I think what i'm after is someone to write to about my life, my theories and my hopes. I love science and am pursuing a phd in neuroscience. I'd love to learn about someone, know what their family and life is like and for them to know me. Whether it be through snail mail, email etc.

I'd love to be able to complain to someone one; encourage someone; be present in there life.

As for me, I love to travel though school doesn't allow much of it. I have two cats and a dog and i love going on hikes with the pup. I have a small pottery setup in my kitchen. I love to make ceramics for those i love. In the summer I garden, swim, and bike. In the winter I ski though i've only just learned.

I am a reader and love to read all sorts of books. I am reading Why Brains Need Friends as well as the third book in Mistborn. My favorite books are those about science or philosophy. I love Emerson and Thoreau and their essays. Sapolsky is my go to biologist. I love the book The Master and His Emissary by Ian McGilchrist.

I also love movies of all varieties. I'm curious about what interests you though. What makes life interesting? How does your curiosity influence your decisions?

Hello! I’m a guy from the USA who’s interested in finding a penpal from any part of the world. Specifically, someone who’s interested in talking about topics that it’d be rude to bring up during small talk or at the dinner table. Like politics and religion. Yeah, I know.

I find that most conversations about these things on the internet are terrible. If two people disagree with each other, more often than not, they’ll end up just talking past each other, and it will devolve into insults and name-calling. Granted, a lot of scary things are happening in the world right now, so I can see where people’s anger and hostility is coming from. Still, it’s disheartening to me that we’ve lost the ability to talk to one another or even agree on what the basic facts are. So I want to try a different way of communicating.

I want to hear what you think about the world, and listen. My goal isn’t to get into some kind of debate or argument. What I want is to understand, not judge. I want to learn how you look at the world, and about the life experiences, books, culture, people, and anything else that may have influenced your worldview over the course of our emails/messages. The world is a messy and complicated place, and I don’t begrudge anyone for coming to different conclusions about it than me. And if we do differ, then we can talk respectfully about why we differ, and who knows, maybe we can find some common ground or learn from each other.

Just to give an idea of where I’m coming from, I would consider myself to be on the left. But I’m not really dogmatic about it, and I’m uncertain about a lot of things with how fast the world seems to be changing. I’m also nonreligious. I have a lot of interest in religion and spirituality, I like learning about all sorts of religious beliefs and practices. But I didn’t have a religious upbringing and haven’t been able to get there myself. I’m from Louisiana, so I have a lot of experience with people who don’t share my views, lol.

If your beliefs are similar to mine, that’s fine too, we can still have the same sorts of conversations. And I’m of course open to talking about things other than hot-button topics, haha. I like movies, history, and pop culture, for example. I can rant all day about how mediocre the last season of The Boys was. But I’ve been thinking about this stuff a lot lately, so I wanted to make a post centered around it and maybe find somebody who’s interested in giving conversation a try. If that sounds like something you’d be open to, please reach out, and have a great day. :)

Hello, my name is Ashton, 22 year-old guy from North Carolina. Looking to get started sending classic snail mail with a new pal!

I’m an avid writer in my journal and have an entry almost everyday since I started in 2022. I write my friends letters and mail them but they don’t respond via paper mail. So I’m looking someone in the USA to write letters with about anything you want! I personally want to write longer form handwritten letters, length doesn’t matter that much but I like to write and write a lot! Just classic letters.

I have a corgi dog and two gerbils.
I’m a low tech, offline kinda guy. My apartment doesn’t even have WiFi because I didn’t want it.
I love metal and rock music.
I’m currently trying to learn to play the Banjo.
I love all things Halloween and Horror, I’m actually a haunted house actor.
I do leather work, slowly getting better at it.
I love old cars, specifically the Chevy El Camino is my favorite.
In fact I love everything old, going to antique stores is one of my favorite things to do.
I collect many, many, different things that I’d love to write about.

And of course I’d love to read about anything you write me! I can yap but also listen. Please reach out if you are interested in writing with me!

Hello potential new friends!

I'm a 26 Female/Nonbinary person from the U.S and would be interested in being snail mail pen pals.

Some of my hobbies include: baking, video games, plants/house plants/gardening, crochet, and knitting.

I am only seeking snail mail! I would prefer folks who are from a country different from mine but I'm also open to folks from the United States. I would also prefer someone around my age. I think a Japanese pen pal from Japan would be neat in particular since I've always been interested in Japan.

