Did you ever have a pen pal?

[twotrue]

On my drive into work I randomly started thinking about a pen pal I had when I was in elementary school.  I think I might have had a few, but the one I remember the most was a girl named Julie who lived in Ohio.  I can still picture her 6th(?) grade school photo clear as day.  Man, I loved getting mail from her.

Anyone else?

[2moms2b]

For a school project we had to have a pen pal from a nursing home. We corresponded weekly for most of the school year. It was alright and I loved hearing their stories I just never knew what to write myself.

I think if it hasn't been for a school project or someone closer to my age I would have been more enthusiastic about it.

[bluedaisyus]

I didn't have an official one, but I went to a month-long summer camp every year and had a few good friends from there that I wrote to regularly.

[mk]

I feel like I did...but maybe never wrote her back? IDK. Do they still exist?

[twotrue]

Apr 8, 2013 11:36:42 GMT -5 mk said:

I feel like I did...but maybe never wrote her back? IDK. Do they still exist?

Probably not.  I'm guessing everyone just has online friends now that they haven't met IRL.

[ElsaVonM]

I had a penpal in New Zealand when I was in elementary school. It was fun - but she lived on a sheep farm, in New Zealand, and I felt that my life in a midsize city in Kansas was very boring by comparison.

[ballandchain]

*nerd alert*

I actually had several when I was young. I found them via pen pal ads in a magazine my mom got for parents of gifted kids. I had friends locally but never really felt like we had a lot in common (book nerd in a football town), so I guess I was looking for kindred spirits.

One of them actually ended up being a pretty close friend when we were in high school. We had a lot in common and wrote really long letters to each other about everything and visited each other a couple of times. We are still Facebook friends now.

[eratmama]

I wrote to several cousins who lived in other states. And one second cousin who only lived an hour away. My parents would drive us and we got together a few times, but I think we really just liked writing. We called ourselves pencil pals. Up until a few years ago, I saved every letter I ever got. Hers were hilarious, we wrote like we lived on different planets, "do you listen to new kids on the block at your school?" "Do you have slap bracelets?"

And, several camp friends, some of whom I am still in contact with.

A few years ago, I went through all my letters, saved some, purged some, & mailed/ shared a bunch back with the person who wrote them. tHAT was fun.

[rikkiandjulie]

My sister has one she has written for 4 years. The girl lives in Paris and wanted to practice her English. My sister found her on a pen pal website. Sidney gets/writes about 3 letters a month.

[tattooedmeegs]

I had one in Ireland, a girl named Kim. We wrote all these long letters to each other, all throughout high school. I'm facebook friends with her now.

[awkwardpenguin]

I didn't have one but this is making me wish I did!