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I have been pen palling for a while now does anyone else do this and is there somewhere on the site for this? It would be nice to write to people on here if they were interested.


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TinaS4
24th Aug 2018 16:19:28
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Any fellow artists out there for me to chat to 🙂
Response from Mozisart made on 11th Feb 2019 22:50:53
Hi Tina,I've just joined this site and wondered if there were fellow artists out there, I'm an artist would love to chat to you.
kimmy6768
15th Dec 2023 23:42:24 (Last activity: 11th Jan 2024 09:16:22)
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im just looking for senior lady penpal to communicate with
Response from Mandy18h made on 10th Jan 2024 13:22:45
Hi Kimmy, I would like to pen pal, or better still do it on computer as i have osteoarthritis in hands I am 67 & a widow. in surrey best wishes mandy
Response from PatriciaB96 made on 11th Jan 2024 09:16:22
Good morning and welcome, I hope you find lots of friends here I myself age 63 grandmother and soon great grandmother, I would like a pen pal .
Enjoy your day
Johnnybee
11th Aug 2021 15:49:18 (Last activity: 21st Jul 2023 11:53:29)
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Hello, I am very new here, it feels rather like being a new boy at school and needing to find ones way round, but being very old one finds that many old friends ar falling by the wayside and new ones are needed. I will comment further when I know my way round..
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Response from Jenann made on 13th Aug 2021 04:40:29
I am also new here trying to find my way around. Got on here looking for "pen pal" and someone to chat with. I understand you when you said that friends are falling by the wayside. Everyone needs a friend.
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Response from Suzn6 made on 25th Aug 2021 19:12:12
Hi! How's everyone doing out there? Just joined and I'm figuring out this community.. say hello if you'd like to chat.
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Response from panzer432 made on 11th Oct 2021 11:49:15 > @Jenann
Hi Jennan, I am looking for a pen pal too who will talk about anything
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Response from Fluffy111 made on 20th Jul 2022 21:16:25 > @Jenann
Hi Jenann,Im new on here too.Im a lady in my 70s i live in Norfolk England where do you live? I should like to chat with you or be a penpal to you.
Response from CarolynP3 made on 1st Apr 2023 21:57:45 > @Fluffy111
Hi Fulffy111, are you still active in penpal, I'm new here I live in Charlotte NC, 70 yr young. I enjoy walking, chatting,reading crochet, Bible study. Hope all is well with you, hope to here back from you.

