Have you ever had pen pals from other countries
@littlefranciscan (18327)
United States
October 13, 2010 9:36pm CST
Have you ever exchange mail or emails with friends from other countries.
No bad emails but things that would be of interest..things about your culture etc.
I owe a good friend of mine a letter.. who is out of the country but with
all the set backs of the previous year am a year behind on my penpal exchange.
I would love to get some penpals .. from other countries..wouldn't you?
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6 responses
@maezee (41997)
• United States
14 Oct 10
I had a Japanese penpal for a while, and that was awesome! It was mainly awesome because I was learning Japanese at the time (in high school) and it was so cool to see someone write in Japanese, to me, and me actually understand it! (Well, I had to use my dictionary for a lot of the things..But yeah!). Honestly, it was nice, because I never really got a chance to practice with 'real' people, besides classmates or professors in high schoool/college!
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@littlefranciscan (18327)
• United States
18 Oct 10
Sounds like you had a great experience with penpals.
You even picked up a better understanding of the Japanese Language.
How did you get in touch the first time with your penpal?
@figurativeme (1089)
• Philippines
14 Oct 10
I had a bad experience with the one pen pal I had and I lost interest after that. But my parents were pen pals (same country here) and they met, hit it off, married and here I am 
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@littlefranciscan (18327)
• United States
18 Oct 10
Sorry to hear that you had a bad experience with
penpals. Iguess there is always a danger that
the person is not good who is becoming a penpal.
@joey_matthews (8354)
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19 Oct 10
Once when I was at school my french teacher got my class to write letters to some french kids but i wasn't all that interested in it.
I have been in contact via letter with some very good online friends and that's something I try to do as often as possible but mostly it's communication on facebook or e-mails. Sending letters isn't all that popular these days and in the uk we have a major issue with post getting lost or damaged.
@shia88 (4571)
• Malaysia
14 Oct 10
Hi,
When I was young, I did have some penpals,but all from same country
with me,just from different states.
But after been correspondenced for few years, suddenly, we stopped
writing to each other and then that was the end of our friendship.
Nothing happened between us...but then it just happened suddenly and
I also busy with my school works and as time pastby, I really have no time
to write a letter again.
Now, I don't have any penpals but I would like to have one if there is a chance.
It is great to have some friends from abroad which I can learn their culture and
exchange our ideas,I believe people living in another country will have
different thinking from me too.
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@littlefranciscan (18327)
• United States
18 Oct 10
I guess one would have to be careful too with
securing a penpal. How does one know who the other
person is?
@defcon505 (919)
• United States
14 Oct 10
I have never had a pen pal from another country but it would be good to have one. I could learn about their culture and their country.
@littlefranciscan (18327)
• United States
16 Oct 10
I agree..there is so much to learn from other cultures.
I wish there was a penpal site .that was not related to
trying to hook up.
Most sites that say penpals are trying to match people as couples.
@Graceekwenx (3160)
• Philippines
14 Oct 10
Yes i do! I have 4 Indians, 1 Lebanese, 1 Pakistani, 1 Irish, 1 Dutch and 2 Americans. I would like to meet someone from Japan, Spain, Italy and France.
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@littlefranciscan (18327)
• United States
18 Oct 10
Wow: that sounds like you have quite a few.
How did you get in contact with so many?
