Hand written letters a lost art?

[lobito]

Whatever happened to people writing letters by hand, and/or actually sending them snail mail? Does everything have to be emailed these days?

Forget the convienence side of it all, whatever happened to the "personal" side of writing to someone? I mean 37 cents to send a letter to someone across the country is pretty damned cheap to send something personal, isn't it?

 

[ithaqua]

Letters are dead.

Have you ever heard of Hallmark?

 

[Shingen]

I still write hand written letters. It adds a more personal touch. Plus women notice you more when you do that as opposed to the easy way which is email...

 

[Summery]

I still send hand written letters, to certain family memebers. I still hand write notes, and little notes in cards to friends. I love getting snail mail from friends that take the time to write me.

 

[Shingen]

Why send a card manufactured at some factory somewhere??? A hand written letter is so much better. You created it and wrote you own words in it. Sending a Hallmark is almost saying that someone else did the work for you....just my 2 cents.

 

[Guest]

 

[Shingen]

I still send hand written letters, to certain family memebers. I still hand write notes, and little notes in cards to friends. I love getting snail mail from friends that took the time to write me.

And yet another reason why I like Summery...she still writes hand written letters.

You have your own fan club going there!

 

[Mia62]

Whatever happened to people writing letters by hand, and/or actually sending them snail mail? Does everything have to be emailed these days?

I talk to those that I am close to (ie family and friends) on a daily basis...no need to send any kind of mail. I send handwritten notes to the older generation in my family when I am thanking them. The younger, busier generations have no problems with receiving emails.

Now...just go talk to este...she received something in the mail the other day from me.

 

[lobito]

Don't get me wrong, cards are O.K. sometimes, but they still aren't personal. I don't care if the card says what you want or not, it's still not personal. Spending $3 on a card, will mean a lot less than any note or letter written by you.

I learned at an early age from my Great Grandmother, and from writing to my Aunt on the east coast, that letters are much more appreciated than anything else.

Sometimes you have to rely on emails, but not always.

 

[Guest]

Whatever happened to people writing letters by hand, and/or actually sending them snail mail? Does everything have to be emailed these days?

Okay, so they aren't quite letters, but every year I send out "thank you" cards to my family and friends for Christmas and birthday gifts. It's something my mother "made" us do as kids, and it's something that stuck with me in adulthood. And, they're not Hallmark cards. They are blank inside and I have to write out my own message.

And, on a side note, I enjoy writing. Many times I'll take a notebook with me (be it a park when nice outside, a library, bookstore, or even locked up in my bedroom) and begin a story, or jot notes, in longhand.

 

[curious2c]

I have never been a hand written letter fan. My brain move way to fast for my hands to keep up, so the whole process becomes frustrating. I am so thankful for word processing programs since I can type faster than I can write, and of course that wonderful spell grammer check is a godsend too. My mother used to say that when I would write that so very rare handwritten letter, it would thrill her to no end...so every once in a very great while I will set down and painfully write out a letter to her by hand. Other than that...forget it. Although I have been known to add a p.s. in handwriting to personalize it a bit.

 

[Summery]

And yet another reason why I like Summery...she still writes hand written letters.

You have your own fan club going there!

I didn't say I write a lot. I do still appreciate the art of hand written letters though.

Thank you!

 

[Rex1960]

I have this old stylograph and use real ink ...

 

[Saint Valentine]

Hand written letters are a wonderful way to let someone know how much they mean to you. Last month I wrote a friend because she was feeling down. I hand drew a border of roses around the body of the letter, and colored them in with colored pencil. It took her almost a monthe to get the letter ( Insert Postal Rant Here ) but when she did, it made her day.

 

[stgeorge6602]

Unfortunatly, hand writing is fast becoming a thing of the past, especially when you consider that in some schools over here in OZ, they will not accept reports and assignments unless typed or printed.

 

[LukkyKnight]

Whatever happened to people writing letters by hand, and/or actually sending them snail mail? Does everything have to be emailed these days?

Forget the convienence side of it all, whatever happened to the "personal" side of writing to someone? I mean 37 cents to send a letter to someone across the country is pretty damned cheap to send something personal, isn't it?

I wrote one about a week ago, but it was not well-received according to reports from the scene ("...threw it in the trashcan..." if I remember correctly.)

 

[Shingen]

Well, reports and assignments I can understand the need to be printed/typed. I would hate to handwrite out a 10 page report on comparing and contrasting Beethoven's Classical work to his Romantic period...

 

[teddybear4play]

I just wrote one last week. It will take the reader another week to decipher my handwriting, though.

TB4p

 

[Temptress_1960]

I write letters for work.

"Dear Whatsyourname,

Our records indicate that we have not yet received payment...."


And, I make cards.

Greeting cards.

I use rubber stamps, and various things like wire, feathers, charms, brads, grommets, ribbon... I put hand-written notes inside my cards.

I am addicted to making cards. I put them in clear envelopes, and send them in the mail.

If I was home right now, I'd be making a card.

*sighs*

 

[KillerMuffin]

I've sat down and written so many letters by hand. I have neat enough handwriting that this isn't a problem. The problem is that when it comes to personal correspondence I turn into one of those missish wrecks. The whole what if they don't like me? thing turns into this huge, looming monster-under-the-desk and I never mail them.

You're right, lo, the handwritten letter is a dying art. There's nothing quite like getting one in the mail because it says I'm-thinking-of-you better than absolutely anything else. The sender had to give their time and thought to it because these things just can't be dashed out and mailed.