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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Hadley Freeman

Ladies, do not sleep with this man

Men bashing may be tedious in its cliché-tastic nature but, hey, it's just so much fun, ain't it? Anyways, one of LiS's absolute favourite websites, www.jezebel.com, happened to come across an email sent by a particularly annoying American actor (the photo of Zach Braff next to the letter on the website may or may not be a clue) to a young lady.

Ladies and gentlemen, obviously we have 100% respect for people's personal lives but this, well, this one is just too good. Ladies, read this email and reel back in amazement when you realise that one or several of your exboyfriends turns out to have been Braff. Gentlemen, read this and realise that y'all work from a template. And any variations anyone has received or sent are gratefully received.

Crap email:

"Hey... I don't really know what to say. I am really sorry if I have hurt you in anyway. I have a tremendous respect and admiration of you and gratitude towards you and certainly would never intend to hurt your feelings or intentionally do anything to have you lose any feelings towards me. Things don't seem awkward to me. Or no more awkward then is to be expected. What were you expecting?

I wonder if you were sensing some of my ambivalence about all of this, but I think ambivalence is pretty understandable, under the garguatuan circumstances of all of this, no? I dont really know what to make of all of this...you deserve a lot, probably more than I can give you. I think I've just needed to go far slower than you are comfortable with. Again, I am sorry if you feel bad, either about yourself or towards me. That has never been my intention..."

Poor love. Those "gargauatuan circumstances" seem to have made him forget to add the crucial kickers. Where's "you're such a special person"? Where's "I'm just in a really tricky place right now"? Where's "I just wanted to shag you for a couple of months and never be seen in public together so why can't you just shut up and put out"?

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