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DeeDeeeeee

So, my pen pal is in Arizona at ASPC Eyman SMU1. 
I haven’t heard from him in nearly 3 months!
He sent me one letter at the end of August and I left for Bali the day after I received it so I didnt have a chance to reply before I left. He knew that I was going away so he could have been waiting to hear from me when I returned. It took me a couple of weeks after coming home to reply to the letter that he send before I left,  because I was settling into my work routine again etc. 
I sent an express post letter 3 weeks ago which included my usual letter and pictures. Also a birthday card (it was his birthday when I was in Bali). I send my letters express post from Australia and he always receives them within a week...usually I’d have heard back by now. 
So my question is... is there a way that I can find out if he is ok? Because honestly, I’m really concerned. 
We’ve become so close and he always tells me how much my friendship means to him. 
Any suggestions about what I should do or what could be going on? 
I’m thinking either; he doesn’t want to speak to me anymore (I would have no idea why if this is the case) OR something is wrong and he is in trouble?
 sad

 
FrankieBones

I mean my significant other asked a couple of times, and was told what the answer is... One time it was "blank cards" some others were hardcover book with jacket cover or something... There are reasons to be found if you catch them quick enough and if you ask politely.

 
Isabelle

Frankie..how would you check with the mail room....just phone up or what? Do you think they'd give a sensible answer, since they get so much mail coming in..hunting for 1 letter would be a needle in a haystack job??

 
IL_PPP

Dee you were able to glean that info from his facility's mail room? Do they keep track of correspondence because I'd love to know why it takes my guy so long to receive my mail....

 
DeeDeeeeee

Thank you, I actually did that last week and the first letter was given to him 1 week after he sent the letter that said he missed corresponding with me. So that’s a relief! I should hear from him over the next couple of weeks but it is such a busy time of year, I’m not expecting it to be a quick process gettting here.  Thank you for your help! 

 

 

 
FrankieBones

It's a pain in the arse, but you might want to check the mail room to see what's going on. In the mean time did you send anything in that could get you inadvertently banned from writing to him?

 
DeeDeeeeee

 

 

 

 

So I have received a very short letter from him. It said that he hasn’t heard from me since July and that he misses my correspondence. He also said that some of his friends and family haven’t been receiving his letters. I have sent 3 letters and now I am totally confused about what is going on :( 

 
Thucy82

Could it be that he doesn't have money to purchase international stamps (I live overseas) ? One of my penpals apologised once for not responging quickly (even though it didn't take him that long to get back to me) and told me he had to wait to be able to purchase stamps... 

 
DeeDeeeeee

I’ll give that a try. Thank you! 

 
FrankieBones

Send him another email. Also use https://jmail.cc because the Australian mail system is useless.