For awhile I’ve wanted to meet someone that DOESN’T live in my city (Tallahassee). So if there is anyone out there, around the age of 13 or 14, and that isn’t creepy, email me at chasechippy@rocketmail.com
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How I did it: I feel really bad but i haven't replied to my pen pals because i simply don't have the time to write back.Works so hectic. Im a bad person :( If i move to france this year i will get more pen pals but at the moment its not an option. Read how I did it…
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i love writting and would enjoy writting letters back and forth there are a few things that i am looking forward in a penpal are.. that they be 18 and above enjoys music someone who is accepting of all races and gender and sexual orientation someone who is down to earth and just likes to write to express them self and yeah soo i hope to find a really nice pen pal soon :)i’m cool with pretty much everything .. everything intrest me
I am 12 years old, my name is Hailey Jessica, I like basketball, football, and soccer, I really wanted a letter writing pen pal but I can’t find any any suggestions people I would like it especially if it was a 12 year old boy or 11-14 years old His address and he has to want to and I am just really bored so help me!
I am 12 years old, my name is Hailey Jessica, I like basketball, football, and soccer, I really wanted a letter writing pen pal but I can’t find any any suggestions people I would like it especially if it was a 12 year old boy or 11-14 years old His address and he has to want to and I am just really bored so help me!
From the German nurse! A very short letter, but it was a nice introduction. Now I must get off my butt and write back to her and poor Grimes, who is still waiting…Damn lists keeping me busy doing other things lol :)
I have always wanted a pen pal, ever since I was a little girl. I’m 16 now and live in Norway (Tromsø). If you would like to be my penpal, let me know. And If there is something else you would like to know about me, feel free to ask.
-Kate
Have just received a message from a guy called Grimes of all things!!! who is living in a refugee camp in Ghana with his 8 year old daughter. He included his postal address in his message, and I actually feel sad for him having to live in such a place with a small child (but not in a ‘I’ll pay for you to migrate here’ kind of way :)) And I got a message back from the German lady, saying she was happy to hear from me and will write to me!! No news yet from the Nepalese guy though. I will consider this goal complete when I get a reply to a letter I have written, therefore having established a writing relationship. But I have yet to decide how many penpals I actually want, and I really am hoping for a European of the age bracket I specified…
Yay! I’ve just received two messages from penpal international that weren’t from sport loving Nigerian toyboys! One is from a gentleman in Nepal, the other is from a lady in Germany (who is also a nurse like me – double score!!!) OK, both are a couple of years younger than I asked, but I wrote back saying I’d like to write to them anyway. I just hope that they still want to correspond when they see that I specifically requested contact by snail mail not email.
Trickier than I thought – you see I don’t have the nerve to actually contact someone and say “hey you wanna be penpals?” so I’m sitting back waiting for someone to contact me. Only problem is, the people contacting me obviously haven’t read my profile and just contact anyone and everyone. How do I know this? I am being contacted by 25 year old sport fanatics from Nigeria, when I requested 37yr+ from Germany and stated no interest in sport :)
I’m quite looking forward to this! I used to have a couple of penfriends from Italy and one in Korea when I was in high school, and I’m keen to write letters on paper again instead of on the internet. Sooo much more fun getting letters in the mailbox instead of inbox :)
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ice_queen asks,
“How do you actually go about getting a pen pal? I don't want to end up with some random psycho or something lol!”
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