Does anyone actually write letters anymore?

[mommaU4]

I was in Target the other day (where else would a Target groupie be?) and they had the prettiest stationary. I got some for myself because I love to write letters.
But I wondered in this day of technology if anyone else still writes letters? Or is it all e-mails and other such stuff?

 

[Sparx]

I honestly don't remember the last time I wrote a letter. I'm a teenager and I've had an email address since I was in 3rd or 4th grade I believe. I never really had to write letters.

 

[mommaU4]

I honestly don't remember the last time I wrote a letter. I'm a teenager and I've had an email address since I was in 3rd or 4th grade I believe. I never really had to write letters.

Hmmm. I'm sure you don't think this, but in a way I find that a shame. Guess that's the old-fashioned part of me coming out.
I loved writing letters as a kid. And getting them. I love now sending cards and letters on funny or fancy stationary. I like to think that the person getting it is pleasantly surprised to find a handwritten letter in the midst of all the junk mail and bills.

Times they are a changin......

 

[luvmydogs]

I love writing letters, although I also like the convenience of email. I always have stationery on hand, and I'm one of those goofy, I'll-send-a-card-for-any-occasion kind of people, too.

Our best friends and their three kids moved to West Virginia last spring, and their 14 yr. old son sent me an actual hand-written letter a few weeks ago. I couldn't believe it, because I didn't think that a boy his age actually knew what stamps were for! It was nice to get a real letter for once.

 

[scrump]

I love writing letters, although I also like the convenience of email. I always have stationery on hand, and I'm one of those goofy, I'll-send-a-card-for-any-occasion kind of people, too.

I'm the same way. I've got loads of correspondance cards and random thank you notes ready to send for any small reason. DH's family jokes about it all the time.

 

[Free4Life11]

I only write letters to my grandma. She doesn't have email. She says I'm the best letter writer in the family; none of the other grandkids ever write her!

 

[Boston Tea Party]

I wrote a letter to my grandmother last Wednesday, the night she died.

I typed it in 36 pt font so she could see it.

I wish she were still here. I would write her every day.

 

[TDC Nala]

Not interested. Email is instant, rarely gets lost, you can print it and you don't need stamps.

 

[lil mermaid]

We got one from DH's Granny the other day - but she is 102!!

 

[daisyduck123]

Just today I mailed a letter DS8 wrote to his great-grandma (and she does have e-mail). It was a birthday gift thank-you letter. He included a half-dozen pics of our Disney trip from last month.

 

[Blueeyes101817]

i wrote a lot of letters when my friend was in Iraq...other than that, i dont remember the last time i wrote a letter!

 

[Philadisney]

i love writing letters! i have a few friends from college/high school who feel the same, and we continue to keep in touch via snail mail. i find it so much more personal than email, i like that you can throw in a funny newspaper comic or sticker or button or anything you think the recipient might like. i hate corresponding via email - i always feel like i have to write back the second i receive one, even if i have nothing new to say. it's a little too instantaneous for me.

 

[Kahana-ri]

I always send thank you notes or thinking of you cards. Quick and simple, but the fact that its hand written is priceless. I know how excited I get when I get a handwritten note or card in the mail. Just seeing something in the mail that is not a bill or junk mail makes my day. I do type, in large font letters to my grandparents.

 

[MoniqueU]

I never did. I don't even like to send out emails. Too formal for me. It's either IM or I call you if were close. If not you'll get one of my rare christmas cards.

 

[Chipperdini]

I wrote a letter to my grandmother last Wednesday, the night she died.

I typed it in 36 pt font so she could see it.

I wish she were still here. I would write her every day.

{{Hugs}}

 

[mommaU4]

I'm the same way. I've got loads of correspondance cards and random thank you notes ready to send for any small reason. DH's family jokes about it all the time.

I send cards out for every little thing. I just went to Hallmark and bought a bunch of St. Patricks Day cards to send out. Oh, and stickers too. I love covering my envelopes in stickers like a kid would do.
All the people I send them to like it and one of my friends has her aging mother living with her. She's Chinese and doesn't speak/read English very well, but my friend said her mom loves it when my cards come because of all the stickers I decorate it with. That made me feel good. So, I can't forget the stickers.

DH's family never exchanged cards for any reason, not even on b-days, until I came around and started sending all my cards. Now they are all in the habit of sending cards. HEE HEE HEE It's cool. I did that.

I told DH when I die I want my tombstone to say I was The Card Queen.

 

[Stacerita]

I love writing letters. I have tons of different stationary too. My sweetie lives close to 80 miles away so I send him letters regularly. Just because. And I have many friends who are stationed over seas and also keep in contact with exchange students who lived with me while I was in college. So I do a fair share of letter writing. An ex boyfriend of mine who is in the Army used to get a letter from me weekly no matter where he was stationed. I actually enjoy writing letters. I know how excited I get when I get "snail" mail from people (not bills) so I hope others feel the same when they get a letter from me.

 

[Missy1961]

My dad writes letters. He's 80. Just the other day, I got a nice note with an interesting article he found in the paper. I love it--you're so right, it's great getting a letter instead of bills!

I love to send cards, too. I used to send the nieces & nephews cards for every occasion--when I had 5 or 6 nieces & nephews! Now I have 13, so I don't send for every occasion. But I do try to send them. I remember when I would send my (now) 15 yr old nephews cards--I would write a little note in it, and ask them a question. The next time they would see me, they would answer the question! It was so cute.

You just reminded me--I have to go to the card store. St. Patrick's Day is coming, which also happens to be a friend's birthday. I need cards & stickers!

 

[Lemonv1]

I don't write them much, but a friend who lives a couple of hours away is having their Birthday soon, so I'm getting them a card, a pressy...and..writing them a letter!
I'm seeing them in person before then as well, but I'm hoping they still appreciate a letter.

Apart from that, I rarely write letters much at all.

 

[USA Here I Come]

I'm a teen and I love to write letters! Email is ok but I definately prefer to recieve a handwritten letter-much more personal. I usually write letters to my pen-pals who live the the USA and Dubai (I live in England) and to my cousin who also lives in the USA.