Snailmail vs Email: Does anyone mail hand written letters/cards anymore?

Well, no not much I have to once in a while. My kids grandfather and grand mother lives far in another town so I have to write a mail by hand no or then. But since as you say, there are more done online handwritten letters are rare. I even forgett that I have to make mail and send by mail. Seing your discussion made me realize it is some while ago I did send them a letter. So therefore, tomorrow I will take some time to make a letter for them.

I send cards for birthdays with flowers from the flowerstore. But for those who have computers and are online often they have a ecard.

i know what you mean it's like people forget that mailboxes exist, i share a mailbox with the people that live below me and i have to often knock on their door and give them their mail cause they leave it there for like weeks at a time like they don't know a mail box exists i personally don't write or mail a lot of things out but it's only because the people i would be sending it to live in the same town i do i haven't travelled very far and i don't know many people who live far enough away that it would be neccessary to mail them things but i would love for someone to send me a letter in the mail and if they did i would be more than willing to return the favor

Hi HeavenUnaware, good topic. I agree with you, handwriting letters and thank you notes is quickly becoming a lost art. I try to write letters to friends and family, I know how happy and excited I get when I get a letter or a card in the mail, as oppossed to an e-mail or even a phone call. I am trying to teach my grandchildren the importance of sending thank you notes, I try to send thanks to everyone I can. It it is so nice to be remembered and appreciated. So a lot of times I will send thanks just for being you types of cards, along with birthday cards, I make sure to always send a handwritten sympathy card to my friends who have lost a loved one, so important and valued at very sensitive, and trying time. I feel sorry for your nephew, by not teaching this very basic skill, I feel he will miss out. It is an old cliche' but for me it is true, it is so much more rewarding to give then to recieve. Thank you for discussion, now I need to get off and send out a couple of overdue thank-yous from the holidays LOL! be happy, be joyful, be safe, be strong!!! oohcute2340

I still send cards because I make them....I bet I drive everyone crazy too as they get one for every occasion.....I am with you...where have the manners gone...the thank you's are almost nonexistant! My sister said that I am the only one who sent her a thank you for hosting our family Christmas...I always write a thank you..but even my own kids don't make theirs write one!

I was just talking to my aunt about this earlier. She does not have the internet and she was talking about how expensive greeting cards are. I was telling her that now most people send e-cards for free. This past Christmas, I sent quite a few snail mail cards out.

I send more email than snail mail, but I do still write letters. It seems more personal. Some of the people I write to, prefer to receive handwritten letters. I don't send thank you's through email. I always send thank you cards.

Hi HeavenUnaware

I only use Email.

Of course now I have become lazy to write hand written mail.

Even if I have to write someone who is not having a Email ID,I hesitate to write.
And I just talk to them over phone.

Even my hand writing has gone bad,because of no practice.

What to call this? The technology saves our time? Or technology make us lazy?

I am happy to note,you do write some letters to your aunts and uncles who are old.
Certainly those letters will give them more happiness.It is good that you have taught your son to send thank you cards.

I only find the younger generations failing to appreciate relationships.
They live in a separate world,the so called internet world.For them chating with unknown persons is more important than moving with family members and relatives.

Here in the PHilippines... the hand written letters are still being mailed just for the reason that not all filipinos can do aaford or does not know about email.. but it is only on some provinces and some people.

I still rely on snail mail, because with this technology theres always some kind of problems. Because I don't accept any cards or anything via email if I don't know who it is plus theres alot of my folks that just won't or try to get into HIGH TECH WORLD(as they tell me)(LOL) so I'm in between both worlds.

Hi,

I do find that I do less hand writing of letters and cards than I ever used to. I even have given up on doing Christmas cards through the regular mail. It just seems like a waste of paper.

I used to make my son send thank you notes all the time when he was younger, just like you did. I will still send a thank you note if I receive something in the mail, but not if I see the person in person. I will just thank them while I am with them.

Happy MyLotting!
Char