Dear *

Dear DCs,
I love and adore and cherish you. Always have and always will. You are my whole world and I am very proud of all of you.
Love Mummy x

Dear exP,
I'm so sad about it all and dont think I'll ever get over it. I miss the friendship and fun we once had and the lovely family we created together but accept that things change and people move on. I hope things work out for you and her and you have the sort of life you couldn't have with us. And I hope one day you'll be able to treat me with a bit of respect as the mother of your 4 gorgeous DCs, your partner of 17 years and your once best friend.
Tao

Dear Stroke,
I hope your pleased with yourself. You've done your job taken away my lovely Dads independence and dignity but there's a lot more to him than that and you cant take away his personality, faith, love, kindness and humour.
A loving daughter

Dear Mum and Dad,
I'm so sorry I live so far away when you need me. I'm so proud of how you both cope and your humility and humour. I'm sorry it broke your hearts when me and exP split up but I hope we can build our bridges. I know you love me and are proud of me and that you find it hard to say, and I know you know how much I adore you both. Tids x

Dear new DP,
I'm so glad I met you. You're gorgeous and confident and sexy and I have no idea what you see in me but we seem to tick along just nicely! Thanks for showing me how a relationship should be. Thanks for building my confidence. Thanks for all those hugs. Thanks for being so tidy. Thanks for my cuppa in bed every morning. Love you loads xxx

Dear Time

Look, thanks awfully and everything. You've done a great job in growing our dss into gorgeous young men but if you could just leave it there that would be great. I would quite like them to stay as they are now if it's all the same. And while we're at it, I don't think I actually need any more wrinles or grey hairs and I'm not really enjoying watching my parents' disintegration so I'm cancelling my subscription. Hope that's OK.

Cheers

Dear DD

SLEEP
PLEASE

Mum xx

Dear Parents,

I wish you loved me as much and as openly as you love my brother. You've no idea how f---ed up it's made me.

I wish you'd stop faking extra love for me just because I'm growing your first grandchild.

Your Daughter

Dear Eveyone Down Walthamstow Market,

His hair looked like that because I had brushed it out for his trip to the hairdressers.

Ok? So he had Very Big Hair. So what.

I think he looked lovely. So shut yer yaps.

MrsD & DS3.

Dear DP

I'm really really sorry that I don't love you as much as you love me :(

I do care a lot about you and want to be with you for the rest of my life, I know that though...

I will never be able to thank you enough for the good things you brought into my life -starting with our amazing DS

Love
Brain

Dear NicknameTaken

Can I shamelessly borrow your dear letter, it sums my thoughts/recent experience up to the letter.

Yours, in appreciation.

KtG

Dear horrified women in the ladies loo at the mall,

I promise I wasn't removing his fingernails with a pair of pliers. He had done a wee in his shorts and I was gently trying to persuade him to take them off. That was all. Yup, all 20 minutes of it.

Yrs exhaustedly,
Hippo.

Dear DD

Please please PLEASE will you stop with the bloody tantrums, I love you to pieces but sometimes I really can't deal with you.. I know you are only 3 and I'm the adult but it would be nice if you could decide to hug instead of throw yourself on the floor and use that 'high pitched' scream that you know goes right through me!

Love
Mummy xxx

Dear DH

Would you please, just for once, let me in.. I know you love me and DD to distraction, but talking is good, talking will help me get through this stage, it will help 'us' get through this and grow stronger, but I need to talk to you, I need you to truely listen and understand the hurt.

Flower

Dear Shabba

Another one here in tears, thank you! You remind me that there is strength in people virtual hugs coming your way

xxx

Dear Shabba

your post has me in floods. you are a lovely lady.

greatest respect
BAH

Dear Perfect Man,

Where the hell are you? I've been waiting for ages.

Me.

Dear MN,

Was it mean to close DD's door when she wouldn't stay upstairs at naptime? She couldn't open it and has given up and gone to sleep. She was very tired, but now I feel bad.

LaWeasel

Daer Imps7

I know, it is the bane of my life!
But sometimes being really polite works.
(If not, we'll try it your way
)
best wishes,
Abrain

Dear exH,

No, I don't trust you. I once did, but you trampled all over that, didn't you? But you'd better look after DD while she's with you. This is your best shot at something good, the chance to have a real relationship with her, so don't you destroy it.

Your exW.

Dear DD,

Sorry for the conflict around you when you were tiny. I should have chosen better. I love you and I will do my best for you and I hope it's enough. I'm so glad you're here and I hope you always will be too.

Your mum.

Dear parents,

Sorry for the stress.

Your daughter.

Dear ex BIL,

Thank you for showing me how filesharing works, It's all so complicated yes. I really appreciated the comments and pats on the arse too. While you went to the toilet. I accdentally installed something onto her PC-(obvs hit the wrong key). That was how my sister ended up with pages of screenshots your dating website profiles, cam activities and vile chatlogs-one of which went to your probation officer. So sorry you ended up back in prison. But you were right to warn me about viruses and 'stuff'

Dear Amazon,

PLEASE can I have the parcels which are due today, today???? They are presents for wonderful friend and if they don't arrive today they won't get to her.

(and yes I know I should have ordered them earlier. I am a crap friend, but please could I have a break anyway?)

love from your very profitable frequent customer.

Dear cigarettes

Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

ha!