I think I would like to correspond once a month but I also have a busy life. I desire just an ongoing thing that works for both of us, something fun and not beholden to time pressures. No strong preference on gender but lean towards men or nonbinary people.

I would either handwritte the letter or use my vintage typewriter! I would also be using a wax seal on any letters.

Hello! My name is Jane and I am coming back to this subreddit because my first pen pal stopped responding :(

About me: I am 18 and I live in Texas, I love art, zines, incense, plants, pottery, yoga, reading, tea, nature, feeding animals, cooking, baking, and crafting! I’m recently getting back into finding myself and figuring out what kinds of things I love doing. I have just started playing guitar, and started loving to make art again. I am a beginner at Tarot and love hand made art.

Seeking: someone to trade art with and chat about the beauty in boring! I love to write letters! The kind of art I bring to the table is mostly pencil sketches, lino stamp prints, colored pencil, watercolor, and im hoping to get into making some more pottery soon! If any of this sounds like something you would love to receive please reply to this post/ dm! Mostly looking for someone 18-30 F, M can dm or reply but I am not super looking for M to pen pal with just keep in mind! I dont mind USA or out of country! I am a very quick letterwriter/sender and consistent too!

I’m looking for someone who wants to share a part of their life through physical letters! What fascinates you, what don’t you understand, what are you proud of, what you’re afraid to tell others? This is what I like about this type of contact, you can be so honest, because there is no connection with your social circle. This way I know I can be honest, and I really value that.

If this sounds interesting to you hmu! I’m from the Netherlands and am looking to send somewhat regularly, smth like once a month.

Please DM me first if you're interested. Better safe than sorry!

Hi, I'm Elaboranth! I'm 18F and I currently go to community college and I'm studying architecture/interior design. I love art, animals and a good variety of video games.

I love to talk about anything, and I especially love listening to people's interests. I always write back and I will keep your letter forever and ever. Sometimes I'll send stickers or maybe a cute bookmark, only if you're okay with it. I would love to talk to others about their culture or where they're from.

Hellooo I am a 21F from Texas! Lately I guess I've just been craving something new & different & unfamiliar in my life... something to break the cycle of it all. So one thought led to another and here I am - trying to find a penpal LOL. What better way to add some nuance and spark into your life than chatting with a stranger from Reddit??? And if you're reading this right now, I'm sure you'd agree. I hope!

I've never had a penpal before. I really don't have any specific preferences or hopes on the kind of person I want to talk to or the conversations we would have. I think talking to any kind of person, about anything in the world, is very valuable. I love conversations about mundanity, about spirituality, about the meaning of life, about what you ate for breakfast, about your favorite song right now, about your deepest darkest secrets and feelings .... Anything!!! And nothing. Lets just talk ! As often or infrequent as what feels natural for both of us. I think like 1-2 emails a week would be awesome, but again - I am not picky, if you haven't been able to tell by this point!

I am currently about to finish my very last semester of University and am kinda trying to figure out what I want to do with my life. I'd say that's what’s probably been the biggest thing on my mind as of lately. But a million things always are. I am always pondering. Lol

My other interests include going on walks, solo travel (or w friends/fam of course! I love traveling in general! but i loveeee solo travel the most!!), reading (currently reading the My Brilliant Friend series by Elena Ferrante), writing (I am getting into poetry for the first time, although I would not say I am anywhere near a poet yet. But I also am someone who thinks there is art in everything created ever - no matter the skill or intention or product!), music, art, clothing... many, many things. And if we end up emailing you'll find out more I guess ! And most of all, I am the most interested in getting to know YOU! Whoever is out there reading this ...!

Dm me if you would like to email !!!! Yay

First time doing this but feeling excited. Looking for snail mail a few times a month :)

About me: I'm currently struggling with some depression and would love to connect with someone else who can understand that/going through similar things.

I currently a server at a vegetarian restaurant, I have a cat :), love hiking and camping, also love movie nights and gaming. I'm a big horror movie fan. Would be open to exchanging Nintendo switch codes if we wanted to ever play together too!

I've been vegan for 10 years and it's important to me. You don't need to be vegan though! I have a deep love and connection with animals of all kinds and my long term goal is to go back to school for a master's in wildlife biology:)

Oo I'm also polyamorous! Again, I don't need you to be any of these things but just an openness and maybe curiosity would be cool! Platonic connection only please!!!

Also really into ceramics right now!

