Long Haul Pen Pals

Do you participate in pen pal swaps, get a letter from your partner, and then never hear from him/her again? This swap is for those of us who want to correspond long term with new pen pals -- not just once.

We'll have two partners and send each one at least a two-page letter plus an extras or goodies we think of (that part is optional). When we receive our letters, we'll write back.

We'll rate partners after the first letter and continue to correspond on our own for as long as we wish.

As swap coordinator, I can not enforce long-term pen pal relationships -- that's up to each individual, but if you participate in this swap, at least you will know you are writing to someone who probably wants to find a long-term pen pal, rather than just sending out a letter for the swap and moving on.

If people are interested in finding more pen pals than just the two assigned partners, you can write "Add me to address list" in the comments section and after sign-ups close, I can email interested swappers a list of other swappers interested in having long-term pen pals. (So, those would be optional and extras -- you still need to write to your official, assigned partners). If you are like me, you sometimes read other swappers' profiles and realize you have things in common with them, but are never paired up with them. This way, you can choose to initiate contact with swappers who interest you (or, you can read profiles of other swap participants and send someone a message if you want to start a pen pal relationship with them).

International swappers, new swappers with complete profiles, and swappers with a rating of 4.0 and above with no more than one recent no-send are welcome!

NEW : Attention newbies: Please read: Due to a few newbies signing up for my swaps and the deleting their profiles, you must respond to the email I send you or I will drop you! I already said in the comments below you'll need to respond to the email I send you. Now, as of Thursday 3p.m. PST, if you are a newbie signing up, you will need to send me a message through swap-bot contact process. I'm too swamped to initiate the contact (plus, I sprained my neck in a little horse riding mishap this week), so please help me out by doing it for me. If I don't receeive a message from you , I will drop you from the swap. Also, if your profile isn't complete, I will drop you (anyways, how can a partner send a meaningful letter to you if you don't include any information about yourrself?).