The old fashioned hand written letter :-)

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  RHP User

  11 years ago

  I still write to my friends back in Scotland, and my son writes thank you letters, has done since he was very young. I buy nice cards and love writing to people. Its good to receive a hand written card or letter, too. But its dying out, such a shame.

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  RHP User

  11 years ago

  Finely milled paper from Italy.It is cream with a beautiful watermark on the lower right hand side.My pen is a beautiful ebony and silver Mont Blanc,the ink an indigo blue.The calligraphy is slanted to the right as the letter writer is sinistral,lefthanded..The letter begins..Dear Mrs Cheeky,I always enjoy reading your posts,I like your energy and enthusiasm.You seem to lead a very healthy lifestyle.mind body and soul.I on the other hand am a slothful dilettante ...yours sincerely Freya xx

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  RHP User

  11 years ago

  Finely milled paper from Italy.It is cream with a beautiful watermark on the lower right hand side.My pen is a beautiful ebony and silver Mont Blanc,the ink an indigo blue.The calligraphy is slanted to the right as the letter writer is sinistral,lefthanded..The letter begins..Dear Mrs Cheeky,I always enjoy reading your posts,I like your energy and enthusiasm.You seem to lead a very healthy lifestyle.mind body and soul.I on the other hand am a slothful dilettante ...yours sincerely Freya xx

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  RHP User

  11 years ago

  I used to write filthy letters to my ex graphically detailing what I was going to do to him, lol. My mum found it and read it and even told me I had a vivid imagination, hahaha. I have never received one though :( not even a note. I can't be bothered writing to everyone now. I am time poor and with the amount of cut and paste and editing I do on the computer, not sure I could even put a letter together now by pen. I used to be OTT with mistakes, if I made one, I would have to rewrite the whole thing again. My mum still writes personalised letters to probably up to 100 people inside everyone's xmas cards!

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  RHP User

  11 years ago

  When I was sent to boarding school we had to write home every week , even when we first explored this lifestyle on another site to write a letter and post it to an address in Melb with another envelope inside with the profile name on the inside envelope they would then address it to the right person . Used to be exiting getting the message in the mail , people didn't send just the 1 liner message . Mrs girlguyhavingfun used to have do the writing the thing I have common with a Dr is my hand writing lol - Posted from rhpmobile

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  QLDtwo4fun

  11 years ago

  I still use a fountain pen, but only to sign my name.

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  LifeUnscripted

  11 years ago

  Mrs LifeUnscripted and I were engaged for almost six months while I was in Australia and she was in the U.S. this was pre internet, so it was all ridiculously expensive phone calls or letters. We sent lots and lots back and forth. Writing probably every day. 2 years ago she surprised me for valentines day and had all those letters bound in books. It is so fun, embarrassing and nostalgic to read through those letters. We were apart for a very long time! Honestly very glad we have them and that record if that time. Today of course we would have just Skyped, but we wouldn't have that record. - Posted from rhpmobile

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  RHP User

  11 years ago

  I absolutely adore receiving personal letters. That feeling you get when you reach into the letterbox and pull out all the usual bills and junk mail and sifting through them find....'a letter!' Who is it from? With a huge grin, turning it over, read the sender details....grin gets bigger! A little chuckle then quickly go back inside to my comfy chair, slowly open the envelope, and proceed to devour the contents! Yes, yes, yes, definitely adore getting real letters, from real people :) xx

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  RHP User

  11 years ago

  Firstly and most importantly Mrs Cheeky can I compliment you on your delightfully arousing photos, you both look wonderful in front (and at the side) of the lens. The difficulty people have with physical letter writing today is the one sided nature of the communication, conversing with someone when a response almost immediate (within a day) is fairly easy. Texting for example is generally a single topic.A letter on the other hand needs to accommodate the lack of feedback and contain a number of subjects to discuss or be highly detailed and controlled over one subject. One might for example describe over a number of pages how extract the essence of your love / lust. Aside from the convenience of modern communications the skill of letter writing is sadly being lost, I would encourage you to continue to enjoy whilst you can. Physically writing takes a lot of invested time, the thought put into the words, the need to write without mistake all add up to a hard task. It is also hard to write to a perfect stranger as most people find even writing an introductory email here will attest. Nice thought and topic

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  RHP User

  11 years ago

  sent hand written letters at one point, to a girl I met at an inter-school camp, when I managed to contact her again years later. We started with hand-written letters, then moved to posting typed ones.

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  RHP User

  11 years ago

  When I was 16 I met a girl from the next village at a Bonfire (Pommie social event of the year!) being the brave guy I was then my chat up lines were minimal. She was best friends with a girl from my school so we ended up writing each other letters/love letters for the next several weeks using this poor girl as a delivery service. I ended up marrying her over 10yrs later and the delivery girl was bridesmaid.