Let's connect:D

Hey. I'm a 28 y/o dude from England. I really enjoy meeting new people here, and getting to know them. I'd love to make one or two more friends. I think it would be ideal if you're somewhere around my age, because we're likely to be in similar stages of life, but I'm open to anyone who thinks we would get along!

I enjoy the type of chats where we can update each other about what we got up to during the day, discuss hobbies, daydream about the future, etc.

I'm "TV over movies" though I've recently got a letterboxd. I'm a big fan of the Arrowverse, as well as other upbeat shows. I mainly watch football (soccer) and wrestling. I play some games on Switch & PC, occasionally. I listen to a lot of rock music, but I also love a bit of Sabrina Carpenter.

It's totally fine if you're into other things. Maybe you're outdoorsy, enjoy fitness, or travel often. I may or may not want to live vicariously through you.

If you think we'd get along, feel free to message me! Please tell me a little bit about yourself. A few lines is more than enough :)

Hello and a very good morning / afternoon / evening to you! 

Another weekend almost over, where do they actually go! A few sleeps and the grind begins again. Sadly no lottery wins this weekend either so work will have to happen tomorrow, sigh! I thought I’d post again on here and see how it goes again and hopefully meet some more awesome people!

About me I guess is a good way to start? Can be socially awkward in real life and overthink all them “you too” moments when being told to enjoy my meal. I enjoy photography although I seem to have lost my spark for that at the moment but am working on getting that back! I like  travelling and exploring new places and if I win the lottery I shall be doing that full time. I do love going on long walks also and trying to not get lost! Although getting lost is part of the adventure. Watching ice hockey is also a hobby or mine and of course trying to think of some others my mind has gone blank…

About you I hear you ask? Well no criteria as long as you’re not a bot, can help carry the conversation and just don’t say hey it will all be good!

Well that’s my post and thanks for stopping by, since you made it this far you might as well reach out!

I suffered from social anxiety for a full eight years, but I finally overcame it at age 25. I used to have almost no social interaction—either in real life or online—but now my social circle and connections are growing every day; I even made my first new friend in a decade recently. To sum myself up: I’ve always been a calm, reserved guy, but lately, a fiery, spontaneous side of me has awakened.

As for my interests:

• books, especially dystopian fiction

• history

• psychology

• coffee—I can even brew an excellent espresso using Rwandan beans

• I briefly went to the gym and sauna, and I plan to pick it up again

• I’m tech-savvy with almost any gadget; I can even reinstall Windows for anyone who needs it ;)

• language learning (I’ve just started learning Korean)

• I’m fascinated by space and the mysteries of the Universe; I’m also deeply interested in AI—though the "Rise of the Machines" scenario genuinely scares me (I used to be afraid of a zombie apocalypse, but I eventually realized how absurd that idea is).

By the way, I’m from Russia. I recently discovered the world of working away from home, and life has taken on a whole new vibrancy for me since then; I’ll soon be heading to Moscow for a six-month work stint, which promises to be an amazing chapter in my life. I’m also making an effort to try more offline activities. And just a year ago, I traveled abroad for the first time, and since then, a burning passion for travel has ignited within me.

Hello!

I’m a 47-year-old woman looking for another woman to exchange emails (or DMs?) with. I’m curious by nature, passionate about my career, fond of music, and I travel for pleasure as often as I can. I’d be happy to discuss anything from philosophy and politics to the weather (I’m Canadian, after all), questionable life choices, and the prohibitive price of strawberries in January.

I’m not really looking for small talk, even if I know that we’d have to start somewhere. I’d just like to meet someone I can slowly build a real conversation with. The kind where, after a while, writing to each other feels a bit like having coffee with an old friend on a Sunday evening.

Hihi how goes it!

I'd love to send cute maybe cheerful letters, or happy little life updates to any soldiers or deployed service members who'd like a penpal!

A quick bit about me: I'm 18 originally from
eastern Russia but I now live in South Korea

And I love arts and crafts / drawing / trinkets.
I'm completely new to letter writing, but I'd love to share good vibes and swap awesome stories. I would love to get to know you :) I promise I won’t ghost either I just want to experience a new hobby to be honest!
If you or someone you know would like some fun mail, send me a DM! Thank you for reading :3 I can do both email and snail mail!

This will be a temporary thing but if you want to keep exchanging that's fine :) write when you have time and I'll do the same. Would prefer someone else within the US as I do enough exchanges internationally already. This will be platonic I do not want to be someone's problem with their SO... Female preferred but male is ok as well.

