Do you ever hand write letters or know anyone who does?

I write a letter inside a Christmas card to my great aunt and a couple of other people. Otherwise no. It is a shame though, I have kept piles of letters from when I was living abroad in the late 90s and from my first year of uni when now DH and I were engaged but living 3 hrs apart. Letters from my now deceased grandparents are the most precious.

Also I use a fountain pen every day at work. I have written notebooks.

I know people who still write letters and I do too sometimes. It’s so much more personal to read someone’s handwriting.

Yes, I do; and with a beautiful fountain pen.
Much less than I used to, partly because it generally takes two to correspond, but hope I always will.
Use email for most things, and landline.
Detest texting; used only for briefest arrangements.
Your boyfriend is not peculier.

I have a friend who is a farmer. She deals with endless govt & farm admin emaIls. Occasionally we write to each other, take time choosing note paper, or a beautiful card, describe the good or funny things that have happened in our lives. A little bit of civilisation in a mundane day can be very cheering. We've been doing it for years. Nothing wrong with that.

We also text, message, ring each other.

I still write letters to a few people. I love shopping for cards, postcards and writing paper sets. I haven't seen my best friend since primary school for 25 years after she emigrated but we still send each other letters and postcards.

I received a handwritten letter from my sister last year. It really took me back to the past when I Ieft home many years ago.Writing letters and landline phonecalls were the only ways to communicate with my family then.

I quite enjoy reading collections of letters and I suppose that will be a dying, if not dead, genre of literature in the future.

Sounds exactly like DH (age 61). He still writes to a few old friends and always sends beautiful thank you cards for Christmas, birthdays, events. Its lovely.
I used to love waiting for the post and letters from friends. I still have one friend who sends the most wonderful monthly missive. It's a dying art which is sad.

DD is at university. We call and message regularly, but I send her a letter (usually a card that's blank inside) around twice a month and she writes back.
I remembered how much I loved receiving 'proper' letters when I was a student and worked abroad in the 80s. I began with DD as soon as she started university.
DD now writes to my DSis and SIL, several friends and even my best friend. She has a collage of them on her wall in her accommodation and says it's a habit she intends to keep and that they always cheers her up.
I was quite surprised stamps are now £1.50 now and am always on the lookout for interesting cards. I think it's worth every penny. I last posted one yesterday.
DD is now studying a Masters in a science subject. She says writing gives her the chance stop, relax and keep the skill. She'd rarely pick up a pen otherwise.

I write letters. I text if needed but nothing makes my heart sink faster than sending a text and then seeing "Typing..." immediately pop up. If I write a letter it is long and chatty, whereas a text is the minimum of information. My friends seem to like receiving them and a couple write back. I'm in my 50s if relevant.

Young adult DC handwrite thank you letters for birthday and Christmas gifts. It was drilled into them as a non-negotiable when they were children though so it's probably a hangover from that 😁

There are a couple of people I write to - I like it! I have a full range of modern media at my disposal, so use email, text and WhatsApp, but those two people, who I see very rarely now, I write to. Not often, every couple of months.

I loved writing to people but haven't done so in years. I remember sending aerogrammes to people who lived far away. It seemed so sophisticated.

My mother used to write to several family members a few times a week. That would be expensive nowadays.

I still have a pen friend, we’ve never met,
since we’ve been writing she’s got married, had 2 kids, we stopped exchanging for a while but started back up again about 6 months ago. We are fb friends too so I’d put any photos there now we don’t get the physical packs of pics from boots to send.

it’s nice sending letters. I also sent one this week to an old neighbour who moved away who included a few bits of news in a Christmas card and as I don’t have a phone number for her and don’t send cards anymore I wrote.

it’s also lovely receiving something that’s not junk or an nhs summons.

I write to my aunt who is 92, and I send postcards when I travel, she does not live near me and enjoys my contacts. She does have an iPhone and iPad so I could text and email her, but I prefer the letter, just seems a bit nicer.