YOU’RE GOING TO BE MY PENPAL AND YOU’RE GOING TO LIKE IT

So, I joined Postcrossing. I have sent 6 postcards, and received one so far. On average, it takes one week to receive/send postcards to Europe.

I, apparently, am the best friend of Finland, because I keep getting Finnish addresses to send postcards.

When I signed up for this service, I wasn’t in a very happy place. I was kind of sad, and kind of upset that night, so instead of just sending a postcard, I wrote down everything that is/was bothering me, and sent it to a very nice woman who agreed not to scan the letter and put it online.

BECAUSE I WAS STUPID AND SIGNED MY REAL NAME.

So, I tell Ericka, my co-worker what I had done, and she responded with this:

Ericka: “So, let me get this straight, instead of just sending a postcard, like the service said to do, you sent a postcard in an envelope, along with a letter stating your problems at the moment.”

Me: “That’s about right.”

Ericka: “So, this woman, this Finnish woman, who, even though I know European schools are better than ours and all, is in NO WAY QUALIFIED TO HANDLE YOUR SCARY ADULT WHITE WOMAN PROBLEMS, you send her a letter detailing your issues. Even though this woman just wanted a postcard with flowers or bumble bees or some shit on them.”

Me: “That’s about right.”

Ericka: “Did you just wake up one morning and say ‘GODDAMN FINNISH WOMAN YOU ARE GOING TO BE MY PENPAL AND YOU’RE GOING TO LIKE IT?’”

Me: “No…see” (Ericka cuts me off)

Ericka: “Did she write back?”

Me: “Uh…”

Ericka: “She wrote back DIDN’T SHE.”

Me: “She did.”

Ericka: “AND WHAT DID SHE SAY?”

Me: “That I have scary adult white woman problems.”

Ericka: “You’re damn right she did!”

In fairness, she didn’t say that. She was very nice about it. Especially nice if you consider I brought up religion, and when you bring up religion the gloves are legally allowed to come off and she would have been allowed to bitch slap me via postcard.

I think Jesus says that somewhere in 1 Corinthians or something. “If an Americaneth bringeth up religioneth with a European, the Europeaneth can legally in the eyes of the Lord slappeth the Americaneth, especially if the Americaneth bring up her scarey adulth white womaneth problems unwarrentedeth.”

Seriously though, go join postcrossing. It is pretty awesome.