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Laura Davis letters to her husband Lloyd Davis, January 1942

1942-01-03 Laura Davis to Lloyd Davis Page 3

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Your letter that started to answer some of questions in my two fat letters was fine.  You reassure me.  I am glad you think our thoughts are so nearly alike and that I can feel we decide things alone just about the same way we would if we were together.  When people become man and wife the new couple does have to "forsake all others and cleave together as one", not rubber stamps but as complementing parts like angles making a whole arc of 360° which is endless, united and complete.  To explain feelings and thoughts like that we always lapse into the old trite words to get the ideas said but that poor expression of them is lots better than not trying to say them at all, don't you think?
George's never call me up.  I thanked them for the bed jacket, it was Grandmas I talked to, and they were going to call me about the pajamas the next day.  That was a week ago.  The pjs were OK I know.  But I am wondering about the visiting.  Last summer they made Mother tired because she always had to do the phoning up.  But if they'd be better satisfied in their feelings about us, I'd take the responsibility to put in the call.  But if it's just a bother to them anyway, I don't need to call at all.  I'm not stewing about it but it would be simpler if we lived in different towns.  George said Thursday when we were going to the bank on estate business that he had worked all the time, and over, at Roasas.  And he was supposed to be farming since Nov 1 as far as the draft board goes.  I'm glad its not you trying to promote any such hair splitting picture.  They haven't even issued orders in Washington yet to call men with

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2 Your letter that started to answer some of questions in my two fat letters was fine. You reassure me. I am glad you think our thoughts are so nearly alike and that I can feel we decide things alone just about the same way we would if we were together. When people become man and wife the new couple does have to "forsake all others and cleave together as one", not rubber stamps but as complementing parts like angles making a whole arc of 360° which is endless, united and complete. To explain feelings and thoughts like that we always lapse into the old trite words to get the ideas said but that poor expression of them is lots better than not trying to say them at all, don't you think? George's never call me up. I thanked them for the bed jacket, it was Grandmas I talked to, and they were going to call me about the pajamas the next day. That was a week ago. The pjs were OK I know. But I am wondering about the visiting. Last summer they made Mother tired because she always had to do the phoning up. But if they'd be better satisfied in their feelings about us, I'd take the responsibility to put in the call. But if it's just a bother to them anyway, I don't need to call at all. I'm not stewing about it but it would be simpler if we lived in different towns. George said Thursday when we were going to the bank on estate business that he had worked all the time, and over, at Roasas. And he was supposed to be farming since Nov 1 as far as the draft board goes. I'm glad its not you trying to promote any such hair splitting picture. They haven't even issued orders in Washington yet to call men with