Pen Pal Letters: How Long Until You Receive a Reply?

by Jessica H
(Australia)

hey wendy

i have a question, i am new to this pen pal stuff and am looking forward to heaps of fum. i was just wondering how long it takes for a letter to be sent to the other person and how long it takes to get a reply. do u know a round about how many days???

thanxs,

Jess :)


Wendy:Jess -- It's different for every pal...

A pal may live in the same country, or in the USA (takes longer to get from one place to the other...)

It might take a week to go from Europe to the USA... assuming the addresses are correct, easily read, and not hung up at the Post Office.

Then again, someone who lives close, or far, may write back the same day and post it quickly... or not. Maybe they are involved in something, have many pals and answer them back little by little... whatever, life is busy and they may not write back immediately.

Some gals write 2 pager letters, others write BOOKS.. grin! Multi-page letters, or even write ten pages in a journal book, and send it to the pal (which obviously takes more time), then the pal writes the next ten pages, documenting the letters in journal books.

It just all depends... on both pals locations, on postal workers, on the pals response time and how they write letters.

BUT -- whether you get a pen pal letter response quickly, or it takes a bit longer, it's just sooo cool when you get that letter in your mail box!

Happy Writing! Wendy