Do you prefer to receive a letter or an email?
Do you prefer to receive a letter or an email?
Personally, I love getting a hand written letter or postcard from friends. What are your opinions? In the days of facebook, skype and emails, snail mail is growing to be a distant memory. I wonder if there are any people out there who, like me, try to do things the old fashioned way and write letters back and forth?
- JThomp42posted 11 years ago
0but often lacks the sentiment of time taken to write your feelings down... eg.. a love letter.. deffo wouldnt want a love email. obviously for sending masses of facts or arranging a meeting, Id use email... but penpal stuff... deffo letter. thanks
I prefer to receive nondigital (hard copy) snail-mail or if you will, a traditional hand written somewhat weathered letter or postcard. I can imagine it being similar to receiving a present at Christmas... Perhaps comparatively speaking it would be like this: snail mail is to anticipate as e-mail is to devalue...I agree. I have a huge stash of keepsake cards and notes that are always good to look over later
E-mails are better because it saves us from wasting paper especially for work purposes but of course, I'd rather receive a traditional letter from my loved ones. I even kept the notes my friends and I pass around each other when we were still going to school
So I guess you just choose what kind of letter to give depending on the situation.- Michelle Widmannposted 11 years ago0
Totally, its all a question of context and scenario, i suppose!
I agree, it would definitely feel like a piece of Home came in the mail
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