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Jackie Kennedy wrote the best breakup letter ever sent
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Jackie Kennedy wrote the best breakup letter ever sent

It was in high school.

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Ben Dreyfuss
Jan 17, 2021
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In 1947, years before she met John F. Kennedy, Jacqueline Lee Bouvier sent her high school boyfriend what is maybe my favorite Dear John letter of all time.

“I’ve always thought of being in love as being willing to do anything for the other person—starve to buy them bread and not mind living in Siberia with them—and I’ve always thought that every minute …

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