Did you ever have a pen pal?

lisajane · 20-12-2009 01:03AM #1

I came across a fan membership website for some country artist and they have names of penpals that you can write to. I thought that was kind of weird. In this day and age, don't people use e-mails?

Daemos · 20-12-2009 01:06AM

Nothing wrong with writing a good old-fashioned letter every now and again, it has a nice feel of nostalgia about it.

brummytom · 20-12-2009 01:09AM

I had one a few years ago, when I was 10 or 11; that I met through a forum I used a lot (I've always been a sad child). She was very exotic... she was from Yorkshire.

God knows when the last letter was, I just couldn't be arsed any more.

I think letters are great though, we get them every now and again from family in America. It's much nicer to open a hand-written letter than an email

phasers · 20-12-2009 01:11AM

No, my mam thought writing to a stranger was pervy

K-Ren · 20-12-2009 01:14AM

Yeah, mine was from Pen Island.

Seillejet · 20-12-2009 01:14AM

I did. Told my wife about this recently and she was cracking up laughing.

Little git was french and he came to ireland for a week. It was a school exchange thing. I think I was about 10. Anyway my then girlfriend broke up with me and started going out with him.

Then when I went to France for the week he got concussed (playing football) an tried throwing me out of his house when he came back from the hospital that night the little f^&ker. I took the opportunity to hit him a well deserved smack and then pleaded innocence blaming the mad frenchie

Girlfriend tried come crawling back too but I had none of it.

davyjose · 20-12-2009 01:14AM

phasers wrote: »

No, my mam thought writing to a stranger was pervy

Post: 7,019 .... rebellious much?

Alessandra · 20-12-2009 01:14AM

Yep I had a few and got bored of them around 13/14.
My sister is over a decade younger than me has something ridiculous like 20 penpals she writes to each week. It costs my parents a fortune in international stamps but it's great for children to improve their literacy and communicate through media other than internet.

Sea Sharp · 20-12-2009 01:17AM

Yes when I was around 11 some french dude came over to our primary school for 4 months. I wrote twice and never again.

(LOL, anyone who's too young to remember what it was like before e-mails won't get this thread at all.)

LimeFruitGum · 20-12-2009 01:30AM

I had one in Germany, which carried on for a while. Then by Leaving cert, just got too busy with studying and forgot to write back.

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My sister had a great penpal in the States and he was such a funny, witty writer. He's been over here to visit and everything

LimeFruitGum · 20-12-2009 01:31AM

GaNjaHaN wrote: »

(LOL, anyone who's too young to remember what it was like before e-mails won't get this thread at all.)

:eek:
/me feels feckin' ancient.

5starpool · 20-12-2009 01:31AM

I had penpals about 20 years ago. I can't remember how it came about that I did, but i had at least 2 that I can remember now.

VinnyTGM · 20-12-2009 01:43AM

I never had one, I feel lonely.

jigglywoo · 20-12-2009 01:53AM

In 5th class our teacher set us up with some school in the US.
Mine sent me pictures of herself, a necklace and letters written in pencil which she coloured over with crayons so all the writing was smudged and all I could make out was some story about basketball.

I was going to send her sweets but I ate them all.

citizen_p · 20-12-2009 01:54AM

nope.....and i wouldnt want to write... my hand writing is terible

marbar · 20-12-2009 01:57AM

i still have most of the letters my friends sent me as a kid
it'd be a real shamer actually if i put them opnline

must look into that

Dj Stiggie · 20-12-2009 01:59AM

In 6th class a teacher from my school at the time moved to a school in the very exotic of Cork and we each got a student from her new class to write to as Gaeilge of course!

Then in second year I went on a German exchange so I wrote to my exchange partner a couple of times before and after the trips

minidazzler · 20-12-2009 02:04AM

Yeah, a girl from Cabintelly, can't remember her Name!

I do remember her address though!

If you read this PM Me!

Would be gas!!

g-whizz · 20-12-2009 02:05AM

had one... she sent a picture with her first reply. she was a munter so i never sent her a letter again.

Jay P · 20-12-2009 02:06AM

Yep, I had one in second class. He was from America somewhere. I sent him a St. Patrick's day card. That was pretty muvh it.

zoey · 20-12-2009 02:10AM

Yeah I had 2, 1 from Mayo and one from Kerry. Think I was about 11/12 and then it all fizzled out when we started secondary school I suppose. I'm not even gonna say where I got them:o

marbar · 20-12-2009 02:13AM

minidazzler wrote: »

Yeah, a girl from Cabintelly, can't remember her Name! I do remember her address though! If you read this PM Me! Would be gas!!

this post needs an address

marbar · 20-12-2009 02:13AM

zoey wrote: »

Yeah I had 2, 1 from Mayo and one from Kerry. Think I was about 11/12 and then it all fizzled out when we started secondary school I suppose. I'm not even gonna say where I got them:o

hang on, this past me by
where did you get them??!!!

BluesBerry · 20-12-2009 02:21AM

Yes I got one in school a girl in my class had this list and paid 50p to get you name and address down on a list.......... a few weeks later I got a letter from germany we wrote to each other on a weekly basis in fact we still keep in contact I email her regularly and it was fun seeing her on skype:) but we still write the traditional letters sometimes..... I love getting letters through the letterbox:D
we have become very good friends its like we grew up together she knows everything about me and visa versa

The schools should reintroduce this to get children's writing skill improved and keep the artform of letter writing alive and learn about different cultures

Yours Sincerely
Bluesberry:p

Novella · 20-12-2009 02:25AM

I had a pen pal once now I that I think of it!

I met her in Majorca when I was on a family holiday. Her name was Laura and she was from Shankill. She liked Green Day. That's all I can remember!

zoey · 20-12-2009 02:25AM

marbar wrote: »

hang on, this past me by
where did you get them??!!!

Oohh this is embarrasin...The Farmers Journal:o

Wazdakka · 20-12-2009 02:26AM

I had one in france for a while when I was in school.
Can't remember why I stopped talking to her..

Twee. · 20-12-2009 02:39AM

Mu aunt was a nanny in New York in the 90s so I used to write to the girl she was looking after. Met her a few times, proper upper-class New Yorkers they were. I googled her name a while ago, pictures and all. Oh the Internet

LimeFruitGum · 20-12-2009 02:48AM

Didn't The Den have a Penpal Corner, or something like that?

marbar · 20-12-2009 02:54AM

zoey wrote: »

Oohh this is embarrasin...The Farmers Journal:o

hahaha was it a random poster looking for a mate?

marbar · 20-12-2009 02:55AM

Twee. wrote: »

Mu aunt was a nanny in New York in the 90s so I used to write to the girl she was looking after. Met her a few times, proper upper-class New Yorkers they were. I googled her name a while ago, pictures and all. Oh the Internet

TINWOP

Did you ever have a pen pal?

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