When it comes from Billy, I can understand it, not so much the words but his his voice and facial expression get you. I laugh at things he says that someone else saying it I may not. My Grand Daughter is young so bodily functions are funny to her yet once she herself gets embarrassed by it, it probably will stop. Most all kids laugh at those things.
Have you saved any love letters?
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MACKTEXAS
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I spent an hour this afternoon looking for just ONE greeting card my wife gave me many years ago, that was my favorite, and never found it. She liked funny cards. That card had pictures on it of a comic looking woman wearing various hats and clothing throughout the years - and I cannot remember all the words, but I still remember the last line, "my hemlines may have varied, but I still love the man I married." I wish I could find it, but after going through a great big stack of her cards today, I don't think I can emotionally manage it again - maybe another time.
Babs2u
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Great sentiment. Why don't you just print it out and save it somewhere special. That way you won't need to go searching again.
MACKTEXAS
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Sometimes I wonder why we save these things or if we should - because most of the time we don't look at them, then when we do, they bring us sadness. I still have tape recordings here of my wife and daughter talking. I listened to some about 3 years ago, but couldn't handle going through the rest of them.
OregonGuy
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My significant other and I may be the only couple to REUSE are love letters ... here's how that came to be:
May 2021: My wife at the time, April, succumbed to cancer.
June 2021: I moved into an Assisted Living facility there in Las Vegas.
July 2021: I contracted pneumonia. While I was in the hospital I received a telephone call from my first wife, Mary. She had just been informed by one of our three sons that April had passed, and I was in the hospital. (Mary and I were married from 1963 to 1990 at which time I regret to say I divorced her due to no fault of hers … my selfish mid-life crisis.) Until she called me in the hospital, I had only seen her once when one of our sons married.
August 2021 to September 2021: Mary and I talked on the telephone weekly and rekindled our relationship. For her birthday (Sep 10th) I surprised her by sending her a copy of HER love letters I had saved 57 years.
October 2021: For my birthday she surprised me by sending me copies of MY love letters I had sent her 57 years ago! She then suggested I move in with her in Sandy, Oregon.
November 2021: I was diagnosed with early-stage Parkinson’s. I am ambulatory, able to walk without a device and do not exhibit shaking and other symptoms of more advanced Parkinsonism. However, I have vision problems which preclude me from driving a car.
May 2022: I moved in with Mary.
May 2022 to October 2024: Mary, who never remarried and retains my last name, drives me to appointments, fixes meals, does laundry, etc. I am truly blessed.
We are married in Spirit but, for financial reasons, not in a financial sense.
Jeff’s explanation of how he and Mary reunited.
May 2021: My wife at the time, April, succumbed to cancer.
June 2021: I moved into an Assisted Living facility there in Las Vegas.
July 2021: I contracted pneumonia. While I was in the hospital I received a telephone call from my first wife, Mary. She had just been informed by one of our three sons that April had passed, and I was in the hospital. (Mary and I were married from 1963 to 1990 at which time I regret to say I divorced her due to no fault of hers … my selfish mid-life crisis.) Until she called me in the hospital, I had only seen her once when one of our sons married.
August 2021 to September 2021: Mary and I talked on the telephone weekly and rekindled our relationship. For her birthday (Sep 10th) I surprised her by sending her a copy of HER love letters I had saved 57 years.
October 2021: For my birthday she surprised me by sending me copies of MY love letters I had sent her 57 years ago! She then suggested I move in with her in Sandy, Oregon.
November 2021: I was diagnosed with early-stage Parkinson’s. I am ambulatory, able to walk without a device and do not exhibit shaking and other symptoms of more advanced Parkinsonism. However, I have vision problems which preclude me from driving a car.
May 2022: I moved in with Mary.
May 2022 to October 2024: Mary, who never remarried and retains my last name, drives me to appointments, fixes meals, does laundry, etc. I am truly blessed.
We are married in Spirit but, for financial reasons, not in a financial sense.
hollydolly
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ricmic
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Me too.
hollydolly
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I think I've decided to throw out all the letters from my ex husband. I thought that maybe my DD might want them after I was gone.. but as she has no relationship with her father, she doesn't want them for obvious reasons... so I'll get rid of them
Quackers
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It's been on my mind since I made my post that I don't know where they went, so I search in boxes and cupboards and searched my mind and nope, still don't know what happened to them, they just aren't there.
What I did find though was a 'Snoopy' that my 2nd husband gave me. I remember when I first met him he lived away and was working up my way.
Anyway he was in Harrods and saw Snoopy on display in the pocket of a dressing gown on display. He bought two Snoopies, one for me and one for himself for when he had to go away for work again, almost a way of us being together even though we weren't - (take your fingers out of your throats you lot).
I found that at least from the 1970s, still in good nick all these years later!
Like this one:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1663670726/1968-snoopy-plush-doll
What I did find though was a 'Snoopy' that my 2nd husband gave me. I remember when I first met him he lived away and was working up my way.
Anyway he was in Harrods and saw Snoopy on display in the pocket of a dressing gown on display. He bought two Snoopies, one for me and one for himself for when he had to go away for work again, almost a way of us being together even though we weren't - (take your fingers out of your throats you lot).
I found that at least from the 1970s, still in good nick all these years later!
