Do you keep the letters you received?

This topic made me remember how my classmates and I used to do this way back in elementary and high school. I still have all the letters that they received. I kept it in a very special box. However, I left it at home with my parents. My mother is a very sentimental person and she realizes how much I treasure those letters. That is the reason she keeps it for me. I did not bring it to where I went to College. Then, after College I was assigned (work- related) to another City where I am staying right now. It is here where I met my husband and my child was born. All the memories I have when I was still young were left with my parents.

I have a nice fabric covered box that holds letters, cards, et all that I have saved from family and friends. I actually wish I had saved more of the letters my Mom and Dad wrote me as they are both in Heaven now and I wish I had them. My Mom wrote me every week when I was in college, just little newsy stuff and we'd write about my classes and friends and such. I think I should have saved them since then I'd have abit of a time capsule of those days. I think it's wonderful that your friends and yourself worked out any arguements in writing cause them you had time to think about what was written and how you were going to respond. Many friendships and marriages could likely benefit from that way of resolving things rather than having verbal exchanges that can get out of hand and things are said that can't be unsaid. I'd hold onto the bag and keep adding to it as it will be special thru out your life. It's sweet and special!! Be Well!!

When I was young I can do that, i keep all the letters I received but there were many storms/ typhoons came into my life , the letter were torn and put into the garbage. I do not care at all. Just recently we wer got affected by Typhoon Ondoy. most of my class cards and receipts and notebook were turn into waste. It has a lot of memories but we can't do anything about it. I love keeping the letters too, it was memorable before because of the dates on the letter . It brings back the memories. I admire those people that can be able to keep the letters until they get old.

I do have like three boxes of letters that I have kept from high school that I need to go through and organize into a scrapbook. I used to keep letters all the time, but stopped doing it because I really don't get letters anymore. Now I save special e-mails because that's how I get most of my communication now.

Yes, I keep it for remembrance,it is like a diary to me.I keep my best friend letter & boyfriend letter. I treasure it.

I used to write and receive letters from my friends of high school when I was in college.We were far apart at that time and kept in touch with letters.It was a beatuful memory.But now,we are all busy with work that don't write letters to each other anymore.Instead of that,we turn to send email or message.But I still cherish the memory of that time and I keep those letters all the time.

I love giving and receiving letters :) I tied together all the letters I've received with a brightly colored ribbon (apple green :)). I personally think that letters are way better than emails. I haven't received any love letters yet lol but I'm hoping that my future boyfriend or suitor will write me some. I used to always write letters to my parents when I was very young and they've kept it in a box so when I grow older, I can read what I wrote to them. I read them whenever I'm feeling sentimental or when I happen to be cleaning the house :))

Im a sentimental person too. I love reading and collecting old letters from my loved ones. But when i moved to my boyfriend's house I left my sentimental stuff from my parents house with my other things that I cannot bring which is not much important from me then. Eventually the letters had gone and maybe they included it to trash when they clean the whole house. it is so sad.

I've received lots of letters in my lifetime, but I haven't kept them. At the time I didn't think they were important and I regret it now, I would love to be able to pull out old letters and remember my friends from school and people that were once important in my life.

I had penfriends when I was a teenager, and I would keep all of their letters in a folder. I could even completely fill that folder, so I had to use a new one for the upcoming letters. In the end I filled 3 folders before stopping sending letters!

I like to keep letters, too. ^-^ With all these facebook, myspace, blog this and that its rare to give hand-written letters to people. I haven't done it myself for a while, though in 2008 when my friend went off to college we decided to be "penpals" to stay in touch. I still have a few letters in my memory box from him. When I was a kid, my friends and I ALWAYS used to pass notes in class- I still have a couple of those, too.

Yes, I keep the letters given to me by my family and friends. I treasure letters, being a sentimental person. I like re-reading them and sometimes it brings a smile on my face or tears to my eyes. I like to keep these letters on pretty cardboard boxes. They have a special place on my closet.

I don't receive much letters except mobile bill and internet bill..There's no reason to keep them because I receive each of those every month.But if I receive a letter from a girl..sure I will keep it....

Everything depends, if it is a card or letter from my boyfriend or parents I would definitely keep it, they are more personal than email, because you can see the handwriting of the person.

Yeah, i still keep it in my box for letter i receive since email in the past is still not available. keeping letter is a great way to reminisce the past and i could still feel in touch by just reading the messages which are carefully worded and handwritten by the person itself who write it to me. I especially keep those love letter from admirer and greeting cards given to me by my friends in different occasion. it bring out the sentimental person in me, as i am happy by reading them and just go back again to read it whenever i get the tendency to miss those handwritten letter have really have unique content compare to email which somehow lack personal touch.

Yeah, I got a whole box full of them. Letters since grade school until college. It was now sitting in the dark place of my parents stock room. Hope that one day I'll be able to open them again and savor the past. Never got a hold of them since I got married (especially those love letters!lol).

yes i keep every letters that my friends give me...i treasure it a lot..because it is a proof that we shared awesome moments and that we accepted each other..and not just letters even the stuff toys everything from them..especially the ones from my family:D