How we communicate sure has changed!
@LeaPea2417 (36442)
Toccoa, Georgia
September 21, 2017 12:08pm CST
Days ago, my husband and I cleaned out our messy shed. One thing I found that I will never part with was a box of old College letters that my friends at the time and I wrote and sent through the mail.
All of the letters are still in their envelopes and it amazes me how and I almost forgot, at the time during the 1980s, that is how we all communicated. We wrote letters and stamped them and sent through snail mail. It would take a couple of days to receive the letter and reply.
This was way before the days of quick emails and social media messengers.
It brings back fond memories. My how the times have changed!
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
21 Sep 17
It is great the new technology as far as time goes.
I do miss the old letter writing though too Anne.
Course, with a touch of arthritis in my hands, I am grateful for the emails.
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@LeaPea2417 (36442)
• Toccoa, Georgia
21 Sep 17
I miss it too, but I am grateful for the quickness of emails.
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@LeaPea2417 (36442)
• Toccoa, Georgia
21 Sep 17
Yes, postcards were always nice to receive and to send.
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@LeaPea2417 (36442)
• Toccoa, Georgia
22 Sep 17
That is good you still have the letters for sweet memories.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
21 Sep 17
We used to wait with great anticipation receiving letters now we get almost instant gratification
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
21 Sep 17
@LeaPea2417 but I love being able to text my kids and grandkids and get instant answers!! Lol
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@RasmaSandra (73444)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
21 Sep 17
Today I am glad that there is email because it keep me connected to friends much quicker especially when I feel really alone.
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@LeaPea2417 (36442)
• Toccoa, Georgia
21 Sep 17
I do agree with that. Thank goodness for email and Facebook Messenger.
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@kobesbuddy (74571)
• East Tawas, Michigan
21 Sep 17
I had a pen-pal in Houston, Texas during the mid-1960s. I loved rushing to open the mail-box, to see if I'd received a letter! I miss those days, also.
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@LeaPea2417 (36442)
• Toccoa, Georgia
21 Sep 17
Yes, I had a pen pal that lived in England. I had joined a pen pal club and I picked his name because we shared same interests in shows we watched on TV, so it was fun to write letters about that.
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@kobesbuddy (74571)
• East Tawas, Michigan
21 Sep 17
@LeaPea2417 I loved writing letters, but most of all receiving one:)
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@AmbiePam (85497)
• United States
21 Sep 17
I relish the letters I have managed to save. I had a letter my mom wrote to me when I was seven. She was in Florida for a conference, and she wrote me, and kissed it so it had an imprint of her lips. She is gone now, and I had cherished having it. However, I found out my sister went through storage, and threw it away. That hurt my heart.
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@CinnamonGrl (7083)
• Santa Fe, New Mexico
21 Sep 17
I really wish I had kept some of my old letters. It would be nice to still have the ones my friends who were serving in Vietnam wrote to me, for one thing. I even had penpals off and on "back in the day."I can hardly read my handwriting anymore, just because I never use it. I love to get letters, but bringing myself to write them is another thing.
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@just4him (306236)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
22 Sep 17
@LeaPea2417 Nothing ever stays the same.
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@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
21 Sep 17
I prefer texts, or social media or handwritting. Because that takes too long and i hate my handwritting
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@LeaPea2417 (36442)
• Toccoa, Georgia
22 Sep 17
Yes, I also keep emails. I have a file for them.
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