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Burton Jay Smith and Willametta Turnepseed letters, November-December 1943
1943-11-15 Page 4
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that while she knows we are trustworthy, even without a chaperon, the fact that I'll be seen leaving with you or returning with you will be enough to damn me. She's not evil-minded, BeeJay, and this fact was only brought in to her after she had let me go up with you before. By having this early a chance to plan for it maybe I could battle it out with them; but do you think I should defy my family? I always think I can dish out advice to those who ask me but I make a sorry mess of my own life. That's because I listened to my heart instead of my head this time. I knew as well as I knew anything that since you didn't want to get married until after the war we should not be engaged. I knew that doubts would creep in and I'd be miserably unhappy many, many times. Always
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that while she knows we are trustworthy, even without a chaperon, the fact that I'll be seen leaving with you or returning with you will be enough to damn me. She's not evil-minded, BeeJay, and this fact was only brought in to her after she had let me go up with you before. By having this early a chance to plan for it maybe I could battle it out with them; but do you think I should defy my family? I always think I can dish out advice to those who ask me but I make a sorry mess of my own life. That's because I listened to my heart instead of my head this time. I knew as well as I knew anything that since you didn't want to get married until after the war we should not be engaged. I knew that doubts would creep in and I'd be miserably unhappy many, many times. Always
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