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June 28, 2008 |
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Sorry for Bitching
FOUND by Monica Minier
in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
I found this letter folded up and laying in the gutter beside my car. I think it's heartbreaking. Obviously Ashley is unhappy, but afraid to voice her unhappiness about the situation for fear of losing Brandon. They probably had a fight the night before, then she felt guilty and left him this note for the morning. Hopefully he didn't read it and toss it out his car window, but that was probably the case. I love the last line, "Don't get in too much trouble today." It definitely adds an air of mystery and danger to the whole thing. I love this note and have been carrying it around in my car for about 3 months, hopefully you enjoy it, too.
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We collect FOUND stuff: love letters, birthday cards, kids' homework,
to-do lists, ticket stubs, poetry on napkins, telephone bills, doodles -
anything that gives a glimpse into someone
else's life. Anything goes...
How did Monica know that Ashley wrote it? It could have been Amy yanno...
I love the little smiley exclamation mark dots.
I was thinking the very same thing . . . how do you know Ashley wrote it?
I don't really enjoy it so much as wonder why "A" is spending time with someone who has the potential to get into "too much trouble" and then apologizes for herself . . . kinda sad really.
"Don't get into too much trouble today" is a form of bitching.
It's signed "A" yet the person who found it seems to think the writer's named Ashley. I wonder if the fionder knows the couple. A bit confused here.
It's impossible to stop bitching, by the way.
~A
stop talking about quitting and just quit.
brandon
So much back story. I don't think "don't get in too much trouble today" adds mystery. I think it sounds like ~A can't stop "mothering" Brandon. Desperate and pathetic.
Bitches like ~A spend lots of time "apologizing" for their bitching with absolutely no real intent to change their ways. It's not apology, really; it's just a method of writing your own permisson slip to keep on bitching.
You're not fooling anyone, ~A, you bitch.
Oh. And any graphologist will tell you: this handwriting reeks of narcissism.
I do not like this note. I find the writer to be very immature. Are these people married? Ashley should get the hell out of there.
Boy! Those Amish really do have the same issues as we 'outsiders' do, don't they? And such modern names - no Samuel and Rachel - but Brandon and 'Ashley'.
Ashley was bitching! She was bitching about Brandon not milking the cows early enough so that she would have time to churn the butter. And don't even get me started how Brandon hewns the wood to build the new barn! Sinful, I tell you, just sinful!!!
The don't get into trouble remark - I suspect it's cause Brandon told Ashley that he was going to ride in a friend's car today. She was afraid he would get caught by the council of elders.
Those Amish youngsters!!!!
Sad all around. The very lengthy intro commentary. So this is *short*.
There is so much more I could write, but won't. =]
Flargy, you nailed it. Check out http://www.annakoren.com/love.html and look at #6. Spot on. The grouch in me is most irritated by the double exclamations with the smiley face. Grumble...
Ok, I guess I'll be the first to say it... Sometimes I act like a bitch. For absolutely no reason. I'm just in that bad, don't get in my way kind of mood, but after my poor husband goes to bed wondering why I've turned into a fire breathing dragon, I feel horrible about it and leave him a note to apologize since he gets up for work at 3am and we won't talk to each other until 8am or so.
Farmer,
You wrote exactly what I was thinking!
This note is cringe-worthy on so many levels. I was also thinking the sender-inner may be the ultimate narcissist that wrote the note and now must see their work online. That might explain why she knows "A" equals Ashley.
The only way the sender-inner could have known so many details of the back story and that ~A is Ashley is if she knew these sad, pathetic folks and their disfunction relationship (IMO Brandon sounds like he has a problem that could be adddressed by AA meetings) or she actually IS Ashley. The last choice is the sickest since that she'd be sharing her tawdry little life with the world hoping we'd find it enjoyable. *shudder*
Enjoyable wasn't a word that popped (or pooped, as first typed) into my mind when I read this tripe.
