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The consolation after another rejection

A reader reflects on the familiar disappointment of having a letter rejected

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The Irish Times - Letters to the Editor.
Thu Sept 03 2026 - 06:00 • 1 MIN READ

Sir, – The repeated devastating feeling of rejection, the promise to oneself to cancel my subscription (unfulfilled again).

The reassuring words of wisdom from the good wife, “he was probably too busy to read them all”.

It’s only a letter, she reminds me. – Yours, etc,

PAUL BAKER,

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