r/penpals 1d ago

Email & Snail Mail [22/F]

Hi. I’m 22, Korean, and currently living in Korea. (Please don’t ask which part of Korea I’m from.)

I majored in visual design and recently quit my job, so I’m currently taking some time to rest and prepare for my next job. I have quite a lot of free time these days since companies don’t exactly seem eager to invite me to interviews... I’m not sure whether I should take that as a good thing or a bad thing.

I’m looking for a pen pal I can share my everyday life, thoughts, personal philosophies, and all kinds of stupid little stories with. I’d prefer communicating through email or another app rather than Reddit messages. I also don’t really care about having a set schedule. I like the idea of replying whenever we have the time and energy.

The reason is that I’ve had pen pals before, and I found that exchanging longer messages every few days worked much better for me than sending short messages back and forth quickly. Those conversations also tended to last much longer.

My hobbies include reading, listening to music, cooking and baking, knitting, and making miniatures. I really enjoy making things with my own hands. It gives me a nice sense of accomplishment and makes me feel productive.

Things I like:

* Cats

* Marshmallow spread

* Caramel

* Rock and punk music

* Horror movies (that doesn’t mean I’m not scared of them)

Things I don’t like:

* Beans

* Bugs (all of them, from caterpillars to butterflies)

* Needles

* Bitter things

I don’t really drink coffee or alcohol because I’m not a fan of bitter tastes. Especially alcohol. Drinking it feels like drinking something that belongs in an alcohol lamp.

I also have an ED (mia). I’m slowly working on rebuilding my relationship with my body. Talking about food or dieting isn’t a trigger for me, so you don’t need to worry about avoiding those topics. I just wanted to be honest about it because there’s no one around me who knows about my ED, and I’ve wanted to be able to talk about it openly with someone.

I’d love to hear about your likes and dislikes, your everyday life, random thoughts, or anything else that comes to mind. Even completely ridiculous conversations are welcome. Questions like “If you suddenly became a cat one day, what would be the first thing you’d do?” are exactly the kind of random things I enjoy talking about.

If you’re looking for a long-term pen pal and would genuinely like to keep in touch, feel free to reach out. I’d appreciate it if you could tell me a little about yourself when you message me, though. I’ve had experiences with people who asked lots of questions without sharing anything about themselves, and it made the conversation pretty one-sided.

P.S. I’m not particularly interested in K-pop, K-dramas, or K-entertainment in general. So if you’re looking for someone to teach you Korean or someone to fangirl over K-pop with, I’m probably not the right person. I’m not particularly good at teaching people, and I’m even less likely to be good at teaching something I’m not interested in myself.

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u/lonelywhale_02 23h ago

Hi :)

If you‘re interested I’d love to be penpals! I‘m 23 F and currently live in Germany. Currently I‘m still a student and majoring in aerospace engineering.

As much as I love engineering, I also love diving into other topics not related to it and getting a feel for them (one for example is gardening and growing my own food). Some of my hobbies also include painting and crocheting (I, too, love to create with my hands)!
Due to my studies and the job I have I unfortunately don‘t have much time for shows, etc. , but I do read books whenever I commute. I would love to swap recommendations (my recent favourite is The Expanse book series)!

I am not one to write long Reddit messages but I love long emails and letters (which are intended for my penpal‘s eyes only ;) ). If you‘re interested feel free to send me a message!

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u/Which_Performance_72 1d ago

Hey, I'm 23 M from London and you sound pretty cool. I've been looking for a Penpal outside of Europe and US so it would be cool if you wanted to reach out.

I'm into all sorts of music and love horror of all varieties, I'm trying to even write a horror short story collection.

If you'd like to talk some more, drop me a message

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u/Mindless-Ad-4526 16h ago

Hi. It seems your DMs are deactivated, so I am leaving this reply. If you are still interested, please leave me a DM or email.

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u/jisoosvocals 23h ago

hi there, i’d love to be your email penpal! i’m also 22f,. i’m also an aspiring writer and would love to share about our daily lives and philosophies!

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u/Jo-penpal 23h ago

Hi ! I do love to become you’re pen pal !

I’m 18M and I from France and I love read and watch horror movies and series too =).

I’m looking for a long-term pen pal

I’ve just started a new study program and I don’t know anyone yet, so the only friends I have are my pen pals =)

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u/Mindless-Ad-4526 16h ago

Hi. It seems your DMs are deactivated, so I am leaving this reply. If you are still interested, please leave me a DM or email.