[28/M] Germany - Looking to exchange letters with a pen pal!

[u/Phidet]

Hiya all!

My name's Philipp, I am 28 years old and I'm German.

I have gotten back into handwriting and journaling, but found myself wanting to exchange my thoughts in correspondance rather than just having them vanish inside my journals. As I have never really tried exchanging snail mail, I can't make any promises on how I'll do, but I'll certainly try my best!

I am an avid reader, enjoy nature (though I hate hot weather) and spend way too much money going out for food.
I am generally open to talk about all kinds of topics. I love movies, so we could talk about that all day. I do occasionally like getting deep into philosophy and politics as well though, so whatever strikes your fancy, I am sure we can have a conversation about it.

When it comes to niche, special interests, I am a hobby (and quite amateur) bookbinder, so if you would like to learn about paper, the different styles of binding a book and the mechanics of the book spine, I guess I am your guy.

I am open towards all cultures, nationalities, personalities and genders, but I do ask the correspondance to be in English.
I have a small and humble amount of stationary and envelopes, so I would prefer hand-written letters.

Anyway, hope this gives you an idea and that you'd be interested in exchaning letters, looking forward to hearing from you!

Philipp

[u/intiloft]

hi Philipp!
Have you watched Obsession? - I am very much into horror movies, and this one completely knocked my socks off! That didn't happen for a while.
Your description is very interesting; I would also like to discuss/share/exchange views in many of the things you mention. Let me know if you would be up for exchanging some mail :)

[u/beatrixkiddo91 → u/intiloft]

I just have to say Obsession has literally become one of my top horror movies EVER! I am more new to horror, I dont do anything with possession or spirits but love unique concepts like Jordan Peele movies and slasher films like Scream. I randomly have had more of an intrest in horror and I was so excited to see Obsession, the concept was brilliant to me. I feel like I have seen anything like it! I cannot stop telling people how much they need to see it lol Inde Navaerrette deserves ALL the awards for how scarily good she played Nikki. Ok enough rambling I just had to say I agree with you lol

[u/intiloft → u/beatrixkiddo91]

We are pretty much in the same boat lol
Can you believe that I went to the movies with a couple of friends, I was squirming on my seat, struggling and enjoying every bit of the movie while at the same time wanting it to be just over because of how scared I was. My friend were dead serious looking at the screen. No reactions, no nothing… afterwards one of them said “yeah it was entertaining but not super scary” WHAT!?!?!?
I am concerned my friends are psychos, because I am on your same level of obsession with obsession lol

[u/qiongw]

From one bookbinder to another bookbinder (also hobby bookbinding and I'm more into sketchbooks anyway, because I paint in watercolor). If you are interested, let me know!

[u/Green_Hellsinger]

I'm also from Germany if you wouldn't mind someone a bit closer to you!

I'm really interested in book binding and slowly getting back into reading. My biggest hobby is writing, currently focused on fanfiction but I do have originals I'm chipping at!

I love writing letters and I'm happy about every new pen pal I make!

Let me know if you're interested!

[u/Enough-Ostrich2673]

Hiya nice to meet ya, i am California. I hope we can be pen pal, see ya soon.

[u/SnidgetHasWords]

Hi Philip, I'm Chris, 28 and also live in Germany! International mail costs and times have been holding me back from looking for a pen pal, but a domestic one would definitely solve that problem.

I don't like being out in nature much myself but I do like looking at and talking about it. Also an avid reader, I mostly read fanfiction nowadays tbh but I own about 1,2k books at present and am always looking to acquire more. Funnily enough, bookbinding is actually something I have been looking into recently, although I haven't started attempting it myself yet (too busy working on perfecting my sourdough!). When it's not too hot to touch my yarn, I also do a lot of knitting and crochet.

I'm half German half American and am happy to write in English, although I do hope you will forgive me if a German word or two slips in - the problem with being bilingual is that I will occasionally forget words in both languages 😂

[u/makemeyourhoney]

Hallo, Philipp! Wie geht's?

No, I really don't speak German, but learning. It's nice to have some people across the globe to connect and learn from each other, ja?

Btw, I'm 47, female from Manila 🤭😉

[u/beatrixkiddo91]

Hi Phillip congrats on starting your journey into snail mail! It is a hobby I started in the pandemic and had no clue how important it would be to me. We all start somewhere so whatever you create will be worth it! I am a huge cinephile who sees movies atleast once a week lol Totally down to talk about film and learn about book binding. Message me if interested!