I think the finder used "Ashley" for the ~A, because it was such boppy handwriting. You know what I mean- all curls and loops and round letters and smily face exclamation marks. You cannot be that bouncy and NOT be called Ashley, or something equally as cute and bouncy.
It sounds lke Ashley and Brandon had a fight last night, as a result of Ash's PMS, and now she feels guity. Happens to the best of us. But in the morning she was feeling better, and had to assure Brandon that she still loved him.
I don't know if it's cute or scary.
I can clearly see that there is a cream colored bar blocking out the rest of A's name. Look closely!
Silly to have blocked it out, though, as the sender-inner already named her in the description.
Poor Brandon, she must really be clingy.
I think if the finder had this note for 3 months, it would be almost impossible not to associate A with a whole name, in this case, Ashley. She probably was so used to referring to A as Ashley, she didn't even think about it when she wrote the description.
At any rate, This Ashley girl sounds like maybe she suffers from low self esteem, otherwise she would probably talk to Brandon about her moods rather than leave notes. I have been there, Ashley! If you have to communicate like this than the relationship is doomed!!!
Maybe A is the bitch who bitched at the bitch for not having her turn signal on.
I think Brandon is controlling and makes Ashley feel bad for asking to have her wants and needs met in the relationship by calling it "bitching". He degrades her to the point she doesn't even feel her needs are reasonable so she must apologize for them. But does Brandon ever apologize for his "bitching"? I doubt it. Come on, Ashley, take your Hallmark card handwriting and your tooth brush and don't look back.
Be careful out there among them English.
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Smiley exclamation points.. but the ones here are panting and drooling, apparently.
Ashley
Amanda
Audrey
Allison
Amy
Addison
Alyssa
Aubrey
Abby
Anita
Could work with any name.
I can't exactly see the tragedy in this.
To me, "Don't get into too much trouble today" is a joking thing. She's teasing him, playfully.
The writing and all of the smiley faces and hearts seems too bright to be sad.
The "ashley" thing confused me too. I don't know. Maybe she knows them, or mabe she just wasn't thinking?
Julie, I can't see any sign of a block out bar... at first I thought there was too, because the bottom of the "Y" in "always" seems to be missing. But then i compared the other "y"'s and they are the same.
This little note consists of lies and insincerity. If Brandon has any sense of pride whatsoever he'd be rid of ~A
I too see the block-out bar after the A. But why block out Ashley's name and leave Brendon's for all to see? That doesn't make much sense.
But then the world doesn't.
i see the block out bar. but why block it out, and leave it in the commentary? odd.
i bet she has a squeaky voice.
stay tuned, for it seems they shall appear on jerry springer in 20 years.
I disagree with most of the comments here - this letter doesn't portray someone who is obviously hurting inside - it portrays someone who loves her boyfriend very much, is willing to do anything for him, and maybe she worries too much and voices that in a nagging fashion.
i dont know why, but A's handwriting really bothers me. it just strikes me as obnoxious and immature. but then again, its pretty immature of me to judge a person's handwriting ....
The childish scrawl indicates teenagers....teenagers in angst.
Terrie-Is-So-Very in totally-unique-ville
So right on! Run!
I think ~A is hurting, Brandon doesn't treat her the way she treats him. That's why she bitches so much.
I agree with Terry-is-so-very as well. Is it just me or can you see blood stains on the paper?
Sinister.
I am with Rebel. I can be a nag or a bitch at times, and I have worked hard on this totally learned behavior, but I still don't have complete control on my temper. People have issues. My husband choses to believe that I care about working on mine, and knows that I love him like crazy in all my imperfect splendor. I do know how to apologize in person but a note is nice too if paths don't cross soon enough for an in-person apology.
I think everyone's gonna interpret this based on their own relationship. Who knows, maybe Brandon controls "A" and she is too meek, and shouldn't even be apologizing.
there is totally a block there blotting out her name. and i find it funny that you all care so much about this.