The Days of Beautiful Writing Paper
By Val
@valmnz (17099)
New Zealand
November 19, 2015 1:40pm CST
When I was a teenager I had an amazing number of penfriends I wrote to all around the world. It started when I was ten and I eventually lost contact with the last one once we all started getting married.
One of the things I loved at that stage was buying a wide range of writing paper. Not the ordinary lined plain paper for me! I chose paper with fun designs or images in the corner, a variety of colours and occasionally more expensive paper that I used sparingly.
I collected writing paper like an addict. If I saw a pad in the stationery shop that appealed to me, I bought it. Then when I wrote to people I could choose which was the most appropriate paper to write to that person on at that time.
Those penfriends days were fun times.
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@allknowing (130946)
• India
21 Nov 15
That was trendy during our school days. We had one who had penfriends from all over the globe. I had just one. But today the digital world has made up what I longed to have in those years.
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@allknowing (130946)
• India
21 Nov 15
@valmnz I just read somewhere that Internet would end soon. I wonder what I will do then if it happens?
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@valmnz (17099)
• New Zealand
22 Nov 15
@allknowing great, we'll all be able to get back on with our normal lives! They've been saying things like that for years. Remember the millennium bug too 
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
21 Nov 15
@Susan2015 It also comes in handy if any details change, such as the time that I changed my mobile phone number. There was no surplus paper involved because I simply amended the template.
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@celticeagle (161350)
• Boise, Idaho
20 Nov 15
I still have a box of fancy paper. Stationery. I loved to collect it. I wrote to my BFF with it for many years but just recently did away with most of it.
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@celticeagle (161350)
• Boise, Idaho
20 Nov 15
@valmnz ....You might run down to the second hand and pick up some of mine. LOL
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@Tampa_girl7 (49465)
• United States
21 Nov 15
It is nearly impossible to friend pretty stationary these days.
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@TimBurWrites (469)
• United States
20 Nov 15
I know the feeling! I still love buying paper to write on., I use it for my novels, stories and screenplays, writing them in longhand first then re-typing them in work on my laptop. Something about using a pen or pencil just stirs the creativity more than going straight from my brain onto the pc... if that makes sense.
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@TimBurWrites (469)
• United States
21 Nov 15
@valmnz Yes Indeed! Oh and another thing I meant to mention in my comment. You just don't really see any other paper aside from the lined notebook type or printer paper anymore, at least, speaking for myself, I don't. Of course, I mostly shop at the dollar store for my stationary needs, so the pickings are slim. depending on what they can get in stock.
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@zebra2222 (5269)
• United States
20 Nov 15
There were many different designs and types of paper to choose from.
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
22 Nov 15
@valmnz I too had a handful of penfriends.I liked writing in colorful stationary.Even after marriage,I had one or two.
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@Marilynda1225 (80681)
• United States
19 Nov 15
I also had a penpal and loved collecting not only pretty writing paper but I loved pens especially the old style fountain pens
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@Pattitude (1287)
• Newton, North Carolina
21 Nov 15
I used to love all the different stationery that was out there. My grandmother had the most beautiful stock! They are not as widely sold like they used to be.
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
20 Nov 15
check out postcrossing, not as personal but still, fun
@lovebuglena (43343)
• Staten Island, New York
20 Nov 15
With computers I hardly every do any writing on paper. That's sad. I miss writing with pen and paper. The experience is a lot different than writing on a computer. I don't think I ever collected writing paper though. I wish I had. They are so beautiful and actually make you want to write.
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