Comments on: Long letters http://bencrowder.net/blog/2008/11/long-letters/ I make stuff. Thu, 01 Jul 2010 18:29:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Amy http://bencrowder.net/blog/2008/11/long-letters/#comment-4441 Amy Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:10:41 +0000 http://www.topofthemountains.net/?p=1547#comment-4441 I can relate. Most of my old pen pals got too busy to write letters, started using facebook as an alternative to real communication, or ran off when I got engaged the first or second time. Also, there was one I told off, but he totally deserved it. In any event, not only is mail totally underrated (getting something personal in the mailbox is better than Christmas), but people rarely write each other anymore. I mean, even when I was in daily contact with people we used to write long letters to one another. Heck, I even had a few long distance courtships (that either thrived or rightfully foundered) through long letters. I miss that. It seems like people rarely say anything as sincere anymore as they would have in a letter. Things written by hand on paper simply mean more. I can relate. Most of my old pen pals got too busy to write letters, started using facebook as an alternative to real communication, or ran off when I got engaged the first or second time. Also, there was one I told off, but he totally deserved it.

In any event, not only is mail totally underrated (getting something personal in the mailbox is better than Christmas), but people rarely write each other anymore. I mean, even when I was in daily contact with people we used to write long letters to one another. Heck, I even had a few long distance courtships (that either thrived or rightfully foundered) through long letters. I miss that. It seems like people rarely say anything as sincere anymore as they would have in a letter. Things written by hand on paper simply mean more.

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