I am a former prisoner. I served over 13 years for armed robbery and assault. I had been down for about 8 1/2 years when I put an ad up on this site, met my penpal and things took off.
I have been out since June 07', off parole since 09'. I never had a violation and I never caught another case. Recently I have been thinking about those days, and my wife encouraged me to post.
Alot of you who are in relationships with your penpals (mwi) have heard all the negative statistics and all of that. I am still with my beautiful wife, we started mwi and are coming up on our 10 year anniversary next May. I guess I just wanted to say that it IS possible, and sometimes everyone else really IS wrong.
I was very pleased to see that this place is still here, so I may have to stick around a while :)
Have a great weekend!
Hexcon
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Hey,
I'm not one of those in a romantic relationship with a penpal, but nomnetheless, great to hear it worked out of you.
Have a nice day!
Kirsten
Not out "of" you, I meant "for" you, of course. Sorry, non-native speaker typing too fast...
Haha no problem, and thanks. I am a native speaker and I do the same :)
It is so good to hear the perspective of a former prisoner. I'm happy that you and your wife are still going strong! I wish all the best for the both of you in the rest of your journey.
great to hear a success story like that, im really happy for you both its refreshing to see a positive outcome. I myself was in prison for an endless amount of years and i understand what it is like. I am out now and i would say the hard part. Life is tough, life is hard, but i do like to come on here and message pen pals who are behind the door, it means a lot in prison to come out of your cell and have some post and someone care. I also find having a prison pen pal a great way of reminding myself to behave and not go back and to value how lucky i am in my life now to have my freedom and not take it from granted.
How do you know if your penpal is being sincere or if he's playing games ? My penpal gas turned into more than friendship but I keep having this feeling something is off . Not sure if it's me being paranoid or something I should pay attention to.
I love this! Thank you for sharing your story. I married my pen-pal and have never regretted it. He's a wonderful man, human being, step-dad, and husband. All my best to you and your wife.
@Crzychimom: No one except yourself knows your pp, so without knowing anything it's hard to know what's going on. Perhaps you might wish to start a thread of its owbn on it?
Congratulations on ten years together, Hexcon. Pablo, glad to hear you are taking care of yourself and giving back.
I'm glad to hear. I have connected with someone who is still down. Although I only hoped for a penpal and friendship, she seemed to be interested in more. However, just like Crzychimom says, I have some reservations. She has said some things that have made me wonder. However, she is amazing and I hope that this is real and not just a game. I would assume most, if not all girls get responses so it would be easy for them to just be juggling people...