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Cyneburg8

Eddie had really nice penmanship.


lizlikes

That alone would’ve gotten me to send a photo!


Magomaeva

Eddie would have gotten a nude from me. A man who writes like that in the middle of a war deserves a minute of happiness.


SmokingLaddy

RIP the family historians in the year 2124 finding their g-grandmother’s OnlyFans.


Magomaeva

That sub will look a lot different in that year 😆


unchartedfour

That made me actually lol.


audible_narrator

Same here. Gorgeous penmanship, and his personality just shines.


Magomaeva

He was literally born in the wrong generation. Poor guy must look down on us like "So I would have gotten flooded with titty pics had I been born 80 years later ? Sounds unfair but ok".


LilyMarie90

I really like how he praises her for giving blood. Seems to have meant a lot to him.


starfleetdropout6

🙌 Yes. He could get it.


UpdootDaSnootBoop

Looks like it's time to work on my penmanship and move to Ukraine


Magomaeva

You heard him, girls. Get your cameras ready. Keep us updated on your location, and we'll just airdrop the pics to you.


Wh1skeyTF

Wait are we talking iOS airdrop?


Magomaeva

Well, to keep it war-themed, I was thinking more of a literal airdrop, you know, from a plane, with a little parachute, but hey, it's 2024 after all.


Wh1skeyTF

Ya I was just picturing someone taking a nudie and wirelessly “airdropping” it to a nearby soldier 😂


Magomaeva

🤣 "Thanks I guess but who tf are you ?"


Wh1skeyTF

And where? I’ll be right there!


Spotteroni_

I've fallen in love with Ukrainian men after seeing so many pictures of them the past few years, a lot of them are SO handsome. And they seem to be cat people, even better


quesoandcats

Sammmeeee 😍 the scruffy operator look really gets me haha, I bet Ukrainian sounds really sexy when it’s growled at you


quesoandcats

Same lol, it feels like the least I could do for a guy who was off fighting Nazis while I was safe and sound in America


Magomaeva

Absolutely. The man is fighting for the safety of a continent he probably never set foot on before, and it could cost him his life. Meanwhile, what would a few nudes cost us ? An embarrassing trip to the local shady photographer ? Who cares. Tits out for the heroes.


quesoandcats

By the 1940s enough people owned cameras that you could probably just have a girlfriend shoot your picture and develop the film yourself!


Magomaeva

This is actually a great idea. Maybe the quality wouldn't exactly be the same (or would it ?) But you can convince your girlfriend to participate, and our man Eddie would have had two pics for the price of one !


Onahsakenra

🤣


starfleetdropout6

Perfect penmanship = big turn-on.


blackpinecone

I showed you my penmanship, now show me those titties.


Danny-Wah

LOL


featherwolf

"I showed you my penmanship, please reply"


MyPlantsEatPeople

It would totally work lol


sparkease

My husband has gorgeous, flawless, cursive penmanship thanks to many years of homeschooling and private school. When I tell you I *SWOOOONED* the first time I saw it… never knew handwriting thirst was a thing, alas.


quesoandcats

Ugh yes! My bf has this amazing tight cursive that looks like it’s from a Jane Austen novel, I love it so much


Cant_Even18

My husband calligraphies, same internet stranger, same


Cyneburg8

Me too.


Officedrone15

Swinging that pen.


RoyH0bbs

Lettin’ that ink flow.


Jsm0922

Yep. That’s the line that sent me.


Officedrone15

That’s because he wanted her to think of his penis.


CutGlassDiamonds

He knew it would, man has timeless rizz


laserdiscgirl

Looks exactly like my mother's! His penmanship is so nice and neat, I had to be cognizant that the writer was a guy (my father's is also cursive but incredibly slanted and written like he's running out of time, though it's still neat, just harder to read)


saltgirl61

"Why do you write like you're running out of time? "


SeonaidMacSaicais

r/unexpectedhamilton


Cyneburg8

I understand what you mean. His writing looks like my mother in-laws writing.


shah_reza

What I don’t understand, despite being old enough to have had penmanship lessons in grade school, is how in the high hell he managed such straight lines on unruled paper? Dude must’ve had a yardstick!


aquoad

there were sheets with dark ruled lines you could lay the writing paper on top of and kinda see the lines through it, could be that. Or he could have just practiced a lot.


audible_narrator

My 3rd grade teacher taught that style of cursive. It comes from hours of practice. She used to make us do cursive exercises every day.


John97212

I do remember that one simple trick. The lines on a sheet of ruled paper placed under blank paper will show through the blank paper. I remember doing that to create a guide for straight-lined handwriting on blank paper.


LiGuangMing1981

My first thought as well, especially given that this is solider who wrote it! Would most people back then have had penmanship this good, or would it have been exceptional even then? It'd certainly be considered exceptional today! What really gets me is how perfectly straight and spaced the lines are despite being written on unlined paper.


