E-mail or letter

No you're not out of date.   I used to type letters all the time when I worked (retired last October), and they were still typing them then, and we get lots of letters from the hospital as well.  But seriously, yes I would prefer letters written to me and not messages that I can hardly understand. 

With all the social media and texts ,e-mail ,etc am I the only one who likes to recieve a proper hand written letter from family ,friends etc or am I out of date !!

I love to receive letters, and I love to write them, but I also send emails and texts.  

I like long and newsy letters - the hand-written envelopes always are opened first - but I'd prefer to receive a quick text, email or a phone call when I need to know anything quickly.  Thank goodness we now have a lot of different ways of communicating - both fast, and slow. Gone are the days when we needed to send a telegram to inform relatives of some important news....  and then wait sometimes days for a reply. 

Because I don't practice it my handwriting is now atrocious that its barely readable.  In fact it embarasses me.

I use all ways of communicating.  

When the weather is foul outside and a trip to the post box means a general soaking, it's easy to keep in touch with friends who are miles away by email.

I don't text very often and prefer to use email rather than phoning; so I have time to think about my replies without getting myself in a hole.

Just posting a letter has become an expensive luxury. Then you have the dilema that if you send it second-class, will the recipient feel insulted?

I cannot remember the last time i read a hand written letter which is a bit sad really

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I have nothing against text , e-mail etc and use them myself ,but I think a hand written letter has a more personal touch to it , but it more important to keep in touch what ever method we use 

I think we tend to keep in touch more frequently by e-mail where as written comunication is usually reserved for Christmas and birthdays. We do one of the dreaded Round Robin at Christmas mainly for those we don't keep in contact with on a regular basis or to those we know that don't use computers. 

David

Because I don't practice it my handwriting is now atrocious that its barely readable.  In fact it embarasses me.

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My maths master at school called me 'spider 1' on account of my handwriting. My twin brother was known as 'spider 2'.