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March 03, 2009 |
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The Test of Love
FOUND by Summer
in At Work
I'm pretty sure this is why my boss is no longer married.
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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...
He hit his knees and prayed she would leave "the life " behind but alas the call of the pole was too strong. she will beg him to come back when her pantry is bare!
man, the "i brought you food" is just heart-breaking.
but what's with the scribbling in the grocery bag? who does that in a break-up letter?
This note is like one cliche after another (or at least one thing you'd expect in a break up letter after another) until it gets to "I brought you food" and then it is surprising and a little sadder. The fact that its written on a grocery list is weird to me, too. It suggests some kind of frantic urgency, like the writer couldn't wait to find a decent piece of paper to write this on and had to do it THEN. The scribble on the bag looks like he or she had trouble starting their pen.
I think there are two scribbles on the bag. The first, making up the majority of the lines, is a pen, probably ball point, that was insufficient for the writer. The second is the darker line, a felt-tip pen that was used for the message.
I'm a firm believer that if you are writing a break-up letter to someone on a random piece paper, you should at least test the pen on the back of the page. It's just common courtesy.
e thought he'd probably earned a B or a B+ but, because he'd taken all that speed the night before to help hims study, his essay was complete jibberish and he had to settl
Ouch. that's just painful in every way...
ending a marriage, and doing it in a note(not even a letter.
the flippant/laziness of using some random note pad that just happened to be laying there (implying either; spur of the moment or extreme rush).
then testing the pen(s) on the same piece of paper and scratching out/writing over mistakes, instead of using a fresh sheet of paper.
and all wrapped up with the attempt at one final gesture of concern, the food. as though to say "yes I'm leaving you, but hey at least you won't have to go to the store soon". I wonder if she used the same note pad for the shopping list for that food.
"signed: Me". yes, I suppose there's no real need to sign a note like that... who else would it be from, their OTHER wife/husband?
Very sad.
(reminds my of a past Found breakup note. it ended with something like "I made you some chilly/meatloaf(I forget which it was) if you don't want it, through it out")
Writing break-up notes on random scraps of paper is so archaic. In our modern day of technological wonders, I think a live performance on DVD is the best way to dump someone...especially if the other person is to blame for the relationship melt-down. That way he or she can see your tears and the anguish written on your face, hear the pain in your voice, and never forget how pathetic you looked as you said goodbye.
Then there's always the text-message method, for those who just don't give a shit anymore. Instant & to the point. (The only problem there is that it often becomes a series of nasty text-messages back & forth for hours. Much too interactive for me.)
dn't find it for days and, of course, by then most of the food was spoiled because she'd forgotten there had been ice cream in the bag, so the bread and veg
I'm thinking it isn't signed "Me". I'm thinking it's signed "Amber". You know, that girl with the red hair.
Wow. This was me five seven years ago. My husband and I separated for three months. For our tenth anniversary he called me from another state told me he wanted a divorce. That was the worst three months of my entire life. Fortunately we were able to move past it and work it out. Things got better after that. I hope it got better for these folks, too.
SEVEN years ago. don't know how that five got in there.
Howard found this note in Amber's apartment once he finally got her address from a hobo. By then it was too late—she was in Iceland, and yes, Farmer, the food was spoiled and the ice cream was soup.
Nothing says, "Hey- no hard feelings. I'll always love you even though you're a selfish pig," like a bag full of groceries.
@Mountain Girl: I think the YouTube breakup is the best. That way, the internets can witness the whole train wreck.
On a grocery list?? come on..
Damn that PMS..she writes this note every month...
ugh.
never mind
Hey, fella, you might want to have that food tested before you eat any of it yourself.
Mario, the 2-pen test you described seems like a metaphor for their relationship. The ball-point that ran out of ink represents the marriage. The felt pen represents the love.
i think it's the same pen...it started to give out on "about" and, in her frenzy to get her thoughts out, worked to get it back on the grocery bag...i think it reads well (cliches & all) for what it is. i've never been able to write a letter like this without many errors and re-writes....HEY-maybe this is a rough draft?
I agree with Sam; this is a draft... the finder's boss is the writer, not the recipient. Either way, that has to be an awkward work situation...
awwww thats really nice...honey i'm going to leave you, but i'm not going to leave you hungry:)
I've always heard, the way to a man's heart is thru his stomach. who knew, the way to breaking a man's heart was thru his stomach also??(sheesh)
Anyone else hear Whitney at the end?
And I--ee-yiii.. will alwayyys looove you-ooh-ooh-ooh ooo..
I wonder how long they kicked the dead horse before they finally let it go.
ACTUALLY, I rather think now that this note was written either to the writer's fancy-dancy kitchen chock full of the latest stainless steel gadgets, OR perhaps specifically to her refrigerator.
Could be either one.
@ Been There: Yeah, cool...both finds today have music soundtracks. Librarian found the Dionne Warwick tune in the other find. But we're talking romantic people here: writing love notes and breakup notices. People like that actually THINK in songs.
Once I had a boyfriend who was so insecure, he was just sure he was going to lose me. He went around singing "More Than A Feeling" ALL the time. Really got old fast. But when he started calling me "Mary Anne," guess what? He lost me. My name is NOT Mary Anne. To this day I gag when I hear Boston songs.
whoa... such cynical comments... I am usually more cynical but this one put into words the bitter pain of breaking up. And why does everyone think this is a female writer?
This note reads much more interestingly if you read it in the voice of Whitney Houston circa "The Bodyguard" - of course you have to remember to belt out of the I will always you part....
