The last letter you wrote?

[The Gauge]

When was the last hand written letter you wrote?
There will probably be people on here who have never written one.
Me - I can't honestly remember.
Age 53

[Spare tyre]

Probably German pen friend when I was 14

[Furbo]

The Gauge said:

When was the last hand written letter you wrote?
There will probably be people on here who have never written one.
Me - I can't honestly remember.
Age 53

Ten months ago.

A beauty therapist at a spa identified a tumour in my hand and alerted me to it, suggesting that I get it checked.

It was benign, but I thought a hand-written letter would be a better way to say thank you than an email.

Whether she would have been able to read my handwriting is unclear.

[Randy Winkman]

My mum died earlier in the year and a couple of weeks ago I needed to complete a form and send it back to the solicitor with a covering letter. I didnt have a printer then (I do now) so I hand wrote the letter.

[sherman]

The last hand written letter I wrote started.
"Sorry M'Lord"
(speeding fine many years ago)
Got away with 4 points and £180 fine paid up at £20 a month.

[Ryyy]

Yeah I don't think I have, expect to father Christmas

[jurbie]

I write several times a year to an elderly aunt who lives in the USA. She's my dad's sister and following a reunion a couple of years ago he promised to make more of an effort to keep in touch but it turns out he can't even get around to sending her an email. I took it upon myself to write to her and I print loads of family photos and send them as well. It's proper old school and she absolutely loves it and it maybe takes me only 30 minutes to fill out a couple of sides of A4 with all the latest family news.

She's surrounded by family so she's not alone at all but I'm told it gives her a real boost so I'm happy to do it.

Lazy cow never writes back though.

[Boringvolvodriver]

Probably 9 years ago when I sent letters of condolence to my cousins when my Uncle died.

I guess that the handwritten letter will die out sooner rather than later.

I did see that SKS sent a hand written letter to Angela Rayner though.

[K87]

...and yet so many people might say, 'it would be lovely to have a hand written letter'

How about writing a letter tomorrow to someone who loves you and thanking them for all they have done for you.

[21TonyK]

Couple of months ago but more of a note, one sentence, my immediate resignation. Followed it up with an email when I got home 20 minutes later.

[Terminator X]

Not hand written but I do still write letters to companies. Don't trust just a phone call.

TX.

[Harry H]

Not sure I could any more it's been so long.

Firstly my hand writing has turned to scribble and secondly I'm so use to dumping thoughts through the keyboard and then sorting it and the spelling out later. I'm just not sure I could construct a proper letter without the ability to edit.

I've gone one step further now. Throw thoughts down and let AI do the rest.

[ARHarh]

For me it would have been the 70's when my Mum forced me to write thank you letters for presents as a child. I have typed letters since but certainly not for years.

[Tom8]

My mum used to write a lot of letters as it was days before email. We were away at uni, travelling and in the armed forces so it was always lovely arriving in port and having letters from my mum to catch up on things. She wrote a lovely letter to me on my wedding day, telling me how proud she was about who I had become and looking on to the next stage in my life. My mum got remarried a few years ago so I wrote to her in a similar vein. Mum died recently and we found the letter I wrote and we buried it with her so she could keep it.

[Furbo]

ARHarh said:

For me it would have been the 70's when my Mum forced me to write thank you letters for presents as a child. I have typed letters since but certainly not for years.

Me too.

I was always tempted to add a post-script "In closing, Auntie Sandra, whilst your annual generosity is acknowledged and appreciated, the effort required to thank you exceeds the enjoyment afforded to me by your gifts. I would therefore be grateful if you would stop sending presents to me, with immediate effect".

[Puggit]

Hand written? No idea. Decades ago.

Typed - loads of snottagrams to parking companies and councils fighting spurious parking tickets and traffic violations (last one was ULEZ in London where their systems said I was clean and they still fined me FFS).

[JagLover]

ARHarh said:

For me it would have been the 70's when my Mum forced me to write thank you letters for presents as a child. I have typed letters since but certainly not for years.

I get the modern equivalent now. As my sister lets my niece use her phone to send me a thank you text message. I think that is quite sweet and there isn't a letter required.

[5 In a Row]

A few months ago but it was work related.
Typed though, not hand written.

[98elise]

Hand written, probably back when I was in the forces (1990's) and letters were massively important when you're away from home. No email etc back then.

After I left it was typed, but at work hand written drafts to be typed by an admin person. Obviously that was soon replaced by desktop PC's on everyones desk (late 90's)

Last typed letter I sent was a couple of months ago following the complaints procedure for the DVLA. It still took multiple letters to get a response.

[DB4DM]

Earlier this year 3 manuscript letters of condolence to relatives of recently deceased friends of my very elderly father. Handwriting does get worse with age!