Like this one:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1663670726/1968-snoopy-plush-doll
OregonGuy
Senior Member
You are blessed!It's been on my mind since I made my post that I don't know where they went, so I search in boxes and cupboards and searched my mind and nope, still don't know what happened to them, they just aren't there.
What I did find though was a 'Snoopy' that my 2nd husband gave me. I remember when I first met him he lived away and was working up my way.
Anyway he was in Harrods and saw Snoopy on display in the pocket of a dressing gown on display. He bought two Snoopies, one for me and one for himself for when he had to go away for work again, almost a way of us being together even though we weren't - (take your fingers out of your throats you lot).
I found that at least from the 1970s, still in good nick all these years later!
Like this one:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1663670726/1968-snoopy-plush-doll
AnneTeak
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I saved the 
love letters women wrote to my father, while he was still married, that we found after he passed...
Apparently he wasn't in a bowling league on Thursday nights. Not sure where he found the bowling trophy he "won" at the "banquet". I can laugh about it now.
love letters women wrote to my father, while he was still married, that we found after he passed...Apparently he wasn't in a bowling league on Thursday nights. Not sure where he found the bowling trophy he "won" at the "banquet". I can laugh about it now.
Quackers
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spookycat2
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I didn't save letters from past relationships, and I'm glad, really.
On the other hand, I probably have every letter, note, etc. that my daughter ever wrote
Including drawings, doodles, etc.
Brings a happy tear just thinking about it.
On the other hand, I probably have every letter, note, etc. that my daughter ever wrote
Including drawings, doodles, etc.
Brings a happy tear just thinking about it.
stephenPE
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Strangely enough my ex wife called me the other day and had all the letters I wrote to her during the year I was working in Venice Fla and she was in college. She was cleaning out our old house and selling it. Asked if I wanted them. I said yes of course. We wrote to each other everyday for about a year. Our son brought me two boxes of letters I had written to her and I spent the last hour reading some. I Still have some she wrote to me. and now found the box of all the ones she wrote to me.......I had no idea we had them all....
It is amazing to read things I wrote so long ago (1973/74) Postage was 8 cents. I had bought all kinds of stationary. Oddly enough there were three letters in there to me from my third wife, also. We were good friends back then because she was in love with my best friends. Then many many years later............long story.
It is amazing to read things I wrote so long ago (1973/74) Postage was 8 cents. I had bought all kinds of stationary. Oddly enough there were three letters in there to me from my third wife, also. We were good friends back then because she was in love with my best friends. Then many many years later............long story.
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horseless carriage
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My wife had a difficult night last night. It might be a reaction to the flu-jab that she had a few days ago. She complains of a tightness across her chest, always the pessimist, it worries me because I can't help but think about her heart and the surgery that she had last year.
We both got up around three-thirty, she took some pain killers, which helped. Not feeling sleepy she settled down to watch a TV program that she had recorded. Normally I might have joined Senior Forums' night owls but the lady was on my mind.
Eventually her fatigue had her go back to bed, she slept until just after ten, I made breakfast for her and suggested she stay in bed to rest.
The point of telling you about last night is because I had the most wonderful text message from her just now, it was in essence, a love letter, which I answered in a similar vein. We are fifty-seven years wed and still send one another love messages. It fills me with joy.
We both got up around three-thirty, she took some pain killers, which helped. Not feeling sleepy she settled down to watch a TV program that she had recorded. Normally I might have joined Senior Forums' night owls but the lady was on my mind.
Eventually her fatigue had her go back to bed, she slept until just after ten, I made breakfast for her and suggested she stay in bed to rest.
The point of telling you about last night is because I had the most wonderful text message from her just now, it was in essence, a love letter, which I answered in a similar vein. We are fifty-seven years wed and still send one another love messages. It fills me with joy.
Grampa Don
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hollydolly
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Me too.... eveything she drew and the birthday cards, mothers day cards.. postcards when she went on School trips... the songs she wrote in her teens when she played Bass guitar with her band.... school text books, school reports, ... certificates and medals .. none of which she wants.. she tells me to throw them all out, she doesn't have asentimental bone in her body.....I can't bear to.. they will stay in the box in the loft until I die...I didn't save letters from past relationships, and I'm glad, really.
On the other hand, I probably have every letter, note, etc. that my daughter ever wrote
Including drawings, doodles, etc.
Brings a happy tear just thinking about it.
Nathan
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I never got any love letters, but over the last 30 years I've saved various greetings cards from my wife, son and daughter. I can't throw them out.
hearlady
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I have boxes. Can't throw them out either. I have made some nice crafts with some.
I am so sorry...for some reason I'm doing something wrong (and I don't know what) but my replies end up in some people's posts. I tried to delete it and couldn't get it too. I guess I'll have to figure that out.
In the meantime, what I was saying was that whether or not you read your wifes diaries or notes, I would think it would be comforting just knowing you have them. I don't want to read my husbands cards and notes because it would depress me. Maybe down the line I might, but it's way too soon. Having said that, it's comforting to know his sweet words are in those cards and notes.
In the meantime, what I was saying was that whether or not you read your wifes diaries or notes, I would think it would be comforting just knowing you have them. I don't want to read my husbands cards and notes because it would depress me. Maybe down the line I might, but it's way too soon. Having said that, it's comforting to know his sweet words are in those cards and notes.