CarplynP3
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Response from Aardie175 made on 21st Jul 2023 11:53:29 > @Jenann
Hello Jennan...I just joined and I am also looking for a penpal to write to. Would you like to have a nw penfriend ? I am 64 and live in England. Thank you
Aardie
mogawa40
26th Jun 2023 16:48:34
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Hi All, My name is Mark and I am looking for a pen pal for my mom who is 66 years old. She is a really sweet person and needs someone that she can connect with as a pen pal. If anyone is interested please let me know. 🙂
tom2w
3rd Jun 2023 13:16:16
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looking for some like minded people. I'm a progressive against the war. Any sane people out there?
Anna Tags
7th Apr 2022 04:34:34 (Last activity: 14th May 2023 22:32:29)
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I would enjoy having some email friends here. My email is [email protected]
Response from Easygoingfletch made on 14th May 2023 22:32:29
Good evening Anna. My name is fletch would you be interested to be a pen pal. With me ? F
RitaB10
5th May 2023 11:02:46 (Last activity: 14th May 2023 22:18:50)
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Hi Iam Rita .new to this site my interest are walking riding meeting friends for coffee .love to hear from you all x
Response from Easygoingfletch made on 14th May 2023 22:18:50
Good evening Rita.my name is fletch and nice to meet you. I have many hobbies ,swimming sunny holidays, find foods, and I am a big people watcher if that dont sound a little bit odd? F
Leila Lesser
7th Feb 2023 17:38:35 (Last activity: 1st Apr 2023 22:23:18)
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I'd love to start writing and connecting with a pen pal.
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Response from CarolynP3 made on 1st Apr 2023 22:04:25 > @Sally - Silversurfer's Editor
HI Leila, I,m new as today, I'm in my 70's, live in Charlotte NC
my interest are nature walks,reading,chatting,crocheting and several other things. Have you met many penpals?
Hope to hear back from you.
Response from Leila Lesser made on 1st Apr 2023 22:23:18
Hi Carolyn.
Thanks for getting in touch.Its lovely to hear from you.
I'm in bed at the moment. It's 10.20pm here in London in the UK.
I had a busy day so felt a bit tired so thought I'd have an early night. Too much excitement for an old girl.
If you don't mind can I get back to you tomorrow. Be nice to chat.
Hope you are well
All the best
Leila
Theodora2
26th Oct 2022 16:11:26 (Last activity: 1st Apr 2023 18:49:27)
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Hi, I am French, living in Paris, new here, trying to find my way around. Looking for friends to chat with.
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Response from Marjam4 made on 27th Oct 2022 13:47:14
Hi Theodora, I'm new too. Looking for a penpal. I live in Canberra, Australia. Am an artist and a therapist. Hobbies are folk medicine, astrology, writing articles to publish and helping others with their autobiography, gardening generally and growing my own organic produce specifically.
Cheers,
Maria
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Whitakerleslie24gmailcom
18th Jan 2022 23:43:50 (Last activity: 23rd Nov 2022 10:54:49)
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I am new. Don’t know my way around. Would love to pen pal with someone male or female. I am 69 year old lady, young at heart. I quilt, crochet, wrote my first novel working on my second. Love music, animals, old cars from the late 50’s. Looking forward to hear from you. My first name is Leslie but I go by georgette.
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Response from Ruth55 made on 5th Feb 2022 16:43:54
Hi Georgette

So you want a penpal? Not sure if I will be ok for you as I am a rather boring person - but I will write a snippet and see what you think? I joined this site several years ago after someone recommended it for organised holidays for older people. As it happened the first day I logged on there was a holiday just perfect for myself and my husband. It was a coach tour around Sicily. This may sound horrible but I don't enjoy holidays with him as we have such different interests but I thought if it's organised, we may not argue about the what to do every day. So I booked it and off we went and it actually worked out ok. Sadly with Covid and other reasons I haven't really had a holiday since. Unless you count the odd times my daughter has invited me along with her for the odd weekends to help look after the children. Which I love doing.

I have visited the Silversurfers site the odd time since but never really found what I was looking for. To be honest, not sure what I was looking for! Today, I came on looking for a holiday for later in the year. Another totally organised one but sadly didn't find one. However, Penpal popped up and I thought mmmm.. give it a go. I think what caught my eye was the similarity of our hobbies (but not the old cars). My granddaughter asked for some dolly clothes and I got this odd idea of crocheting some. Well, I haven't done any since I was 14 when we all did poncho's! So my attempts were not great but she is happy and I really enjoyed doing outfits for all three of her babies. I also love dogs, and have a 13 year old working cocker who is adorable but deaf as a post and I also regularly dog sit my son's rescue Doberman. Sadly I lost mine two years ago at the sad age of 5. Again a rescue, which obviously had not been bred by decent people (this is me being very polite!).

Well, I think that is enough. How did I do?

Ruth
Response from Whitakerleslie24gmailcom made on 5th Feb 2022 22:06:11 > @Sally - Silversurfer's Editor
Hi sally this is whitakerleslie24@gmail and I wanted to respond to Ruth 55 who sent me a message
Response from JamesMichael made on 10th Apr 2022 10:15:12 > @Whitakerleslie24gmailcom
Hi Georgette,

Nice profile!

Good that you're a writer.
Well done!
(I've written some (very very short) stories for kids .....unpublished).

I live in Perth, Australia.

