's like a Dear John.

Yeah.

Seems like everyone wants to just leave Henry a note.

You're stuck with this.

This one comes from Josh in Basingstoke, who says, Dear John, and even now I've made him sound angry.

Really? Two words in.

Dear John.

Put that...

If indeed that is your name.

That's the thing, isn't it? A Dear John letter.

Yeah, it is.

Oh, shit.

It's like a Dear John? Yup.

It's a mix, actually, of Dear John and a confession.

Oh, shit.

This episode is brought to you by Quince.

Right.

It's one of those Dear John letters.

Yes, exactly.

I mean, when I was in boot camp, they used to fucking talk about that shit all the time, you know, about Dear John letters and how, you know, don't get your panties in a bunch if you get one while you're in boot camp.

And they used to have names for the participants, Jody and Susie.

So Jody was the guy that was your friend before you went to boot camp.

So you're led to believe that he is the one that kills the couple that are out at Avalon Bay outside in the gazebo or something like that and impales two people, not just one, two people with a pitchfork, which is used more than once.

But you never get a sense of who that actually is.

And, uh, you'll hear some funny things in it.

And a Dear John Letter.

Uh, those Dear John Letters was around in the Korean War.

And, uh, they go away to war and, uh, and all of a sudden the poor bloke gets a, a Dear John Letter back, you know.

Uh, um, "Dear John, I married your father," or something like that.

And, uh, and then we'll have, um, uh, The Yellow Rose of Texas.

Well, I hope you enjoyed the music today and some comedy there with, um, uh, Stan Freberg.

Uh, we had, um, St. George and the Dragonette, and, uh, Little Red Riding Hood.

Yeah.

Got a Dear John.

A which?

Letter from a girlfriend.

Oh?

You know, "Dear John, I don't know how to tell you, but I have fallen in love with another guy, and you and I will always be good friends."

Aw.

Yeah.

So I'm gonna help you with that.

Uh, this is a letter that a girl gave me, a Dear John, actually Dear Will letter.

This is the letter she used to break up with me in seventh grade, okay? And I'll, I'll let you use this.

Just change the names from Will to your name and her name to y- the girl's name.

Uh, your professors can give you other sources.

These are some that I, I think are very helpful.

So if you're dating someone, some of you need my Dear John letter.

I'll give it to you in a heartbeat.