Do you have or did you have a pen pal?

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I'm talking about the old school pen and paper sent through snail mail kind of pen pal. My dad has one. He's been writing his pen pal since before he met my mom. I think he was in high school or something. He still writes her today. He has never met her though since she lived in London and it costs so much for us to go there and for them to go here. So they're been writing each other for... I guess about 40 years now. Whoa. They send gifts to each other during Christmas though. I think it's really sweet. I've always wanted to have a pen pal but now it's like nobody has time to write using traditional materials. It's all text messaging or emails or IMs. It's okay though, but for me, it's more special if you really write it by hand. It's more personal that way. How about you? What do you think about this?