Penpals
By JOSEPHINE
@nangayo (2290)
Nairobi, Kenya
October 18, 2017 3:20am CST
Just remembering those days we use to have pen pals. We would write letters to our pen friends and they would write back to us. it was fun having to write to a friend from far and also there was stamp collection where we would collect different stamps and keep them neatly in a stamp collection book.
The digital world has come up with Facebook, twitter and many more sites which have made us forget all the hobbies we had.
Did you ever have a penfriend and do they really exist these days. Does stamp collection exist now. With the mobile phones now do people still post letters and telegrams, post cards?
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
18 Oct 17
Ha ha, I was one of those teenagers at that era writing penpals. I think I still have those letters.
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
18 Oct 17
because of this mobile phone, facebook, emails and twitters, the penpal become obsolete and it become online dating in internet.
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@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
18 Oct 17
I had many pen pals from all over the world. It was always nice to receive a letter in the mail. I have reconnected with a few of them on Facebook.
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@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
18 Oct 17
@nangayo Yes they were. We use to also exchange little souvenirs from our countries with each other.
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@nangayo (2290)
• Nairobi, Kenya
18 Oct 17
@Happy2BeMe it was a good hobby made one have so many ideas.
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@toniganzon (72553)
• Philippines
18 Oct 17
Penpal has been revived by a group of people on Instagram. If you have an instagram account and search for hashtag pen pal you would see a lot of people still doing it these days.
I have pen pals. One from Malaysia, Indonesia, and UK.
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@toniganzon (72553)
• Philippines
20 Oct 17
@nangayo Yep it still does and we even have what we call the pocket letters.
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@Bluedoll (16773)
• Canada
18 Oct 17
@nangayo I think if we gave it a little time we could get our writing hand back and the expense of sending real mail might not be a disadvantage as long as it wasn't too many. It is slower so that we need to consider. Lazy I don't know maybe I just wonder if it is worth it? You know it should be worth it. Nice thought here. 
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
18 Oct 17
i do very little of it today. but if i were not so disabled i would be as before with going to mail and pick up letters etc. 15 yrs ago, i had around 12 pen pals and a large collection of special stamps and other collections.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
18 Oct 17
@nangayo had penpals most of my life till i got disabled so badly
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@just4him (317316)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
18 Oct 17
There is a site called Postloop for people to send postcards around the world. It's fun. Last year, several people here exchanged addresses, I have quite a number of them, and sent postcards. I still send them to friends here, and am gathering addresses to send Christmas cards. If you would like a postcard, pm me your address.
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
19 Oct 17
I think there's few people who have it now, with the advent of technology.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
18 Oct 17
Yes, I did .Loved those overseas letters and stamps.then had one in another town too, later on Instagram her when I came to study in that town
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@Eyesclosed (162)
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18 Oct 17
Wasn't able to be apart of that era but i heard that it was more exciting than texting
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...a millennial story