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I Forgot to End Our Imaginary Relationship, Teen Idol

True Love Forever, Interrupted

Stacey Curran
5 min readDec 17, 2020
Parker Stevenson and Shaun Cassidy in “The Hardy Boys”

Story Update: This was published in 2020. Shaun Cassidy and I tweeted in 2022. Then stuff got weird. Anyway, we are now mutuals:

https://www.facebook.com/profile/100044337550661/search/?q=stacey%20curran

Dear Mr. Cassidy,

It has recently come to my attention that I neglected to end our relationship that I alone started, and that I alone declared exclusive, in 1977. Upon review of my journals, dating back to your time on the Hardy Boys, I noted that I pledged my true love forever (TLF) to you many, many times. I even wrote you letters declaring this.

I am aware that you likely never got these missives, on which I used my best Palmer Method penmanship. I am sure that whoever ran your fan club at that time was threatened by my searing prose and kept them from you. My carefully chosen caterpillar stationery from Caldor’s paper aisle would have made a lasting impression had you seen it, and you would have surely responded posthaste.

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Stacey Curran
Stacey Curran

Written by Stacey Curran

Former reporter; N.E. Press Assoc. Awards, Boston Globe Magazine, McSweeney's, Belladonna, Slackjaw, BostonAccent, WBUR, Weekly Humorist, so many grocery lists

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