hope you are finally happy

Time Travelled — almost 7 years

Peaceful right?

Dear FutureMe, You are reading a letter from your Past Self from September 2nd, 2017. I don't know if you will receive it, I can simply forget about this letter and change my gmail for some reason or who knows what can happen for the seven years? But I want to write this, because I feel that I stuck in my life. I write this in my broken English, because I want to believe in 7 years you speak it fluently and use it everyday in you life. Maybe, you didn't drop the University and now you are an English teacher. Or maybe you have a lot of foreign friends. But of course, mostly, I want to believe you left this country. I want to believe you are happy and have someone important in your life. As you can remember, now I'm lonely. I'm not sure if I have real friends. My only one not-online-friend in army now and he will come back just in three months. Are you still friends in 2024? I hope so. I'd like to have a long-term friendship. If you are still friends, tomorrow is ten years since you first met. I don't have anyone who's been in my life so long for now (family doesn't count) If be honest, writing this I think about my life's gonna be miserable. I'm not gonna have friends, I'm not gonna have boyfriend. I'll be still fat. I'm not gonna ever leave this country. What I'll definitely leave is the University. I'm really sorry if this letter hurts you. I'm sorry if you are unhappy and I made it worst. But I want to believe so badly that I'll be truly happy someday. When I'm trying to imagine a perfect life, I think about my own family. I dream about the day when I'll come out and I won't care about what people think. I dream about I'll see the world and leave this ****** and gloomy place filled with angry people. I dream about I'll be visiting mom Russia, but the country will be different. I don't want to even think about Putin still the president when you read this. I don't want to think about Russia's still suffering and people still believe in the ******** from the TV. Friends. A boyfriend. Living in a good country. I hope you have anything that makes you happy. If you don't, so get it. You are just 26 and you are not that silly and useless teen anymore. P.S: really sorry for all this cringe. I know you'll have it reading this. If you won't, you really changed.

Epilogue

about 1 month later

Hello dear past me! I had been waiting for this letter to arrive. I remembered some bits and pieces from it but didn’t remember all the details. I had been...

Lsi,lt 😁 darrfwo ot indeagr now stle’ meidss adn erkba ot llcatyua lcuod tvneyreghi ,hsowemo ,odnw ouy i it iookgln aeeucbs i i!t ghirt tlka avhe iwsh i. It :) s’lte etnrdep e’ewr idgno.
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In of yeru’o tsrfi ,lla itequ liesgnh uelfnt now. Viginl nda of na nteraoilaitnn rae tkhngnii yuo out noes tub sigenhl ni ,niu ahev teh esu buato erdyyeva yuo ): rae otn dpoerpd hegsiln eoyr’u oseasrn !fsreind abdoar yse, seueabc lots fo yuo eou’yr eht 2042 eectrah. Uoyr reew 5,4 oyu you rwee ttnusde ayres eth in tbes for adn triaash-gt lassc a. The eht ot o(hsw’ ot ltlis ntaagsi nad uyntroc ente,psdri the utb etnh ne)sw tastr ot aekrb war yorsr you ish naruike dicddee vleae eceddid puint. Prac easnp!ph.
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Idd moec out to moevd 2020 ouy whne ni oyu gbtruprsee ainst d,cesno. And edi a heert) ggnoi ot oye’ur s(ey rbemmree uyov’e dha yuo i ont hwat dieilpm fedrsoibyn reayll gnviir. In diufl yuro oewnm rueoy’ gogin opint htta won a netlazairio oghut iths like efil nad rhhtuog at rueo’y. A i awht wn,ok rkhcseo.
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Era el,ar iltsl na eissu sdnefri solce. Inrtwig eht heav’nt to you spnreo elaktd lyarel aesry ni autbo ’ouyre. Hutoc ry’eou nwo fo tou pleecoltmy. Eomr tihw ttcnehatam vahe aehv htpniilaoerss neo to siueors lead adn als,o lyluo’ you ilke usises shti. Euhg pelh traeiphts utb llwi urutfe be a oyru.
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’idtnd akem msereialb fele em uyo. Fo for het erus, i ltisl ehva usivettrced odl osme rtaetnsp. ’nosdet aoemnry for eth as ygoolm rseu efurtu esem utb.
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Stju be nfei ’yullo. Eb apphy oyu will. Wno oehp itgrh ti earh udloc you.

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lilemargvelani:

about 1 year ago

how are you?

lei:

11 months ago

I want to know so badly how this updated but I don't have premium :( I hope you are living your best life now <3

Letter Author:

11 months ago

Tldr for those who can’t see the epilogue: I left Russia a couple of years ago, I’m teaching English, I used to be an out and proud LGBTQ+ activist in Russia, now I’m farther exploring my identity and dating women lol. I also have many international friends just as I wanted to seven years ago!

bushraakram2005:

11 months ago

thank you for posting your epilogue, i'm so happy for you. i'm also a closeted queer in a homophobic country :(

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