have you ever had a pen pal?

I didn't experienced letters being perfumed but used to be my cousin's pen pal when I was away from my country in childhood. I used to write letters to my cousin. The letters were very lengthy and also used to send her puzzles in letters. Now that was childhood, after that didn't have any pen pal. Joined a pen pal site in 1999 http://www.penpal.net but became so busy in life that lost that site.

Have I ever had a penpal? I've had several penpals and I'm still in touch with them, it's been about five years now. Having penpals is a good thing especially when they are from different parts of the world. I have a wonderful friend in Tokyo and another in Missouri in the US. The most important thing that has happened to me in relation to my penpal in the US is, she came to visit me and she stayed for a short holiday! Now you're probably asking, was this a wise thing to do? Well, we discussed it, we both knew the possible implications, but we were both in agreement. Anyway, I met her for the first time and we had a great time when she came over. This wasn't a relationship or anything just a wonderful friendship that had been built up over several years. I haven't met up with my friend Stephen in Tokyo yet but that may be in the pipeline. Snail mail is still a good thing if you love to write hand-written letters otherwise I prefer email the best.

MAybe my ex gf should be considered as my one and only penpal ^_^ I got to know her thru MIRc when i was just 16yrs old, and initially we were chatting online for most of the time, and slowly, she started to send me snail mails and we corresponded from there, even though we are in the same country.. lol AFter 3-4 yrs, we became a couple and we still write to each other.. lol =D Till the day we broke up, we are still writing till one day, i din contact her anymore and the writing also stopped at that very moment..

I met a girl while on holiday in Cypress with my parents, I think I was about 13 at the time. We swapped addresses and became penpals. We stayed in touch for over 5 years. I made some bad choices in my life and it was all going horribly wrong and I remember the last letter off her was so full of joy and how well her life was going that I just could not stand to tell her what a mess I had made of mine. I never wrote to her again. I kept her address though for a few years after, and I kept thinking I am going to write to her, as soon as I get something right I will, but I never did and then I had a house fire and it destroyed all my papers and everything so I lost her address.

I had pen pals in Brazil, Australia, Germany, Austria, Finland, Turkey, I think that's it. I met the Austrian one in 1979 when I was in Germany. The Brazilian one found me on the internet back in the 90's. I have since lost his e-mail address unfortunately. But I remember we sent pictures, tape cassettes with our voices, money (which never got thru to Brazil lol) and lots of things. It was fun!

Well, I only have net friend. We chat online and it is much more efficent!

I had several penpals when I was in high school and they were from other countries. I remember a friend from Australia and a friend from Egypt quite well. I also sent a Christmas card to "any serviceman" at one point and got to know a young man quite well. He would call me and even invited my daughter and I to visit him but I never went. I would like to know what ever happened to him. He was stationed in Alaska at the time with the Navy. I would still write to people like this if given the opportunity.

Actually I have a pen pal story. My husband's cousin, East German, saw an Austrian girl was looking for a pen pal in a newspaper that had gotten smuggled in. They got in contact and ended up getting married. He was allowed to move to Austria (Austria was neutral) without a lot of hassle actually. Sadly the marriage did not survive.

Well sorta. I had a email penpal from Japan. I only talked to him or her for a few emails. I think it was a guy. I never had a snail mail penpal though.

Yes I had a pen pal once he was from Africa. You remember when they used to put pen pals name and addresses in magazines. That is where I got that one from. But the story is I sent the email off to the address in the magazine, but the person that responded said he had found the letter laying in the streets, picked it up read it and responded to me. He said he didn't know nor never heard of the person it was address to. I wish I could get in touch with him now. I don't even remember his name.

i still have one, at twenty years old. it beats getting bills in the mail, all the time. and its someone you could be 100% honest with.

...had a bunch of 'em when I was in high school...Germany, England, New Zealand, India, Sweden, France, Canada, United States, South Korea. One is still a good friend after 30 years...

I have had about 5 pen pals in my life. All of them I met at camp sites when I was younger, and we would swap addresses and write to each other for a couple of months. Mine never lasted long though, and I am proud to say that I was always the one who wrote the last letter!

Nope, I don't like that.

I have always envied people who experienced this. I have always wanted one but I just simply didn't know how to start. Anyhow, I have had friends who had pen pals and it was really cool, they'd send pictures and small token with each other and it seemed really fun. Maybe one thing that turned me off with having penpals is the fact that everything should be written! I was not really fond of writing too much. Plus, there was an added turn-off when I saw that my friends' penpals handwriting weren't very pretty and most grammars were not very clear. Anyhow, I still envied them, and I regretted not experiencing these. =)

Oh yes. I very well remember those days. I've had three pen pals - from Luzon in the Philippines (I'm from Mindanao), Canada, and Maryland, USA. The only pen pal that lasted onto the internet is the one from Canada. We've met a couple of times already during her visits to the Philippines. We're still communicating and still very close online friends. It's been a good 14 years of friendship. I would always want to write or respond using a perfumed stationery.

I have an American penpal who is from Mississippi.We exchange our emails once a week.That is fun, I think. Even though I cannot see her face or hear her voice, knowing that we share a lot of hobbies makes me feel less lonely.^_^

I had a pen pal way way back in elementary school. I think they were from Florida but I am not sure. And in high school we had pen pals from Mexico, which was pretty fun, for my Spanish class. I always thought it would be cool to make another pen pal from a foreign country, and I think there are websites out there you can use to find some. Maybe I'll try it out again pretty soon.

I've had several penpals, one lived in California and later moved to Florida, and became one of my closest friends for 10 years, then my girlfriend, then she cheated on me with her ex, and now I have avoided her for 2 years because she really hurt me. I've had Internet penpals to, those aren't as much fun though. I don't write letters much at all these days.