Penpals and snail mail...

I don't have penpals too. But its a kind of surprise to hear about penpals and writing letters through snail mail these days when internet and email have almost killed letter writing habit even as a hobby...

Thanks a ton for sharing this discussion. Well that is great to hear that u have a pen friend and i know u are not an avid writer but still u should try your level best to reply to her so that the contact stays intact. I know u must be missing her so much as u guys were bonding big time before and were organizing parties together. It is obvious to get nostalgic and try to stay in touch with her. Very honestly, i have never written letters to any one and hence i have no pen friend. What say?

Honestly I miss receiving handwritten letters. I really wish to receive one at least this coming holiday season. I have a friend who always send card to ever friends she has during special occasions and it's really sweet to receive one.

i hate this because letters take so much time to travel and my friends will feel really irriated and annoyed to receive it and the time constraint is higher here

Sadly no, i don't have any pen pal.Good to hear about your friend she is so active even remembering you to write 3 letters in a week that's really sweet of her. you are lucky to have a friend like her.

Hi! I never had a penpal. I wish i could but since the invention of new technologies like cellphone, email, etc. there's no room for penpals here. At least MyLot gives us the chance similarly like PenPals-if we consider, posts and replies as letters.. Cool, isn't it? What if mylot changes template of posts to resemble that of like a letter? It may be nice but then i guess, the importance of discussions will low down, maybe?

I myself do not have a pen pal but I think it would be really cool to have one. I have an ex in prison who wanted me to write him but I am not trying to rekindle old flames so I decided it was best not to. But when I was younger I too had a pen pal in school and I also wrote to my cousin i never knew in prison. My grandpa gave him my address because I was close to where he was being held. I thought it was a great experience and now I see him at all the family reunions. I think snail mail is exciting and I like the excitement of waiting for that letter to come into the mail. I even signed up to be a pen pal for some of the soldiers in Iraq but since I wouldn't send a care package right away before I got the address they wouldn't give me anyone to write, which I think is bull crap! But anyways definitely keep in touch with your friend.

I cannot even remember when was the last time i had used pen to paper and sent it as a letter, the last paper i had sent seemed so long ago that i cannot remember what i wrote and where i sent it to , i have been using e mailing since they were introduced almost seemed to be so long ago ,1st account was with hotmail and have not looked back since then, i just remembered i used to love writing letters tofriends and penpals when i was very young in my school days and it was a bit exciting eaiting for that response that i know will be arriving soon but not sure when so had to constantly checking on the letter box, looking back it was fun in a way to have that feeling but I guess the IT age has has done away with that and instant communication is the norm now. think i am going to go back to writing letters and posting it just for the fun of it , or greeting cards will be a great way to start, it feels more personal instead of digital words,

Yes, I have penpal, but my problem is, I am so lazy to write. I just want to type. Sometimes, the time to go to the Post office. It is still nice to receive mails however. arrgh.. I can't write anymore, if it is not on the board or the white board. my penmanship really sucks. LOL