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  Cheekyarses

  11 years ago

  Loving these responses... Brunnication - thankyou xx

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  Hottie1

  11 years ago

  But every year I write sentimental messages to my children for their birthdays. My 18 year old son was cleaning his room and I saw a pile of birthday cards on his bed, I thought he was going to throw them out. I discovered that from about 6 years old he has kept every card (awwww). I had kept the first 5 and he has maintained it since then, he tells me they are inspirational to him and he will keep them forever ❤️ Mary xx

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  RHP User

  11 years ago

  Being a seafarer I used to write a lot of letters to my girlfriend, now she's my wife.The places a letter can take you as you try to put your thoughts to paper as quickly as you can so you don't lose your train of thought - mistakes were acceptable because the priority was just getting it down on paper in its raw, unfiltered form.It's like a huge, lustful purge at some stages and I found myself still writing sometimes at 3am - simply unable to stop - but so completely refreshed by getting stuff out. The raunchier the better - super graphic images in explicit detail followed by a breakdown of why that particular act or thought was just so damn appealing or sexy.I think the fact that you don't get immediate feedback can work in your favour - It allows you to go right out there on a limb - tangents, whatever, really examine issues, fantasies, turn ons, etc from your own honest perspective and if your partner happens to feel the same way then hooray! It's all good. Just that it may take a week or two to get that feedback.Of course all this can be done by email but personally I think I lose a little creativity with a screen in front of me...And now with kids, their school, their sport, daily life - even e-mailing friends gets harder but sure Cheekyarses - check us out and get in touch - would love to receive handwritten mail... ;)

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  RHP User

  11 years ago

  I have a tablet for the computer that allows me to use a pen, it captures pen pressure and tilt. I do most of my math assignments with it as it is a lot easier to enter equations by hand then stuffing around with equation software. But from time to time I have written a letter to a lover with it. Putting little live hearts above all the i's and flowers here and there. Then I send it via email. Does that count, as it is hand written, but is electronic and can be sent to any device. it has the personal touch but i can not perfum it nor can I make the paper my self, but i did create the software to create the image. We nerds are very romantic but I think for some it is lost in translation. So does anyone think hand written on computer via a graphics tablet count as hand written and romantic?

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  Seachange73

  11 years ago

  I still write handwritten letters and cards but not as often. My ex husband and I used to write letters almost every other day when we were away from each other and still courting. we would have a letter every other day and then progressed to tapes sent once a week. Another ex fiance (from UK whom I consider my soul mate) and I used to write long letters about our day thoughts, musings. we would send at least one letter a week to each other, detailing highlights of each day. I would draw or scribble pictures of my adventure of the day if I am travelling. Sketchings of places I visited while away at work. I draw well and I would do small landscapes of lakes with people walking or ducks on rivers in some obscure Canadian park, or of fishing from a hole drilled in the middle of frozen St Laurent river during Canadian winters, or of the built up streets of Mont Royal, an inner Montreal suburb, detailing everyday life of Friday strolls of the group of Hasidic jews, the bagel shops around the corner with constant traffic of people up to the wee hours of the night getting freshly cooked bagels in bags of 12 or just walking thru the winding cobbled streets of Paris at two in the morn still littered with people enjoying a yarn and of lovers in embrace in the dark nooks of a building while i pulled down wonderfully designed posters of art galleries and shows around town (great souvenirs). And the like. We still write to each other, cards and letters. I think we have maintained our friendship thru failed marriages and kids et al by putting pen to paper to each other our inner most thoughts. Quite cathartic.

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  RHP User

  11 years ago

  Quoting 'girlguyhavingfun' When I was sent to boarding school we had to write home every week , even when we first explored this lifestyle on another site to write a letter and post it to an address in Melb with another envelope inside with the profile name on the inside envelope they would then address it to the right person . Used to be exiting getting the message in the mail , people didn't send just the 1 liner message . Mrs girlguyhavingfun used to have do the writing the thing I have common with a Dr is my hand writing lol - Posted from rhpmobile Wow, I don't think I've thought about that in ages! My first totterings into the swinging world were like that! I used to write - still do, from time to time - "snail mail". We sell a lot of correspondence supplies at my workplace and there are schools in Melbourne that send their kids away to the country sans computerised *anything* - they have to write letters by hand to anyone they want to communicate with. Classic. We still sell more and more of that stuff - paper, notecards, envelopes - every year. The written word is not dying. (btw, anyone who'd like a real letter, feel free to drop me a line!)

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  Letsgetcrazy09

  11 years ago

  Well I lie, I don't have a quill at hand. I am typing a response instead. I used write all the time. It was said I had "a lovely hand". Then I went to Uni, scribbling not scribing. I still turn to my fountain pens and scribe the occasional letter, musing all the while "where did that lovely hand go". It probably isn't too bad of hand, however I do wish it was as it were. Alas the time of computers with email and text has taken its toll. I must write more.....no I will Lets

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