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Love Letters - by Max Nussenbaum - Candy for Breakfast

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Whenever I’m waiting for a woman I like to text me back, I start thinking about how it would be much less stressful to just exchange love letters.

Whenever I’m waiting for a woman I like to text me back, I start thinking about how it would be much less stressful to just exchange love letters. I’m 31, which means I got my first cell phone before I got my first girlfriend, but many of my significant relationships have still progressed via love letter. Whenever I’m with someone I try to find an excuse to write them one as soon as I can. There’s just something inherently romantic about a love letter, even when it’s delivered over email, as mine usually have been: the commitment required to write one, their permanence, the fact that you’re…

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