Do you think emails miss the charm of hand written letters of good old days?

There are two sides to the argument, mostly which have been presented by preceding responses. On the one hand, we have the speed & ease of the internet. No need to wait six months to have my letter sent to England :-). One can also correct their mistakes without the receiver ever having known or having to re-write. I can type faster than I can write & the quality is so much better. It's easier for people who place more emphasis on speed, ease & efficiency than those who need to feel an emotional connection. On the other hand, I used to be able to draw a circuit diagram very neatly on graph paper in about half an hour & send it off for publication to an electronics magazine in England. Today, after having sketched a rough draft, I'd need to use an acceptable version of Protel; often mucking around with spacings, formatting, etc for a week or more before sending it off by email. It's quicker & better for the sender, but is so much more hassle for me! I believe there will soon be a way to combine the best of both worlds. It seems we are losing one set of skills whilst gaining another. I guess it is up to the individual whether or not they are comfortable with the status quo. I don't mind it. It's one of those things we "need to" sacrifice for "progress" or so it seems. There are many aspects of the "good old days" that weren't so good as well, but we tend to forget that when reminiscing. The last hand written letter was to my wife. Of course I don't recall all the time it took me to do up, but when I think back, I hear myself saying "never again!"; thank goodness she said "yes!".

Definitely I agree. One cant get the real feel of love and passion in E-mails as they get in written letters. One can remember the font style of written letters and link them to that person, but you cant create that kind of feel in E-mails...!!

Letters are a dying trade. Companies now in UK charge you to receive bills or information that you request and try to opt you into receiving it via e-mail for free. I really don't think companies should do this as it's very important to be able to send letters still in my opinion, it's just a shame that the Royal Mail tend to lose, damage or staff steal items which are sent.

Yes, I always miss the charm of hand written letters of good old days which has been caused due to the so easy mode of communication made possible by emails.

Yes, I do agree with you. But in today's complex world we don't have time to write letters and post them. Then it is also time consuming when your letter will be received by the recipient. The letter may be lost or delayed. This kind of situations do hardly arise with emails. So, I prefer emails even if they miss the charm. Can't help!!

I think both emails and traditional hand written letters have their own charm. Email is something really fast and convenient, that what we need in a busy world to transmit information. You know, information is just like milk, if you don't drink it in time, you lose it. Whereas traditional hand written letter is something that can turn back time, and always gives you a big surprise.

Hmm.. I dont think it does. Why? Because the thoughtfulness is still there.

Yes, I do agree. I don't really feel much of an emotional connection to someone that sends me an email. But I know of the convenience of having a e mail sent really fast to me. The personal handwritten letters are really stuff that I can really treasure because the writer of the letter took the time to write stuff down on paper by hand and then personally send it to me. I keep the letters I get from family and friends and treasure them always when I am feeling sad or lonely.

Definately sweetie. Nothing can ever replace that handwritten letter even if we have mails. It's more precious and it means more than the unpersonal mail you get. You can save a mail, but a letter will always be so much more personal to save. TATA.

Well i cherish hand written letters, when I was going through basic training besides the fact that we did not have access to computers or internet I would have cherished hand written letters over e-mail anytime because a letter is something that you can look at, any time of the day whereas with e-mail you need either a desktop or a laptop plus internet service or wifi. so if you want something you can keep and pass on letters are the way to go. I doubt on your deathbed you will be telling your children or grandchildren the e-mail address and password so that they can reread your e-mails to remember you by. plus inbox gets full with so much spam.

Honestly, I don't e-mail my friends unless it's like forwarding a good story or a good picture. I still write to some of my friends too like when she's having a birthday. I like writing more because it is more personal for me. I can draw in it, put letterings or just about anything. Well, you can do that with e-mail too but I think it would be less meaningful. I also read some of the letters I have from my friends way back. It's really nice to read them once in a while and at times funny cause some of the topics are just childish.

yes i agree with you^^ i would like that we still could write letters^^ but if we do takes too long till the friend or lover receive^^ unless you write a letter and give in his hand ahah^^ is cute too^^ anyway yes i think that now emails are deleting letters almost^^ nowadays everyone is texting or emailing each other and letters are more rare^^ but still many people send letters yet^^

Definitely. A lot of things that we can do with letters just doesn't work with email. Imagine showing your great great grand children love letters that was written during courtship. It just doesn't not have the same emotional feel to it.

Yup, physical letters carry a lot more sentiments than emails. Really miss the good old letters of yore.

I sure miss old-time letters. It was such an event to get one, the whole family wanted to know the news. It was especially entertaining when there also was a picture in the envelope, I still have so many of those (in same cases I don't even remember where they were taken or why I received them). Now, I get all these emails from friends telling me of recent events, and they all say "you can check the pics on my facebook page". It's so not the same thing!