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Burton Jay Smith and Willametta Turnepseed letters, April -August, 1942
1942-07-05 Page 5 #1
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know that I hung around you and clung to you more than I would have ordinarily because of that sense of imminent separation. Your honesty deserves like honesty so I'll try to explain myself and my reactions. Women want, more than any other one thing, a feeling of assurance and stability. The instinct of seeking protection for the young, no doubt. I've always craved it. I can't understand why - because I've always been petted and protected - but I've always felt unwanted. Something must have happened when I was too young to remember; perhaps the continual criticism and admonitions to which I have always been submitted have worn
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know that I hung around you and clung to you more than I would have ordinarily because of that sense of imminent separation. Your honesty deserves like honesty so I'll try to explain myself and my reactions. Women want, more than any other one thing, a feeling of assurance and stability. The instinct of seeking protection for the young, no doubt. I've always craved it. I can't understand why - because I've always been petted and protected - but I've always felt unwanted. Something must have happened when I was too young to remember; perhaps the continual criticism and admonitions to which I have always been submitted have worn
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