Do You Still Write Letters?

Hello,kbourgerie! now a days letter writing has remained with the students for writing at examinations.now in the age of internet and mobile phone the world has become so closure that nobody likes to spend time for writing letters to their friends and relations.it is just wastage of time.i always prefer to talk over phone.you will be astonished to know that i had finalized my daughter's marriage in just three hours which might had taken nearly a month if i had written letters.thank you.

Yeah I would haveto think about this one.... hmm... Lets put it this way, I have never written a letter to anybody in my life! LOL So my answer would definately be using email, fast messenging services and text on cell phones and facebook...

I enjoy writing letters but it has become too expensive with postage always increasing so now I usually use email. I still write letters to my grandmother who doesn't use email.

Well, being practical would be email. Though I really like receiving mail, especially from someone dear to me so it encourages me to send them a letter as well and I hope it would go on like that. There's really something special in mail that email can't do aside from communicating your message quicker.

Although I do use my email...I tender to be very old school. I write letters-even to my daughter so she can get some mail. I send b-day cards, Christmas cards, anniversary cards, etc to all I know and love. I write to my grandmother-in-law, mother, and father once a week. I know the joy you get when something other than a bill or junk comes in the mail so I try to give that joy to others. I ususally handmake the cards. Sometimes I'll write to someone for no reason. My daughter and I send cards and letters to children's hospitals, soldiers over seas, senior citizen homes, etc.There's something to be said about the written word. It is timeless. Its beautiful, it comes from the heart-so much moreso because it does take time and effort.

i prefer e-mail.......im 16 n ive never write a letter im dominikan!

In most of the cases I usually write up E-mail but sometimes I take my time writing letter's to those of my friend's who don't have internet or the only way to contact them is by writing lettler's.Still I find sending E-mail's is much more fast,cheap,reliable,easy and fun to do whereas the old patterned letter's have many disqualities now a days.So,I think in the only which I prefer and use as my default way for sending message's to my friends in no time what so ever.

E-mail is faster and there is no postage to worry about, so I tend to use that a lot more. I don't write letters anywhere near as much as I would like to. In a way it is kind of sad how technology has gotten to the point where we put convenience over aesthetically pleasing and personable. That is probably the one thing I do not like about a lot of these new breakthroughs in technology is that they tend to discourage creativity by putting all their emphasis on convenience. So, yes, I do consider writing letters to be a chore, however, I wish I could do it more often, and e-mail and instant messaging are great ways to stay in contact with far away friends on a daily basis and even make new friends on occasion. But as far as personability (if that is even a word!) goes, I think the old ways can be best, and with that in mind I do love receiving and giving letters on occasion. I haven't written a real letter in years and probably should do that soon.

Sadly I have to admit that I do not write letters anymore- I barely write out checks with the new age of the check card. I too had a beloved aunt who wrote to me reliously when I was a child- my biggest pen pal by far! (I miss her, may she rest in peace). I will admit I tend to make excuses for not handwriting things claiming to never have time. I am sitting here typing this looking across the room at the drawer that contains the x-mas cards I swore to myself I would personally write out last year, 2007- but no- sadly there they sit. I really need to get back to that- it is so much more personal- thanks for the wake up call :)

I never write letters anymore except for the occasional note in Christmas cards. I just use my email. Stamps have become to expensive to send letters anymore. My writing is not the best anymore either so it is easier to read if I type the stuff.

yes i still write email-letters. haha

I love writing letters but I am getting lazy. These days if I can e-mail or type the letter I will. As a child we were made to write thank you letters to all our relatives except our parents. I have to say it was often a chore, but one that I wish would come back because I do love to receive handwritten letters too. The other thing that I wish, is that my handwriting could be much better. Maybe then I would feel even better about writing the few letters that I currently produce each year.

yea not alot but i have within the past year

No, I just email now but I wish I wrote letters. I know they're basically the same thing as an email (just more expensive and time consuming) but I love writing them. Besides I live near everyone I need to contact, so there'd be no point in me sending a letter because I'd probablly bump into them around town before they'd get it :D

Sadly I am not writing letters nowadays.But writing in mylot expressing your thoughts in words is compensating that old art of letter writing very beautifully I think.What is your opinion please?

Yes I do write letters still sometimes. Some of my relatives and friends do not have or use the internet and calling is too expensive. I send cards and letters at times.

you 'r reason.... i dont write a letter but one maol....easy and fast if there samone that not have amai i call whith a phone.................. in 2000 time no pen - no paper but are so could and wrong, i wreite only a little paper of happy......... bye myryam

I posted a similar discussion many months ago, kbourgerie, and I was overwhelmed with all the responses I received. Letter writing has become a lost art. I remember when I used to write lengthy letters to friends and relatives all the time. Now, however, many of them have passed on(or use email), so I don't often get the opportunity to write letters often. I have considered finding a pen pal.

I prefer e-mail mostly because it is free. Letters cost postage, envelopes, and paper. So every time I send a letter through snail mail that would be more than 50 cents. And think about how much work it takes to earn 50 cents on myLot! lol. So yeah, that's why I like e-mail better.

I write letters every day! My boyfriend is away at AIT for the National Guard, so letters and a few phone calls is all we have for contact. I write to him each and every day, and he writes to me every day too.... sometimes he saves them and sends a few together at once, as do I, but toghether we are making the post office a heck of a lot of money...lol