Dear John Letter is: a letter that a man receives from his wife or girlfriend that tells him she no longer loves him.

Since the are,too, servicewomen, isn't it possible that they receive similar letters from their husbands or boyfriends? if yes, what is it called? And how would it be like?

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I'd call it still the same.

Originally, Dear John letters were letters sent by women to men. They were sent to the husbands or boy friends who had been away for a long while during World War I.

The term has evolved, though. Now we say Dear John letters to refer to goodbye letters that a man gets from a woman, or that a woman gets from a man.

Rachel

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Thanks a lot.

Another of my half-pennies:

The letter in question, when written by a woman to a man, is also called a Dear Jane letter.

Richard

Dear John,

I want a man who knows what love is all about. You are generous, kind, thoughtful. People who are not like you admit to being useless and inferior.
You have ruined me for other men. I yearn for you. I have no feelings whatsoever when we're apart. I can be forever happy – will you let me be yours?

Gloria

Dear John,

I want a man who knows what love is. All about you are generous, kind, thoughtful people, who are not like you. Admit to being useless and inferior.
You ruined me. For other men, I yearn. For you, I have no feelings whatsoever. When we're apart, I can be forever happy. Will you let me be?

Yours,
Gloria


What do the red parts mean?

For the last red part "Will you let me be?", Be what?

This is a funny exercise in punctuation.

In the first letter, Gloria is saying how much she loves John and can't be without him.

In the second letter, Gloria is saying how much she can't stand John, and how she wants him to leave her alone.

In the first letter, "You have ruined me for other men" means that she has been spoiled by John's wonderfulness and will never be able to love any one else.

In the second letter:

"All about you" means all the people that are around you.

"Will you let me be" means "go away and leave me alone."

Rachel

Dear Rachel,

"Will you let me be" means "go away and leave me alone."

Why wasn't the word [alone] explicitly written ie "Will you let me be alone"?

In this case, "let me be" means just to let me exist, and that is to exist alone.

It's not an exact translation. I was just saying what it means.

Rachel