Social media pen pal project proves the art of letter writing is not dead
The 22-year-old Sydneysider said she "honestly didn't know what [she] was getting into" when she began writing to her US pen ...
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Pen pal app founder on how technology has made us less connected and patient, and why we need to take things more Slowly
Kevin Wong Ho-yin, the founder of digital pen pal app Slowly, believes that due to the convenience of technology that we’ve grown so used to, we’ve become less patient and are growing less ...
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How teenage pen pals became partners for life
The couple who became pen pals aged 17 in 1986, are now marking nearly 30 years of marriage. Alena, from Singapore, initiated the exchange, writing to several people worldwide, including Chad from ...
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A Cute Story of Dairy Pen Pals and the Lesson Learned
In a world of smartphones and iPads, the idea of a pen pal might be lost. My childhood included handwritten letters from friends from far away. That love of writing continued when I first dated my ...
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Wartime pen pals show us the incredible power of handwritten hope
“I don't know how she knew the teacher in England, but she arranged with this teacher that the two of them would have their classes have pen pals," said Dottie. Dottie, just 12 years ...
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Dear Annie: If you’re in a 2-year relationship with someone you’ve never met, you have a pen pal, at best
Am I a fool? -- Crazy in the Head DEAR CRAZY: As hard as it is to hear, this person is nothing more to you than a two-and-a-half-year pen pal, at best. What’s most concerning is that this ...
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'Teen' magazine ad spawns pen pal friendship that spans an ocean, more than 50 years
That advertisement for pen pals sparked a friendship that has spanned ... They discovered that both had gone into teaching special needs children. Shupe is a retired special education teacher ...
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‘It can’t be, there’s no way’: Gulf War pen pals find each other 30 years later
She found someone by the name Gordon Ashlee on Facebook and sent him a message that read: “Hi Gordon, my name is Marcy, and I’m looking for someone that I was a pen pal with in the 1990s.