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How to have a penpal by Sands66

"It's fun and a true learning experience."

How I did it: I set up a profile on Penpal post and although I only made one penpal, it was a penpal worth making. We are in regular contact and I enjoy reading my penpal's emails and responding to him as well.

Lessons & tips: Be patient and keep an open mind.

Resources: Penpal post.


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Jan 18, 06:54PM PST | 0 comments | 2 cheers



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Jade741 is trying to change my life

It took me
2 days
It made me
cool

How I did it: I went to LiveJournal's penpals community and I got 4 people wanting to be my penpal! At first I was nervous but I figure even if I didn't get any replies I least I still tried to communicate. I look forward to start writing letters to them. Read how I did it…

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It took me
1 day
It made me
this is so cool

How I did it: well first i did google and i found this website and i clicked on it and i saw it and i said to myself i was like wow this is so cool then i signed up and i said ok now what do i do so i figured out what to do Read how I did it…

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abendlied

It took me
1 week
It made me
happy

How I did it: I posted ads on many penpal websites(search Google to find these- also if you want penpals from a specific country, for instance you can search "Chinese penpals" and find websites specifically for penpals from China!)I spoke to many people via e-mail before only actually writing hand-written letters to a few. Now I write to two people from Germany, one person from Japan, one person from Korea, and one person from China. I am always excite… Read how I did it…

May 07, 12:40AM PDT | 0 comments | 1 cheer


Purple Fairy likes the new look of 43T

It took me
1 month
It made me
feel special...

How I did it: I googled out for a free penpals site and came up with interpals.netSigned in, made a profile and then waited.I tried to add a girl as a friend but she didn't reply, much to my disappointment.Not only 24hours had gone by and a cute request came from a guy from Britain. I added him up as a friend, we exchanged introductions and then addresses.And last night his first letter came. It was a real nice feeling to see it stamped "Royal Mail".I … Read how I did it…

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Kayie

It took me
1 day
It made me
happy, not as bored

How I did it: I went to a pen pal website that I used to use a lot (interpals.net) and found some people there.  And I also met some people on lang-8.com, which is like pen pals for people learning another language(s). Read how I did it…

Dec 11, 2008, 04:42PM PST | 0 comments | 1 cheer


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    I’ve never had a proper penpal before but I love the idea of having friends around the world! A while back I had a goal about having a friend in every country of the world. I have realised that this is just completely not realistic! I have just joined Interpals.com and have found a few people that I think I will get on quite well with. Each letter has been around 3/4 pages long – there is no way I could do that for somebody in every country of the world!!
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    Jade741 is trying to change my life

    just signed up for a penpal 3 months ago

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    Untitled 5 months ago

    signed up for interpals.net….we’ll see how this goes.

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    macaldav

    Me!! 6 months ago

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    good 7 months ago

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    Untitled 7 months ago

    Wow..Internet makes it too fast…Wonder what people did in the pre-internet era…
    But we’ve promised we wont e-message again…
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    Untitled 7 months ago

    I got one great reply too..
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