penpals in the forces free to send "email" letters to cheer them up

funkycat06

great idea

yellowdots

I would be interested in doing this also.

I have lurked around these forums for probably 6 months now, and think this is a wonderful thread.

I do have a bit of a silly question though. What sort of things do you natter about in the emails? I would hate to think someone receiving a mail from myself would maybe be thinking "zzzzzzz boring" if you get my drift.

I guess just chat about day to day life stuff? Music interests etc?

Sorry if this sounds a ridiculous thing to ask, but I have never had a pen pal.

Thanks in advance

Tallulah22

yellowdots, its not a stupid thing to ask i was like that myself. The first letter is always the awkward one. i just wrote about myself, what i was studying in university, what music i liked etc, then asked about them. Once they reply you kinda build up a rapport with them and the letters just flow.
Just be yourself as they are really grateful for any source of letter from anyone.

Best of luck x

yellowdots

Thank you, I will make a start later tonight.:T

Tallulah22

Best of luck, let us know if you get any replys, i had quite a few non-replys but dont take it personal.

emma_b_4

i had all non replies, my letters must have been boring!!!!

will pm people who have pmed me when get chance, sorry if you have been waiting a couple of days im really busy at the moment but will do it ASAP

i never thought the thread would turn into this it gets bigger and bigger!
what a lovely bunch we are on MSE

xx

silkcutblue

descartesmum wrote:

Something very cool that Xerox is doing.. If you go to this web site, http://www.letssaythanks.com you can pick out a thank you card and Xerox will print it and it will be sent to a soldier that is currently serving in Iraq.

Mucho respect to Xerox. I might not be from YankeeLand, but I sent one from that site.

Tallulah22

JUst wondering Yellowdots have you had any replies yet?

vikki_louise

has anyone got a recent list of people wanting to recieve a letter. i joined the yahoo group but it seems to be all people wanting to write rather than receive

kit

If you look through the posts on the yahoo group there is a list of people to write to.... I will find the post number and add it here.


Edit - please read message number 26 on the yahoo group. this list is still currently up to date.