Maybe not the usually topic for this community, but there is paper and pen involved, so close enough?

Basically I decided on a whim to send a handwritten letter to a friend of mine. I don’t think I ever did that before. I didn’t even really know what to say, so it’s just a few lines long. But nevertheless, I put in an envelope, got stamps and now it’s on its way.

Well, what can I say. Now, I am sitting here like a little kid before Christmas waiting for the letter to arrive!
We basically text everyday and I did not tell her, so it will be a surprise. I am really exited for her reaction.
I already am thinking about sending a postcard to another friend. Just because. It just seems like such an easy way to give out a little happiness to someone? And I really enjoyed sitting down and taking time to craft the letter. Even if I struggled to come up with things to say, it feels so different to sending text messages or e-mails that arrive instantly.

Anyway, this also got me curious. Do some of you guys still send out handwritten letters? Or is it something you consider a thing of the past?

  • fujiwood@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    2 months ago

    It’s not something I’ve ever done but mostly because it feels like I don’t have anything important enough to say in a letter.

    Also my hand writing is really bad unless I really concentrate. I probably just need to practice.

    Maybe it’ll happen one day.

    • zitronenschnitte@feddit.orgOPEnglish
      5·
      2 months ago

      Oh, I totally relate to that. If someone had asked me last week what I think about handwritten letters, I would have just shrugged and said “not for me”.

      I mostly ended up writing about how I do not really know what to write, honestly. And I printed out a meme which I put with the letter. So it was not exactly elaborated. But it’s still fun ^^

      • fujiwood@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        2 months ago

        "Dear Person whom this letter is for,

        This is a letter I’m writing to you to tell you that I’m not very good at writing letters. Here is a picture of a cat that I printed and glued to this letter.

        Thank you for reading my letter,

        FJ"

        Honestly if I got that letter I would laugh. :D So that’s pretty neat.

        Edit: I would laugh because I’d like the letter. Not because it would be a bad letter.

    • lemmy_outta_here@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      The beauty of a letter is that it doesn’t have to be important. It just has to be you. If I have no events to relate, I just talk about a show I liked (or hated), a funny story about a friend, etc. Sometimes I just reminisce - my brother really liked hearing about some things I remembered from when we were kids. You would be surprised at how much of your personality pokes out of 1-2 narrative paragraphs.