Dear So and So

[salsabike]

Pax, I would bring you guys the warmest most comforting casserole dinner if only I could. I am really sorry. You will get through to the other side of this.

[Owlie]

Dear mother,

Yes, I know my knee hurts. I do have some idea what caused it, and it should be relatively easily rectified. (By a new bike--seriously, this is the cost-effective solution. Full 105 would cost me around $1300. New drivetrain and shifters would constitute a significant fraction of that. Owing to where I work, I can get a very significant discount on a full-carbon frame with Ultegra for around $1500.)

Telling me to just stop riding is not helpful. I'll just stick with new pedals and shoes right now, as the fitter suggested.

[Crankin]

Owlie, ignore your mother. We can be annoying.
Seriously, I can't count how many medical professionals have told me this in the past 12 years, even ones who are cyclists. People can't see beyond their own solutions.

[Scrappy]

Dear Husband,

You really want to throw away our 9 year relationship (on our anniversary/my birthday!) and you don't even have a reason why? You couldn't even wait until my son whom you raised finished his senior year of High School? I gave you the best years of my life, and now I am middle aged and you are still a young man who can start over and have a new family. This is so painful and I have no one to lean on here and you know it. My heart is breaking.

Scrappy

[Catrin]

{{{{Scrappy}}}} I wish I were closer to you. I am so sorry this has happened.

[Scrappy]

Thank you Catrin.. I need all the hugs I can get right now.. {{Sobs}}

[OakLeaf]

(((((((Scrappy))))))) That just s*cks. I'm so sorry. If it doesn't make it hurt worse my saying so ... what an a-hole.

[emily_in_nc]

SO sorry, Scrappy. I can't believe anyone would do something so cruel to someone they supposedly love(d), on such a day in particular! Wish I were there to be a friend to you -- I could use one right now myself!

Virtual hugs to you...

[indysteel]

(((Scrappy))). That's just awful. I'm truly sorry. Please know that your TE sisters are here for you.

[Owlie]

(((Scrappy)))

What the--who does that?! That's terrible!

(((Scrappy))) again, because I can't think of anything else to say that doesn't contain interesting language.

[TsPoet]

{{{Scrappy}}}
this is probably the wrong thing to say, but, I hope you move on to anger soon, because just being mad at the jerk, and not sad, is what he deserves.

[Scrappy]

Thank You So MUCH ladies of TE. I am so sad right now. I can feel your collective hugs and I am just very grateful. My family is 1/2 a country away in WA state and all I want to do is hug someone and cry.. {sob}

[Pax]

(((((Scrappy))))) That just sucks, hope you find some peace soon.

[laura*]

You really want to throw away our 9 year relationship

Oh, how horrible! Horrible! (need more !'s) !!!!!!!

you don't even have a reason why? ... you are still a young man who can start over and have a new family.

That's probably the reason. His biological clock may have just gone off - and he now wants biologically related offspring. I've heard multiple such stories passed along in my circle of friends. There are guys who've been happy as a clam in child free long term relationships - who suddenly broke it off, and six months later are married and the new wife is already expecting.

[Crankin]

I am sorry, Scrappy.
He probably has a reason. It's just too awful to tell you.
What an ****ole.