Penpals and making friends and being able to talk about customs, recipes and every day life in there country. This is very good way to learn a new language too.
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Long lost art of pen pals
Have you ever wanted friends from around the world? As we all know the cost of sending letters
by air mail keeps going up in price. Many of us may have thought pen pals are in the past. Since the concept of the internet there has been a new crop of pen pals.
There are many neat websites all you need to do is Google your search under “”free pen pals websites””. Each website includes their flavor and style. Some e-mail you right from the website and others you exchange your e-mail addresses to correspond to people.
Here you can talk to people who are from the following countries Canada, Africa, Sweden, Ice Land, Russia, China, Italy, Germany, France, and England just to name a few.
These people are willing to help you learn a language like Chinese, or Japanese or Swedish. These pen pals can type to you in their native language to help you learn.
You can do your search on ranges like age for example from 36 to 50, single or married, friendship only or romance and male or female or both. There are many options to choose from to narrow your search to get the correct pen pal or pen pals for you.
These people may write to you every day, once a week or once in awhile. They are very friendly group of people to correspond with. You may learn about their customs and food they like or share recipes from a foreign land. You may swap post cards or even snail mail to each other.
There are many clean sites and they do not allow profanity or lewd pictures. If you do you get banned.
These are very cool places and you do not have to pay air fair or have to worry about losing your luggage.
You may add pictures of yourself, your family, and pets or of the area where you live in an album once you setup your profile. You may have many albums of pictures. Did I mention most pen pal websites are “”free websites””? Well they are.
Since we live in such a busy world it so nice to sit down and read an e-mail from someone from another country and how there day is going. Reading e-mails about their economy, family life or opinions in general help me feel less like a hermit and more involved in world as whole.
You can write short e-mails or long e-mails which similar to writing letters but you do not have to go to the post office and make sure you have enough money to send it overseas.
There are so many advantages it just makes sense and I feel like a better as person for corresponding to these people who are just like me missing friends and chatting or socializing.
Thank you for reading my article.
Have a wonderful day and happy pen pals.
Sincerely Lee Ness
December 11th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
I think people need to do more postal mailing… I mean it does cost a bit to send off. I mean in USA stamp is like 42 cents…. going out of USA it’s 94 cents…. but sometimes it’s worth it…. you know get a long letter to see how others handwritings are. Maybe trade postcards, souveniers…. etc…. I think it’s great.
December 21st, 2008 at 4:17 pm
Penpals-Plus is a good example of free pen pals by email site.
http://www.dating-now.com
January 14th, 2009 at 2:59 pm
that made think of when i had pen pals befor the email times has moved on eh good article.
January 15th, 2009 at 10:14 am
Hello to everyone who responded to my Pen Pal article
Thank you for comments. They are appreciated
Sinclerey Lee Ness
January 17th, 2009 at 3:14 am
Something i havn’t thought about for ages. Brought up a memory of a spanish penpal i had. nice article. can you give me the names of a few reputable sites?
January 19th, 2009 at 9:23 am
Hello Pablina,
I lover Interpals: see below for there website.
They are safe and friendly group people.
Here is listing free pen pals websites: http://www.interpals.net
http://www.allpenpals.com
http://www.penpalssite.com
http://www.penpalnet.com
Thank you for reading my article
Sincerley Lee Ness
June 23rd, 2009 at 1:35 pm
I had a few pen pals back when I was a teen. I enjoyed it.
July 14th, 2009 at 8:39 pm
I have been penpals with prison inmates for the past 35 years. A letter to them, is a joy. It makes their day. I love seeing all the different and unique handwritings. When one is released, somehow I hear from a new one. I don’t even have to find them. They find me. They call me Mom, sis, dearest friend, Auntie, etc. I would be really upset if the mail would stop moving. I have made this pen pal hobby my mission in life. Too much technology, is ruining so many personal connections. I can not relate to a pen pal on the computer, like I can through a letter.
July 26th, 2009 at 3:59 am
it,s a sad day when ppl have 2 join or be force,d 2 join group i that the intrenet was 2 talk 2 ppl that are in the free world , take care IT,S ALSO THAT BAD THAT HACKER,S HAVE 2 MESS THING UP FOR PPL ON THE INTERNET
July 26th, 2009 at 4:03 am
SEE A JOKE LOOK AT THE TIME WRONG TIMEZONE NOT 4 AM
September 22nd, 2009 at 3:40 pm
I collect, send and receive postcards. I do this with people in the same city and across the country. Despite all the pros of the internet, you can’t beat getting a personal, hand-written message from someone…even if just a few lines!
October 6th, 2009 at 10:50 am
I really enjoyed this article.
Brought pen pal memories from childhood.. thank you!