3 years! Lonely are ya?

regards

plant

Dear DH

I am sorry for being so miserable lately but my maternity leave has been so lovely and all I want to do with my life is be a good wife to you and a good mother to our beautiful DD. It makes me very sad that in a few weeks I will have to go back to a job I don't like just so we can "grow our savings and have money for luxuries". Please try to understand my point of view. We have enough to pay our bills and put food on the table. This is all we need for now. Let me raise our child and future children. DD is growing up so quickly.

I love you dearly.

BAH

Dear dd2,

I am so so so sorry. I love you more then any words could ever say. I miss you so much it hurts. The 24 hours that I got to hold kiss and cuddle you for made all the pain worth while. I wish every day that the situation could be undone and you were at home with me where you should be. You are the empty chair at our table and you always will be. My beautiful precious daughter I love you x.

ds1, ds2 and dd1 I am so sorry that at a time that you should be more special to me and wonderful than ever, that I have no patience and am shouty and grumpy. I love you all you are my only reason for keeping going.

Love Mummy xxxx

Dear Nosy,
Good luck for tomorrow, take dd and get out of that situation, and soon you'll be safe and happy again.
love sammysam

Dear Mumsnet and Manatee,
Thank you for this thread, it has made me laugh and cry, I just wish I had time to read the whole thing.
Love sammysam

Dear DD2,
Please learn to sleep. It's been over 18 months now and i'm finally reaching breaking point. You haven't once slept through the night-or anywhere near. And because i'm still feeding you and because dh has work etc it has always been me getting up. I'm so tired and emotional. I love you more than words can express and wouldn't change you for the world......I just wish you would sleep for longer than 2-3hours.
Love Mummy

Dear DD1
I'm sorry i've been shouting so much recently. I'm just so tired. I hate myself being like this, i'm normally so chilled and patient. I love you so much and you are amazing. I'm so sorry for asking too much from you, I know you're only 4and a half and I don't really expect that you can do all we ask. I'm sorry.
Love Mummy

Dear DH,
I love you, I really do. I just wish you could be like this all the time. I know your job is stressful and you work long hours and need time to relax.....but so is mine and where is my time? You're only just realising how close to breaking point I am, and the surprise meal out tonight will be lovely but will not cure me. I wish you could be more in control of your emotions, especially your stress and anger, it's not up to me to do it for you and it certainly isn't me making you like it.
Love your DW

Dear family,
Please please please can I have some time to be me again? I love you all so much and love being a SAHM but i've lost 'ME'. I don't know what I like any more. I know the extreme tiredness is not helping one bit, but I just need a break.
Love sammysam

Dear brain,
Please find the power to work again. I hate being and feeling so braindead. I used to have intelligent thoughts and everything. I'm just glad I managed to get my degree before I lost you.
Love me

Dear Me,
Please snap out of feeling so low. Life really is good, you have no real reason to be feeling like this. You are very lucky for everything and everyone you have in your life. Don't let the crappy friends you've had in your life recently get you down. Yes you feel lonely now, but it will get better,
Love me.

Dear Puppy dog,
I'm sorry I'm not being the best new mummy right now. I will snap out of it soon and then you'll realise what a lovely family you are part of now. I'm sorry, it's not your fault, just very bad timing-i've taken on too much whilst i'm feeling crap. Tomorrow is another day, and I will feel better.
Love mummy

Dear me,
Please please please get lots of early nights over the next few weeks. It will help and will be more beneficial than time to relax in the evening.
Love me

Dear everyone,
God i'm sorry, what a load of depressing Dears.... I'm stopping now as I'm getting far too carried away.
Love sammysam

PS
Dear mumsnetter who told me about tear and share brioche,
Thank you! The most amazing stuff ever! Off to have some now to give me a quick energy burst!
love sammysam

Dear Next. When I paid extra for "Next Day Delivery", and you assured me that the slot I preferred (8am - 1pm) would be fine, I stupidly assumed that my goods would be delivered before 1pm. Silly me, eh?

It is now half past two and they still aren't here, and the children are rightly miffed that we're still stuck in waiting. Thanks for that.

Dear interviewers,
I could do your job, I really could.

So don't be put off when if I stumble over my words, go off on tangents, waffle on without actually answering your questions or generally sound like an idiot. I will try my best not to, but just in case this interview goes like all the other ones, I am warning you not to be alarmed if I do.

Please give me a chance. I'm really quite competent, once you get to know me. And I sometimes make cakes and bring them in to work.

See you next week, and hopefully for a lot of weeks after that,
Kikki

Dear Brain,
FGS just act normal for half an hour on Tuesday, OK? It's not too much to ask. If you do, you can stop worrying so much about money, wouldn't that be nice? Please make sure that Mouth is also aware of this request. I'm expecting the two of you to work together on this.
Thanks in anticipation,
K

Dear University Friends,

The reason that I did not contact you again after our reunion is that I realised that you are all such a load of bitches and I am so glad that your lives are shit because you deserve all that you get.

Dear friend's wife,

You are opinionated and unpleasant and useless with children (not the expert you think you are. You terrify them so it is lucky that you did not have any of your own. And we all know why you made that decision so stop trying to run away from your heritage.

Dear British wanabee,

What right do you think you have to play golf every weekend while your wife is at home looking after your children - doesn't she deserve time off? - she goes to work too and has a more demanding job. Can't you see that she resents you and that you are acting like a wank*r? And you dress like an idiot.

Dear IT Manager,

You are the most stupid and useless person I have every come across in my life. Everyone hates you. Why have you not been fired?