Today, I was so desperate for any kind of male romantic attention that I googled "prison pen pals", and I'm considering writing to one. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my parents told me that they received a letter from a prison. Being curious they opened it up and read the entire thing. It was from this girl I randomly met. Now I have a prison stalker and my parents think I date felons. FML
Today, I hired somebody to send me love letters. I'm that lonely. FML
Today, I felt so lonely that I went on an online chat website and pretended to be a girl just so someone would talk to me. FML
Today, I decided to try something new and sign up for an online dating service, since I can't meet a decent guy in person. The first guy I talked to told me he used to be in a mental hospital for obsessing over a girl, then told me he would be dreaming of me that night. FML
Today, I'm so lonely, I wrote my number on a desk at my university, hoping someone would text me. FML
Today, I was so desperate for someone to talk to I called various restaurants pretending to be interested in ordering food, just so I could have a conversation. I called eleven different places. FML
Today, I was so desperate for a friend that I posted a Craigslist ad to find one. Now my phone's filled with spam and I still don't have any friends. FML
Today, I found out that my daughter's "pen pal" is really a 58-year-old man in prison. FML
Today, I was so desperate for human interaction that I asked a deaf girl in my class if she liked music. I actually signed it to her. FML
Today, my college roomate and I received our first pieces of mail. We were very excited because our mailbox wasn't empty anymore. She got a package of home baked cookies in the mail from her family. I got a letter from a stranger in prison. FML
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DocBastard 40
It's a shame that all the good ones are locked up.
Steve95401 49
A "pen pal" who is in the penitentiary. Not a good choice OP.
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Comments (220)
SusanStyles 5
You do realize they go through your messages before handing them to the prisoners? Bad choice OP.
KelBelAndNats 7
You do realise the manpower required to go through every single piece of mail going in or out of a gaol outweighs the manpower any gaol in any country actually has? And yes, I have spelt gaol right because I'm Australian.
raraisbang 12
My grandfather is in prison and they screen all of his letters. True, he is on death row so alittle more security than a regular inmate, but still.
kissandcontrol01 20
Yes she's right. I know in California all 33 prisons have their mail screened. Lots of fragranced letters and nude photos. The first one to open and read a letter isn't the inmate
nerdsftw 4
... I have a pen pal in prison and it's really not a big deal! Having said that, I've never wanted anything romantic from him...
jnaust 8
But what does he want?
nerdsftw 4
He's in prison for life so 1. It's unlikely he would want anything like that and 2. He has no way of getting it! But I get what you mean.. But I think he feels more paternal than anything else towards me - I'm a fair amount younger than he is.
itsme1321 3
Gee, that's not weird at all...
nerdsftw 4
Haha well I don't think it is! :) the only real difference between our relationship and with my friends is that I can't see him.
lore420 2
You're a retard!
11tyrasinski 12
You can write to me! [email protected]
Aspen_Grace33 27
If you are going to write to one, I'd seriously consider renting a PO box first!
MissLizWolf 8
I think he would appreciate your friendship as much as you appreciate it, give it a try. (:
olpally 33
As long as you don't write to lois's brother "the fat guy strangler" you'll be fine.
kimg0885 23
Match.com sounds safer. Even Craigslist, only one in a few thousand may be a real cereal killer, your odds are better this way op.
menacingsprite 3
Man I'm a cereal killer. I love to kill that special k with red berries every morning. :-/
lorenza87 3
I had a prison pen pal... Not for romantic reasons tho
CoconutOil 7
I can just imagine your first letter back... "Dear OP, It is a pleasure to get to know you. One questions, have they invented a non-slippery soap yet? If so, please send me 2 boxes"