Please feel free to drop me a line should you feel so inclined.

Best wishes,
James
Response from Ariadne made on 23rd Nov 2022 10:54:49 > @Ruth55
Hello Ruth ,as ,I am a tad late in responding ,,, just found this site, Thought I had better check up to see if you have lost interest in pen pals, before I get involved with the verbals
The Ariadne handle is the one I use for my poetry . Proper name is Jacqui
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17th Nov 2022 12:26:54 (Last activity: 17th Nov 2022 13:02:11)
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Kincaid
2nd Nov 2022 19:12:24
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Meeka, you are a voice from the past - 2014 - you could now be head or have climber Everest - are you still there?
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21st Sep 2022 17:40:39 (Last activity: 25th Sep 2022 12:24:27)
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Response from Valla46 made on 23rd Sep 2022 10:41:56
Hi Natalie

I live in East Anglia but have family in the north. If you fancy a regular correspondence we could set up a chat line, or e-mail if you prefer.

It seems like we are now heading for the winter and the cold weather, will soon be Christmas! I hope it doesn't get too cold, with the increase in electric and gas, but not much we can do about that. I have visions of all the OAPs spending their days in the library or coffee shop, with one drink to last all day - not funny really.

Anyway, let me know if you want to set up in the chat room.

Val
Response from Valla46 made on 25th Sep 2022 12:24:27
Hi Natalie

I am pleased to get a reply from you. Yes, this is a very pretty place to be, with coast (Felixstowe, Southwold, Aldeburgh, etc.) plus inland towns such as Woodbridge, Bury St Edmunds and Lavenham. There are plenty of walks in the forest or by rivers, too.

I will set up a chat for us and all you have to do is click on the Chat icon - you should also get an e-mail notification from the SS staff. Then, if you prefer we can e-mail and we can swop e-Mail addresses. I don't want to give out my e-mail address on the open forum.

Anyway, hope to hear from you soon in the chat room!

Val
PS I have just tested positive for covid - must have caught it on our trip away.
Polgara
1st Sep 2022 19:00:30 (Last activity: 2nd Sep 2022 08:22:41)
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I am Polgara living in Scotland.As im disabled i prefer email to letters.I have 2 wee dogs.Interested in art,textiles,books,music and photography.Having just moved,im still in boxes.Looking for pen pals from ,Greece,Norway,New Zealand and Australia.
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Response from Polgara made on 2nd Sep 2022 08:22:41 > @Sally - Silversurfer's Editor
This is new to me.So i dont know my way around.thankyou
AprilG1
29th Aug 2022 19:32:04 (Last activity: 29th Aug 2022 19:58:05)
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Hello future pen friends - I am an American woman, 50, living in Texas. I am interested in art, history, gardening, parenting, and finding pen friends in England. I lived in Ireland for three years getting my Masters Degree and in Scotland for about five working on my PhD. Is anyone interested in being penfreinds the "old fashioned way" - ie with written out letters and stamps in the mail?
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AnnM22
27th Jul 2022 13:06:19 (Last activity: 27th Jul 2022 15:14:28)
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Hi there I'm called annmusoke from Uganda and I am looking for penpal from UK, USA, Germany,and Netherlands. here is my email address you can write to me.its
[email protected]
Hope to hear from you soon.
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Deniaspain66
26th May 2022 12:09:47 (Last activity: 20th Jul 2022 21:01:29)
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Hi everybody l have just joint your chat forum. my name is Linda and I’m 68 years old I’ve got 3 children and 5 grandchildren my husband has dementia he was diagnosed five years ago and he is now in a home in Tadworth I live in Surrey Wallington if there’s anybody that shares similar circumstances would be lovely to have a chat
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Response from Fluffy111 made on 20th Jul 2022 20:54:53
Hi Deniaspain,Im a lady in my 70s and i live in Norfolk England i should like to chat with you is it possible for you to give me your email address .Thankyou
Response from Fluffy111 made on 20th Jul 2022 21:01:29
Hi Deniaspain, How are you right now? Im a lady in my 70s and i live in Norfolk England .Is it possible you could send me your email address.Thankyou
YvonneT86
14th Jan 2022 09:52:00 (Last activity: 20th Jul 2022 20:42:58)
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Hi I am looking for pen pals male or female 60plus years
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Response from Fluffy111 made on 20th Jul 2022 20:42:58
Hi Yvonne,I would like to be your penpal im a lady in my 70s from Norfolk England where do you live?
Fluffy111
13th Jul 2022 20:01:48
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Hi James Michael ,Im new on here saw your add so thought id get in touch.Im from Norfolk England i had a sister who lived in Melbourne she sadly passed away a few years ago she had 2 sons (My Nephews ) who both live near Melbourne.Iv visited there a few times. My hobbies are Sun Sign Astrology im a Virgo by the way do you know your Sun Sign? Im also into Family History. I like to visit Historic places but i also enjoy trips to the seaside . Im a lady in my 70s so if you would like to get back to me would be nice to hear from you.
JanetB821
27th May 2022 00:34:53
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Hi Linda