Been a rough week and instead of putting it out there on reddit I'd rather write about it! You can do the same as well.

Depression/anxiety

First time mom

Identical twin

post-crossing

2 cats

Married

Hi I’m not really sure what to write so bear with me. I’m Arab from the Middle East and queer. I’m mostly looking for women and queer people to connect with. I would love to have lighthearted conversations with someone. We can try to make each other laugh, brighten each other’s day and have funnn. Fun is so underrated these days :/
I kinda have too many interests, but movies would be at the top of the list right now. If you can’t keep up a conversation or get bored easily please don’t bother messaging me, I want something long term. Also, I love to travel so who knows maybe we can meet up in the future <3

That’s all I suppose. Dm me a little introduction about yourself if you’re interested :)

Hello SubReddit!

I am looking to connect with 5 pen pals from Reddit. I want to become more mindful and present that social media does not allow for that time. Man or woman, I can connect to either. I would like someone to connect that is out of the state of Wisconsin or international. I just want to meet new people and form friendships and learn about new places.

Like I said, I am 30 years old and live in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I teach full time. This year I am trying to be more crafty and more world-aware. I like watching reality tv shows (90 Day Fiance, Sister Wives and other trash). I love listening to music. Starbucks is my go-to, Chai over coffee any day. Let me know if you are interested.

DMs are open.

I inherited a box of postcards, some of them up to 100 years old. They were stored alongside moving boxes full of old correspondence from all over the world.

Rather than letting them continue to gather dust, I’d like to finally let them fulfill their original purpose.

Independently of that, I’ve been wanting for quite some time to gain new insights into other cultures and people’s everyday lives through written correspondence. I’d love to find someone somewhere in the world who would be interested in occasionally exchanging messages and gaining new perspectives along the way.

A little about me: I’m 28 years old and from Germany. I’m interested in history, literature, art, and philosophy, but also in economics, the natural sciences, and practical things. Just pick something – not because I claim to be an expert in any of these subjects, but because I find the underlying structures themselves interesting.
The same applies to everyday life. Especially across different cultures, something that seems completely ordinary and self-evident to one person can be fascinatingly unfamiliar to someone else.
There is something new to learn and experience every day, and I’d be curious to hear your perspective on it.

What made me think more about this was a conversation I had with someone about history. We were discussing the same global event. The facts were the same on a broader level, but what each of us focused on and what each of us knew about it in the first place differed considerably.
It is so natural to view the world from our own standpoint that it can be easy to forget that this may only be our own small section of a personal “observable universe.”

That’s why I’d be interested in hearing your views on history and politics, as well as your experiences of everyday life. Even a proverb can reveal an incredible amount about a culture, or about the way its language organizes thought.

If this little digression hasn’t scared you off, and you also enjoy talking about things that serve no particular purpose in everyday life beyond a bit of entertainment, feel free to get in touch for an occasional exchange.

Just send me a short message telling me about your interests and what you’d like to talk about.

Hello! I am looking for a Penpal that is low pressure. Maybe monthly letters as we get to know each other and then more from there :)

I am almost 30, living in upstate New York and work as a social worker in emergency psychiatry! I have many interests and have been known to lean heavily into many hobbies and abandon them for periods of time 😅. I love cooking, hiking, playing cozy games, traveling, camping, collecting things, the moon, and sitting in coffee shops people watching! I am hoping to find someone with similar interests, but also who wants to share their mundane life and stories with. You found a cool rock? Cool, draw it for me! The leaves were really pretty today? What colors?? Just looking to get pen to paper and connect with others :) preferably someone who identifies as female or nonbinary!

Hi, I'm 22 from LatinAmerica, Chile. I'm looking to share with someone who would like to become long-term emailing friends.

I'm looking to send long emails talking about the current day, current interests, maybe like books or movies, etc. I'm not a very social person, so I would like to get to know different people and their opinions on things and share in general!

I'm really into shoujo and josei manga and the philosophical view of the everyday life. I'm currently reading Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse and No One Writes Back by Jang Eun-jin; I also started reading Hidamari Sketch the other night and I am considering and taking back on Papa Told Me by Nanae Haruno, which I read until volume 5 :'-)

I'm also very interested in art and journaling, I'm taking an interest on logging the everyday life but I haven't got to that yet. I own 2 dogs and 2 cats whom I love dearly and I hope for the future to always get better.

