Two replies already ! Yay!

It's always so exciting for that first contact. Enjoy!!

Congrats, that was fast!

Happy writing,

Kirsten

Btw: What states are they in? - only if you feel like sharing.

Thank you northernyank !!  I’m up north too, we’re getting quite a snowstorm here (-:  Enjoy your day!

Thank you Kirsten!  Yeah I was thinking they would Jpay me back in like a week or so, if at all, lol.  But their pages were all about the books I love, hiking and animals so I’m glad we hit it off and had so much in common.

One is in Ohio, the other is in KY.  The two I wrote to via snail mail are both in TX.  Where are your pen pals from?

Congrats :)
Im still waiting, i have write via snailmail. Im in Germany that means i can wait much longer haha

Hi Ta.Pe!  I have a friend from Germany I play an online RPG game (yeah I play D&D everyone feel free to tease me for being a nerd lol) with and he and I traded Christmas presents last year...it took a month for our packages to get to each other lol.  Hopefully you get some fun letters from your pals soon!!

Dungeons and Dragons right? I dont play it but i know it :)
Yeah i hope i get a respondes

Yup, I play a neutral lawful fighter/ monk, lol, my group is called Bardians of the Galaxy, and we wonder around getting tricked by goblins and saving knights and fair maidens in need of our help, by rolling dice and using character sheets and rule books lol 

Thats sounds interessant :) when i was younger, i have played Wow lol

Yeahhhhh I’m happy for you Athena where are your penpals from I really hope you have a good friendship with them it’s always exciting. Good luck 

Kellykelly my Jpay pen pals are from Ohio and Kentucky (-:

the two I wrote to in snail mail are from TX.  Those I will give several months to even wonder about a reply, I imagine it takes awhile to get mail and then send it back.  

One I can already tell after trading a couple Jpay mails is going to become like a serious BFF, we both are really bouncy people and talk nonstop about books and animals we love and have these quirky, “lalala” personalities lol.  Where are your pen pals from?  Do you all have a lot in common? 

It is really good to hear that you already have such a positive experience. I hope for you that you might have many more of those and that you can build some long lasting friendships in this journey. Happy writing!

I only have one and I’m marring him I’ve been with him 5 years now we started off as penpals and then he became my best friend I just love him to bits lol sorry I could talk about him all day, I’m really glad you met someone you can have fun with I’m really happy for you 

Athena, I've got guys in IL (2 of them), TX, AZ & PA. But one of the IL guys will be released on parole this summer.

I normally wouldn't go for two in the same state, but with IL it just so happened. One of them being a shorttermer and one of them having decades to go, there wasn't much of a chance for them to bump into one another, anyway.

Thank you Moonlampje (-: I like your profile picture on here!!!

Aww kellykelly I think that is beautiful!  It sounds like you did things in such a perfect way, penpals, best friends, love.  It’s so often missing from the world today (-:  No need for apologies, I like hearing about people being happy and you do really sound happy and I’m glad you treat other so well!!  Me too, there’s such a fun “let’s encourage each other” vibe and life needs that too !

Kirsten that makes sense (-: I’m in PA, btw!  It’s very beautiful here.  So many forests.

And such a very slow postal service! Don't ask me why, but PA stuff always takes the longest to get here. And my letters to PA take the longest also. It's really weird.

I thought you were in Greece, teehee. But, ok, you were just borrowing the name of the Goddess, I see.

That is weird!  Isn’t it funny how it changes from state to state?  

Ha, actually it was my grandmother’s name, and I was named honor of her.  My mother’s side is first gen Greek, my father’s is second gen Irish.

Great mix! I wish I had been given my granny's name, even as a middle name, but I wasn't. I was very close with one of my Grannies and ppl who knew us both keep on telling me I resemble her more and more the older I get. Anyway, I'm sure she'd approve of this penpal thing, if she knew about it.

Yeah, it really varies. Tx (yes, Tx, sorry guys) usually just takes 6 days from here to there. But PA? With this detour to Florida (PADOC has all mail sent to Florida, not directly to the facilities) it really takes long.

Athena there is nothing wrong with D&D, though life has gotten in the way so i haven played for a while (Neutral Halfling Sorcerer :D ) I found that my my PP also loves it and has a small group that would play with him, if we was able to convince the prison to let them meet (there may be an issue with dice since they cant have any, though there are ways around that, though clunkier) 

Kirsten, aren’t grannies the best?  I love this forum, we set out to all find pen pals to enjoy the experience of writing with, and we all have each other on here too, from all over.  It’s neat.

Yay Zaneta!  I have such mad respect for sorcerers.  I rarely play them because I think it’s a role for very mystical and magical people.  I used to play a chaotic neutral gnome rouge back when I played 3.5e years ago, but now that I play 5e I’m all about the lawful monks.  My character keeps adopting goblins who end up trying to eat the party :-D  I was the DM for a few games but my friends are so ridious it was just them rolling out glitter cannons and trying to party with skeleton warriors, I lost all control over them, but it was epic.  I love your profile pic btw are you cosplaying Kaylee in Firefly or just look exactly like her ???

Athena, I'm in PA too!  You might be interested to look into Informed Delivery from the USPS if you haven't already.  It'll send you an email or text with a picture of your letters that are due to arrive to your P.O. Box that day.  I love that it saves me any unnecessary to the post office :) 

Unnecessary trips*  Sorry, wish there was an edit button on this thing 

Thank you Lisa!  Me too, I accidentally posted the same thing twice on here, there is no delete post button either lol.

Yay Athena!!! I’m excited and happy for you!! Nothing like receiving the first letters lol! Keep us posted :) 

Thank you Cleo!!!  I picked up a few more penpals on JPay because it was fun emailing people, I didn’t want to take on a million pen pals and not give them all lots of time and attention.  I have five now, and I still want to snail mail with my two I wrote to, if they want to write back!  TX can’t do JPay for some reason.  But my pals in other states like to use it because they get their letters quicker and can message back in a timely manner (2 days usually, but it’s pretty random, sometimes it’s minutes, sometimes days)

They’re all incredibly nice people and very respectful of me, they told me they completely understand I am looking for friends, and that they are locked up so they wouldn’t ask anyone to be a relationship with them, they’re just happy to hear about my hiking, pets, and they sent me really awesome pictures, one guy got his diploma recently which was awesome, the others are all in the dog programs.  They apologized to me for not getting back to me even quicker or having time limits with the kiosks, one expressed a lot of fear that in this instant gratification society of texting I would get bored with him and ditch him, but I told him I’m not like that.  I told them I would always be laid back and understanding about slow replies due to things no one can control and they are busy with appeals and things like that.  All mine on JPay are JLWOP (adults now, they’re all my age) and some of those laws are changing so I hope they win their cases !!!