My name is Jan and I can empathize with your situation. My husband doesn’t have dementia, but lost his eyesight from diabetes and has many medical issues, so I am his caregiver. My days are very long and having to deal with his anger at his loss, gets a bit hard to deal with.

Dementia steals so much of your life. My sister was just put into a home and sometimes doesn’t recognize her children, which is horrible for them. It takes who you are and destroys it.
JanetB821
5th Mar 2022 20:31:24 (Last activity: 1st May 2022 21:24:50)
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Greetings

I just discovered this chat forum for plus 50s. I am 68, a caregiver t my blind, diabetic, kidney disease and hypertension husband. He sleeps most of the day, and I have a huge void in my life.

I used to be a person with varied interests until arthritis stole this from me. My keen interest is writing and I wrote my autobiography (not published), as part of my understanding my childhood years, which weren’t great, as I imagine that I am not alone there…lol.

I have a whacky sense of humour and would love to meet someone who had a rocky start on life too.

Jan
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Response from JamesMichael made on 10th Apr 2022 10:04:36
Hi Janet,

I'm 73 and live in Perth, Australia.

If you'd like to say hello please drop me a line.

Best wishes,
James
Response from JanetB821 made on 10th Apr 2022 16:26:41 > @JamesMichael
Greetings James

It is a pleasure to meet you. I have several relatives in Australia that my aunt used to visit. Unfortunately she never left me any names of our relatives. Let me know if there are any Killan’s that you may notice down under.

I live in Cochrane, Alberta Canada which is at the base of the Rocky Mountains and near Banff. Alberta’s mountain and foothills carnivore wildlife includes wolves, coyotes, black bears, grizzlies and mountain lions, which show up in Cochrane every now and then. I love the deer and elk that stop on my street for a snack as the head for the river.

This week I am going to force myself to go take Qigong and yoga at our seniors centre. I really need to get out of my house for a few hours. Hard being a compassionate caregiver with an angry person who lost his eyesight to diabetes.

I have a daughter Shauna and my grandchildren includes Anthony, a personal trainer, his companion Gayle, and great granddaughter’s Isabel and Dylan. And Breanna is my granddaughter and she is graduating high school this year and is finishing her gymnastics training in June. She also works at the gym as a coach. I don’t spend much time with my family as my husband doesn’t get along with them and I can’t visit as I would like as I can’t leave a blind man alone.

I got a kitten last Wednesday and she looks Siamese, but her father is a hairless Sphinx and mother calico. She doesn’t have much fur, which is good in my books…lol.

Look forward to learning about your life in Australia.

Jan
Response from JanetB821 made on 1st May 2022 21:24:50 > @JamesMichael
Hi James

I haven’t heard from you. Hope all is well. My email address is [email protected] if you would like to chat directly.
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