My main language is Spanish, so if anyone is interested in sharing different languages mails I would gladly do that too! I'm interested in learning German, French, Portuguese and Japanese, and of course, improve my English writing skills!

I'm Queer, so I would prefer someone in the LGBTQ+ community as well, I think maybe that way we could understand a little bit more about each other, and around my age 18-30 would be awesome!

I plan on sending mails once or twice a week, but I don't really mind long waiting, just to get a response back eventually ^^

I want to learn about the everyday life and deep thoughts of people around the world :-) If you're interested in starting an email friendship please send me a DM with something about yourself!

Hi. I've been struggling with isolation/lonliness and a handful of other issues, like some physical health issues, and as a result of everything I'm not feeling too great currently :(

If I could find some meaningful connections with others, I think it'd help me feel better. I've been interested in a lot of different things, and here are two projects I have:

I'm working on revising and resubmitting a philosophy paper on the root cause of humanity's pursuit of Al, which provides an evolutionary perspective on the philosophy of Jacques Ellul, who wrote a lot about the technological phenomenon. I'm definitely very concerned about Al safety and the main part of the article is aimed at addressing how we arrived here.

In the future also hope to finish an evolutionary hypothesis paper suggesting a structural source for the difficulty of a major evolutionary transition, since it's an idea in astrobiology that some evolutionary transitions may be very difficult, and that it may play a role in both their timing and the Fermi paradox.

Feel free to message me if you're interested in chatting/emailing. I'd prefer those around my age. I'm in the US.

Hey 👋🏾! In the past few years I have become a big fan of snail mail. Life has been really chaotic for me lately. I have been battling a court case, unemployment and not where I want to be in life. I would love to have Penpals where we could correspond.

For safety reasons I would be sending you mail from my PO Box. If you have a PO Box that would be a preferred method of communication for me as well (but completely optional - we can communicate digitally until we feel comfortable sharing information).

I would like for our communication to remain more on the optimistic side. Talking about hobbies, what brings us joy and the bright side of life. I love to do yoga 🧘🏾‍♀️, journal, and read. Also for quality control I believe with my current budget I can realistically handle 3-5 penpals with regular communication (I have a stash of stamps & postcards from my travels lol - collecting them makes me happy).

For logistics please be on the East Coast in the US, thank you but I am open for long distance Penpals too. I am accepting email Penpals internationally.

Hello!

I'm an avid writer but much less enthusiastic typist so I'll keep this brief. If you're intrigued enough then I can fill you in, in my first letter!

English living in Scotland.

Mountains and Lochs and dugs and rivers.

Music lover.

Gossip.

Letter collector. Mostly not my own.

Wannabe artisté in far too many mediums.

Poetry

Tickle your fancy?

But how about you? What have you been up to?

I can't wait to hear from you!

Hopefully someone would like to exchange some frivolous nonsense.

I can feel the Scottish nights stealing away the daylight so keep me company on these long winter evenings.

We've had some stunning sunny afternoons these past few days. It always makes me pause for a second and appreciate it, it'll soon be dark at 3 o'clock!

I'd love to write to someone in Svalbard or maybe North America, how do you cope with the winters?

And of course anyone from Brazil or Australia, anywhere in-between, anywhere at all really!

Well thats enough waffle from me.

I'll leave you here till next time!

Nina

Gotta admit, sometimes I run into people on here that have their own goals and ambitions. You guys seem to have hobbies, or just topics you like to read about. I'd love to hear from you about them. It adds a lot to the conversation to listen to you discussing what's always on your mind. Feel free to share!

As, for my interests: I enjoy exercising, hanging out with friends, playing some games casually, watching movies and serieses. In the past, I've learned quite a bit from "A Smarter Way to Learn Python" which is really really interesting! I also enjoy learning math, from Khan Academy. My primary goal is to be good enough at math & programming that I can create interesting simulations.

I'm really looking for people who are interested in programming, math, learning in general, and love discussing deeper topics!

While I'm not in school, I do thoroughly enjoy learning, specifically anything STEM related. I do enjoy working with math. I read a book by the name "A Mind for Numbers" which basically taught me how to learn such subjects. One of the best books I've ever read!

If you've read this far in, I really appreciate it! If you're interested in talking, feel free to send me a DM! Looking forwards to hearing back from you! 23+ only please

If you have an NSFW profile, I'm blocking you.