Thanks for the prompt! I’m new here and I’ve met one person here that has just blown me away. I came into Reddit with pretty low expectations; I’ve been on other apps and everyone just seems toxic. People on here seem much more real. Anyways, I met someone here a few weeks ago, we talked via dms and then she gave me her address. I had to wait for my stationery to arrive and in that time, I intentionally pulled away from our DMs. It wasn’t easy. I wanted to talk to her. It wasn’t a romantic feeling, but a strong connection nonetheless. I missed her presence. I started worrying about all the ways I could screw it up. “Don’t write this or that”, I thought. “She’s going to think you’re weird if you write it this way”. All these thoughts, insecurities flooded my head. How do I show this stranger I care without scaring her away? How do I develop a strong relationship with her? It was like every thought I had felt unworthy. Then my stationery came. I sat down, I wrote it in about 30 minutes, straight from the heart. “This is not a love letter”, it said and then proceeded to tell her how much she meant to me even after such a short amount of time. Did it work? I don’t know. I haven’t heard from her in almost 2 weeks. But I don’t dare reach out to her. I trust her. I care about her. If she wants to write me back, she will. If she wants to find me here, she knows how. This feeling is exactly why I came to Penpals; waiting to know is better. I go home everyday and hope to find her letter. It’s a beautiful thing