Ever have a pen pal?

I had about 50 at one time, most of my free time was spent writing letters. I gradually lost touch with them all unfortunately, although I just write to my friends instead now :)

Let me start off by saying, I LOVE Arthur!! and I'm a grown woman[em]rofl[/em Yes, years ago I had a couple of pen pals...they were in prison...hey, they need love TOO, so don't judge me. I have a very romanticized view of the whole pen pal thing. Have you ever seen that movie where that man and lady write to each other for YEARS, decades even?? And they send each other packages and books and the whole bit?? I LOVE that movie, although I don't remember the name of it. I like writing letters with pencil, paper, envelope, stamps. I can get positively giddy over a good INK pen! Soooo romantic. But even pen-paling via computer can be romantic, a la "You've Got Mail." I LOVE that movie, I've watched it probably 20 or 30 times, maybe more.

I used to have 22 pen pals from all over the world but that was before the days of the Internet. I wouldn't even know where to get them anymore.

I had three back in high school. One was from Canada, second from the Philippines, and third from the US. The second and third were short-lived, less than a year only I think. They both were busy though, even busier than I am. I exchanged letters with the first pen pal from Canada (she was also Filipina but was born and raised in Manitoba) for like 3 or 4 years. We would confide to each other about our love life, actually I only had crushes then haha, whereas she had this long-standing on and off relationship with the father of her baby. We're still friends on Facebook and chat from time to time. I did end up meeting her twice during her few trips to the Philippines. We've been friends for 18 years.

Sure snugglebunnies . He is from Mississipi, and I´m at Mexico. We wrote when we were teens. And three years ago he found me on facebook. It was and is great!! We write now a days by internet, of course! And we phone us somedays! Blessings snugglebunnies... dainy

I loved having a penpal when I was younger. I can't remember if it was a program they did in school for us or where I got it from. I think mine was from the same country just another state. It was always fun getting the letters. No one sends cards or letters these days. I would even enjoy doing that today. It's fun to get mail. Anyone want to be my penpal :)

Yes! When I was sixteen I found a site that you could pick up a Christian pen pal. I made friends with a couple of girls around my age. We kept in touch for ages. One of them I still have as a Facebook friend although we really haven't kept in touch for a few years. One was from Alabama and one was from Florida.

I had a lot of pen pals when I was a teenager. Some of them were from my own country and some of them were from other countries around the world. I had penpals from Germany, France, Hungary, Finland, Italy, Greece, the UK, the US, Costa Rica, Brazil, Ghana, South Africa, India, Thailand, China etc. I had a lot of pen pals from around the world because as a teenager I was already very interested in other countries and I found it really interesting to learn about their countries and cultures through their letters. My longest friendship lasted 11 years, but many of the others were much shorter.

I did. when I was junior high school -about 7 years ago, I had several pen pals and I'm really addictive with sending & receive letter activity. as I remember, it was very popular that time and I'm very happy that I have some pen pals. that time, I didn't have cellphone yet and social network was not popular yet, I think that's the strong reason why having pen pals could be so interisting

Hi snuggles, I've never had a pen pal...I had 5 other siblings and I wasa the oldest...I never had time for a pen pal...lol... But thinking back I would have loved to have had one from any where in the world except JAIL...

Hi friend! When I was in high school, I used to have several penpals from my country. However, when I entered in college, I was not able to reply to their letters because I became so busy with the part time job I had. As of now, I don't have any pen pal anymore and most of my friends I can contact through phone or online.

I used to have a pen pal when i was in middle school..i had to do it for a school program...

Ah...those were the days. I remember having a couple of pen pals when i was still in grade school. Both were from the US and were about my age. I remember that it was really fun reading about what their lives were like which was so different from mine considering our different cultures. It went on for about a couple of years then things just kinda fizzled out. I guess it was because we were growing up and went on to have different interests. I think I still have those letters kept somewhere. :)

I did have a pen pal while in junior high and she was from Calgary, Canada and knew French. That's about as exotic as I get but I have written many friends over the years but that seemed to fizzle out on their end. Something about not having time, being too busy, having kids- blah, blah, blah...I do write an aunt I have who lives in the South. She loves getting and reading her mail as do I. There's something very nostalgic and special about reading a letter via the post.

The relationship that I had with the girl that I'm going to talk about was actually a traditional friendship at first, but she was a foreign exchange student and when her year here in the US was over, she had to go back to Germany. After she went back home, she and I wrote each other for a couple of years. Then, I guess that we both got really busy with college and being young adults and we lost touch with each other. I would love to be able to look her up on facebook, but I can only remember her first name, Uta and not her last name. It always was a huge pleasure to me when she would send me a letter and I would get it all the way from Germany.

I never had a pen pal. I'm not really planning to have one because I find it as a hassle. I've got many friends here and for security purposes, I'd rather not have a random someone know my address. Nowadays, it's really difficult to trust anyone. Better be safe than sorry. That's just my opinion.

Yes is my answer. I have a pen pal years ago. It was introduced or should I say, her mom gave me their address. Her mom, is a patient where my father had his physical therapy and rehab. She is from South Korea and I'm from the Philippines. And so we had a constant exchange of mails, letter, cards. Until now, I still remember the picture of a young lady. I wonder, where she is now, I haven't received any message from her in a decade now. She never replied to my letters and she has no facebook account or whatsoever. Thanks

I had a penfriend from Germany when I was young. I got her through the school. I think it was organised to try and heal relationships between our two countries. We wrote for a while but my parents did not approve, her family were obviously wealthy, whereas we were poor. She wanted me to visit her, but we could not afford it and it would have been embarrassing to invite her to visit me. In the end it petered out.

Wow Memories, I'd forgotten about my pen pal. I forgot her name but she was from China. Now I want another one.

Yes, I had a pen pal during my days in secondary school. Because I was learning the Japanese language, it was very interesting to communicate with a Japanese student. I was very excited because I could interact with someone from another culture. Japanese culture has always fascinated me, which is the reason I took Japanese classes. Our teacher had me and my classmates write letters to them a few times. Although it lasted only for a year, I thought that it was a worthwhile experience.