有关Dear John Letter的典故以及范例(一)

如果没有记错的话，Dear John Letter这个ALLUSION应该是起源于第2次世界大战期间。
这里John 应该有两层意思：
1.a slang for penis；
2.soldier (当时有一首非常有名的歌中唱到 “Johnnie get your gun”,这样就用
JOHN来指代“大兵”)。
由于连年的战争，夫妻两地分居。不少士兵收到家乡妻子或者未婚妻的绝交信。
Dear John Letter 指代的是女子写给男子的“绝交信”。

以下是一封典型的 Dear John Letter.
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Dear John,

I have been seriously looking back upon our relationship and getting very clear on what I need and desire out of a relationship.

The conclusion I have come to is that we are too different in both our personality and our desired lifestyles to be able to successfully live together with joy, bliss, good communication, and interaction.

This is not about you or about me "winning or losing", or about one of us being wrong -- it is about two ways of being... which do not fulfill each other, or go together. Though I had been open to having you visit with the thought that possibly we could 'try' again, after thinking about it a lot, I realize that it is not a good idea. I am very clear that we are not the 'right' people for each other at this time in our lives.

Please forgive yourself, and me, for any 'mistakes' we made along the way... and remember that we both have grown immensely through being together... but the time has come to move on.

So basically what I am saying is that I would like to 'cancel' my invitation for you to visit. I feel at this time, that I n

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