Do you have a pen-pal?

I never really had a long-term pen-pal as a teenager, but other kids did. I remember one of my girlfriends would send stuff back and forth to people in other countries. I've communicated with my online-only customers and have had them send me cards, drawings, and letters in between orders, but never an actual pen-pal... until recently!

So I'm really curious to hear if ya'll have pen-pals? Is pen-palling out of date? Did you have a pen-pal back in the day? Care to share?

I always thought it would be neat to have a pen-pal who shared similar interests as me. Someone who I could learn about, learn how they live and show them how I live, here in America.

My pen-pal isn't exactly... in another country, but is in prison. Remember my poll asking something about prisoners being allowed to write people? I had asked something like 'do you think prisoners should not be allowed to send/recieve letters?' That was because WriteAPrisoner.com was getting some heat over allowing prisoners access to the outer world. I've read that in many states, they want to disable prisoners from this "privilege."

Anyways, my point isn't about what prisoners should and should not be allowed (not this time anyways). I just want to know what types of pen-pals ya'll have had and if you would ever pen-pal with a prisoner? Would it depend on the crime? Is it a no-go all together? Only family? Please share! less

I never really had a long-term pen-pal as a teenager, but other kids did. I remember one of my girlfriends would send stuff back and forth to people in other countries. I've communicated with my online-only customers and have had them send me cards, drawings, and letters in between orders, but never an actual pen-pal... until recently!

So I'm really curious to hear if ya'll have pen-pals? Is pen-palling out of date? Did you have a pen-pal back in the day? Care to share?

I always thought it would be neat to have a pen-pal who shared similar interests as me. Someone who I could learn about, learn how they live and show them how I live, here in America.

My pen-pal isn't exactly... in another country, but is in prison. Remember my poll asking something about prisoners being allowed to write people? I had asked something like 'do you think prisoners should not be allowed to send/recieve letters?' That was because WriteAPrisoner.com was getting some heat over allowing prisoners access to the outer world. I've read that in many states, they want to disable prisoners from this "privilege."

Anyways, my point isn't about what prisoners should and should not be allowed (not this time anyways). I just want to know what types of pen-pals ya'll have had and if you would ever pen-pal with a prisoner? Would it depend on the crime? Is it a no-go all together? Only family? Please share! less