Letters to the Editor

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Should I get married and give up my dreams, or break my engagement, leave this two-bit town and try to live the life I want?
  • let me be the first to say

    I don't believe this letter is real.

    The voice is way too articulate for the person it describes. She is way too wise for someone who claims to be ignorant of complexities.

    I always laugh when people write that, but I don't believe this letter. I guess the LW is trying to claim a lot more innocence and confusion than she really has so she can't be held accountable for punting if she doesn't try to follow her dream, but I'm just not buying it.

    It sounds like a Southern Gothic novel, right down to the obese blacksheep fiance son of a wealthy family with "joint problems" and no education, a dead end job on call 24/7 that only pays $30,000 (what is he, the town dogcatcher?) who is vehemently against adoption.