How many people still put pen to paper...

[anna]

.. to write letters to friends?

I am not talking about birthday or Christmas cards; I am talking about actually putting an analogue pen to analogue paper and writing your news out to your friends and family?

I have always loved receiving mail that isn’t bills and as time grows its more and more rare I actually get a proper letter, but, those occasions that I get mail that someone has taken the time to write, I really treasure.

I find that emails don’t put the same smile on my face as an actual letter, and knowing that someone has bothered to write to me, when they have the ability of writing an email or text means a lot to me.

So who of you out there still does this??

[jambo]

With my handwriting? It'd be an excercise in cyrptography!

[gruntygiggles]

I used to do this quite a lot. I have just got out of the habit, which does not make me feel very good. I think it happened as one person that I used to write to every month...who used to always write back (she in fact started it) sent an email one day saying, "Can we stop the letters please? I always feel obliged to reply and I don't have the time".

Now...I fully understand her reasons, it takes time to sit and write a letter, but yes, I'd love to still do it.
It's almost a lost art I think!

Yep writing a letter is quiet nice and relaxing if anything.
although only a handful of people get them these days.

set up an org penpal ring
I hate recieving mail, its never good news.

I got mrs owenski following a letter I wrote, took my 6 attempts but I got there in the end.
I never got her phone number after we'd met but remembered where she lived popped her a few pages through the door and got my phone call the next night.
Fast forward 4yrs and we're married expecting our first mini owenski.
And to think, my english teacher said nothing I wrote could ever amount to much, how wrong she was.

Nope. Not written a letter in years and years.

on tour
on lovely blue paper and its free

[anna]

Originally Posted by Owenski

I got mrs owenski following a letter I wrote, took my 6 attempts but I got there in the end.
I never got her phone number after we'd met but remembered where she lived popped her a few pages through the door and got my phone call the next night.
Fast forward 4yrs and we're married expecting our first mini owenski.
And to think, my english teacher said nothing I wrote could ever amount to much, how wrong she was.

awwwwww how great is that!! I bet she still has it as a keepsake too

Originally Posted by anna

awwwwww how great is that!! I bet she still has it as a keepsake too

Yeah she gave a copy to the best man so that he could rip into me during his speech.
Shockingly every female "awwwwwww"ed every bloke pointed an laughed/made comment later on.