They forgot to add you never get coffee or food...what irony cus it's on a grocery list.
the scribbles are "post" note writing... checking spelling...
dotting i's
crossing t's -
should I sign my name or just put "me" - OK go with me...
and then -
sensing someone else in the room ... surprise several OJ style knife thrusts and they try to write something (911!) but it just comes out scribbles as the life lights go out.
This note fell out of the end of the rolled up carpet the body was in as it was loaded in the the trunk of the car for shallow grave disposal.
Or is it signed MIKE?
note there no "DEAR" anything on the beginning of the note - so it could be some guy
HOPE - NOPE - DOPE
Ok, Farmer, I recognise your right to freedom of speech or whatever, but this is just getting annoying. STOP SPAMMING THE WALL.
This is a really sad find. I think it's really eloquent, and I love the handwriting. I didn't like the flippant comment from the finder - this is obviously a really poignant message. I want to know what the writers actual name is, because it looks like they signed it 'me', right?
This posting would have been much more fun if "Summer" had posted what kind of place she worked at -
The first thing that popped into my head was that she worked at KFC and picked it up off the tiles.
Or maybe she was under her boss's desk and found it on the floor... or she was leaning over her boss's desk and found it there...
This sounds like brainstorming for an 80's power balad.
i don't think the fact that it's written on a grocery list is relevant.. the person says that they've left, but 'you left me long ago'.. It sounds like they both knew it was coming, and it was probably talked about in detail before. This was just the final goodbye, just to have it offically done..
was really frustrated, but there wasn't really anything she could do about it. Finally, she just gave up and let him go on his merry little
I began the "written" form of a divorce via a typed letter. That I left in my car until I was ready to give it to her. She found it. At 11pm at night. Didn't really get much sleep that night and had to work the next day. We both knew it was coming, but having my thoughts succinctly put in writing meant neither of us could twist our "words". It meant that the "conversation" didn't get as far off track as a verbal meltdown would have.
/not sure why I felt the need to use quotation marks....
Looks to me more like Hiplains drifter is the one "spamming the wall."
Who cares? don't like it, skip it.
Easy.
I think some people are being very inconsiderate. Ok, yeah, whoever wrote this note (I'm assuming it's the wife) chose to write it on a grocery list. I admit it is not the best way to tell your husband you're leaving him, (is there really a GOOD way?) but I think everyone is overlooking the true sadness and heartfelt message that was written. Cliches aside, the writer has some beautifully heart-breaking things to say.
"This isn't about love anymore, we passed the test of love..." I guess I am so empathetic because this is the point my on-again-off-again boyfriend have been at the last 2 years. We love each other, there is no denying that what we share is true love, but we are not a good couple. We constantly bicker, have an extremely unhealthy relationship and are not in the same point in our lives. Although we are not married, I feel like this is a note I would write to him. Of course, I would also be so sweet as to bring him food. :)
"my body is broke"???
Is she finally getting up the gumption to leave him like she should have done long ago?
Damn, that's intense -- being on the cheerfully kitchy checkered "grocery list" paper only makes it that much more pathetic. The coup de grace as others have noted is the "I left you food." Like, "I can't stay married to you for another minute, but I *do* love you, so I didn't want you to have to drive to the store with tears in your eyes -- there's rocky road ice cream in the freezer."
The banality of it all makes me think of the note April leaves in "Revolutionary Road" (the book, not the movie) -- she writes and discards a ton of long letters with ever grievance she's had over the course of her marriage, then burns them and finally, before she goes upstairs to try to self-abort, she leaves him a note that says "whatever happens, don't blame yourself." I'll bet she left food in the fridge too.
Divorce note on grocery list? I brought you food? Hall of Fame FOUND.
Though I can't reconcile the note on the blank grocery list with the I brought food comment. Shouldn't there be a list of groceries somewhere?
How do you lose the note that ends your marriage?
Come on, one of you two needs to do the right thing and make this right! Something tells me that this marriage could work out, but it's not without some work.
Well, that's my pep talk for the day.
On a lighter note, who buys groceries that look like that? That one item looks like a balloon. I suppose you COULD buy a balloon like that at a grocery store, but what are the chances?
This TOTALLY looks like my handwriting...seriously. I am glad I am no longer in that type of relationship and that I am happy.
So, does Summer think this note was written to her boss?
With a hi ho the dairy-o, how could your way not be merry? 8-)
the blue pattern is somewhat hypnotic.
but maybe that's because i smoke weed every day
Now that someone mentions it, what ARE those three items sitting next to the bag?
To me it looks like a man's handwriting. Specifically, it looks exactly like my brother's handwriting. And this is the sort of thing he would say (and did, when his marriage went belly up.)Not a word about his own financial and sexual irresponsibility, his stalking of his wife's friends, or the fact that he went through 7 jobs in as many years and it was always "someone else's fault." He called me repeatedly, moaning about how she had broken his heart "after all he'd done for her". He forgot--I grew up with him and knew what he was like. He should have said "after all he'd done TO her." I was surprised it lasted as long as it did. And she was left paying their joint debts for years after she finally got rid of the deadweight.
Buying the food is certainly something he would have done, a master stroke of passive agression...but it would have been food she was allergic to, so she would have thrown it out or given it away and he would have felt "hurt" about that too.
As for what those 3 items are: a stack of styrofoam cups, a pack of styrofoam plates on its edge, and a small pack of napkins. Of interest in the bag itself: a box of envelopes. I haven't bought envelopes in about 4 years...
Wow...this find really got to me...I see myself in this note and it makes me want to try harder....
nothing funny or witty here, this is too sad.
..and cheese. Pasteurized, proccessed American cheese food.
This is a guy's handwriting.
What a wuss.