Dear John letter
Romantic dismissal message
A Dear John letter is a letter from a woman to her boyfriend or husband—typically a soldier deployed overseas—ending the relationship.
The name comes from the generic salutation: Dear John, I've met someone else...
The term has broadened to mean any written notice of romantic breakup, regardless of the recipient's gender.
A Dear Jane letter reverses the roles.
Organized distribution of resources
- soldierArmed forces member
- overseasIn foreign countries
- wartimePeriod of armed conflict
- war brideSpouse from combat zone
serviceman · separation · distance · waiting · homefront · stationed · absence · longing
Leave-taking expression
- goodbyeDeparting salutation
- partingAct of leaving another
- endingFinal portion of something
- closureSense of emotional resolution
split · estrangement · dissolution · dumped · rejection · finality · over · moving on
deployment
Organized distribution of resources
war bride · serviceman · separation · distance · waiting · homefront · stationed · absence · longing · infidelity
farewell
Leave-taking expression
closure · split · estrangement · dissolution · dumped · rejection · finality · over · moving on · letting go
anguish
Intense mental suffering
devastation · loneliness · emptiness · pain · betrayal · abandoned · crushed · tears · crying · despair
written
Composed in text
- handwrittenWritten by hand
- envelopeFolded paper enclosure
- mailPostal system items
postmarked · ink · paper · note · delivered · mailbox · words · pages · read · unfolded
Dear John lettermarriage proposal
Offer of matrimony
love letter · wedding invitation · engagement announcement · declaration of love · proposal
Dear John lettercontent
What something contains
happy · love letter · good news · acceptance letter · happy news
dear, dearly, dearness, dearer, dearest, endear, endearing, endearment, John