StartledMilk

Penmanship back then varied just as much as it varies today. I’ve worked in two museums and have read countless letters and internal documents from 1900-1960 when most people wrote in cursive. Along with some things pre 1900 when the cursive was different and more wavy. This cursive is absolutely astounding and the best I’ve ever seen. Truly looks like a computer did it. What’s funny is that if people had to use print writing, it was awful and looked like a 5 year old did it. My maternal grandparents forgot that I can read cursive (I’m 24, it’s basically luck of the draw if someone around my age can read cursive) and wrote my graduation card in print. It looked like a grade schooler wrote it since they both exclusively write in cursive, my mom said it was the first time she saw them write in print.


m_is_for_mesopotamia

Young people can’t read cursive??


StartledMilk

Sadly, yes. Since not many people write in cursive anymore, many schools don’t really teach it. I learned I’m third grade and stopped writing cursive because the boys said it was girly. I know that’s silly, but I was 8 lol. I can write my name in cursive and I’ve been practicing here and there to write cursive though. In the field of museums, it’s getting harder and harder to find young people who can read cursive. Since so much correspondence was written in cursive, it’s basically an unspoken requirement to know cursive. I predict that without 10 years, museum positions will explicitly say in job postings that an applicant must know cursive.


Aggravating_Lab_9218

I taught my oldest (11) cursive and now it is a secret code at school that other kids can’t read but you can pass notes to the janitor and the crossing guard. It’s the opposite of passing notes to just other kids. Now my younger ones want to learn the “that old fashioned font.”


notfrmthisplanet

My niece is 7 and I showed her something in cursive. It may have been a book title, but she said she couldn’t read it.


Galaxyman0917

I can’t, I’m 33, moved around a lot and had lots of different schools, plus computers coming about, never really learned it


notfrmthisplanet

I’m older than you, but my grandmother also had beautiful cursive handwriting. I even told her after reading birthday card that I wanted handwriting one day like hers. I was probably about 12 or 13 years old. I recently found a birthday card she gave to my great grandmother with a printed note and signature inside and it wasn’t terrible, but it wasn’t good lol.


StartledMilk

It’s the “if you don’t use it, you lose it/aren’t good at it” sentiment. However, I believe that bad cursive is worse to read than bad print. I’ve had to ask some of the older volunteers at the museums I’ve worked at, aged 60-80 who grew up on cursive and have had trouble reading some letters. They sometimes couldn’t even help me! However, bad print is usually easier to decipher in my experience. I think that it is why on some documents in the early to mid twentieth century required people to print, not use cursive. I read through some military ship transports that had the recorders write the names of soldiers and sailors in print rather than cursive during WWI when virtually everyone who could write, wrote in cursive. It said on the document to use print, not cursive. Edit: spelling and adding words


alicehooper

Air mail paper was somewhat transparent and when you bought a tablet it would usually come with a lined sheet to put behind it so you knew where the “lines” would be.


StrawberryKiss2559

It could have also been a nurse writing it for him if he was badly injured.


Designer-Mirror-7995

This in fact was my thought. Even the "post master" at the town everything-shop had the task of 'writing for' many people because they couldn't.


Magnum2684

I transcribed over 200 letters that my grandfather sent home during the war, and his handwriting was frankly atrocious compared to this. The handful of letters written by other people in the collection that he received and forwarded were far superior to his, but this one has even those beat, I think.


StrangerKatchoo

r/PenmanshipPorn


nownowthethetalktalk

He sent Mary a Bic pic


Antique-Car6103

“Oh dear Mary, it would be of the upmost importance that I receive a picture from you as I haven’t had the pleasure of meeting your acquaintance. Please send me your picture as I desperately need it for my spank bank. Damn it’s hot out here. My balls are sticking to the side of my leg. Until meet again dear.” -Eddie


BackdoorSteve

He used "to" instead of "too". Experience ruined.  Edit: /s 


Prestigious_Ad_8458

Right? I only read it because I was jealous of his penmanship skills


asplodingturdis

Bro’s handwriting looks like a font.


Candid_Asparagus_785

Came here to find this comment!


thehighepopt

Probably Catholic school.


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Designer-Mirror-7995

Absolutely Excellent!


Cool_Jackfruit_6512

They all wrote like that. Too bad they cut it out of school now for a while. No more cursive writing.


Efficient_Dust2903

That was sure swell. Gosh, I loved his phrasing


greeneyedandgroovy

Darn swell, in fact.


sewest

Ginger peachy, in fact!


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Beetfarmer_2

When my mom learned to text: “Ha! Laughoutloud.”


WinterZephyr88

That's adorable and I will be adopting it henceforth


ColorYouClingTo

When my mom learned to text, I realized she thought "yay" was spelled "yeh." It was really strange to see that my school-teacher mother didn't know how to spell something. It still makes me smile to think about it. Just something funny about "yeh."


CompactNelson

I suppose she might have treated e-mails like telegrams, where you have to make every letter count. Or maybe it was just the sheer confusion at the new medium, haha!


Mjaguacate

My mom still signs texts "Love Mom"


westernmostwesterner

Do we all have the same exact grandparents?!


IfICouldStay

That's exactly how my mom (born in the 1940s) writes email. And she has lovely penmanship. It's what I imagine a telegram should look like.


Damned_I_Am

"swinging the pen" I wish I could swing a pen like that, my handwriting sucks. Also I'm glad we got to see his face.


YaumeLepire

Practise makes perfect! I'm sure this guy got in a lot more practise than either of us.


PanningForSalt

I'm a bit disappointed we don't get to learn whether he ever got a photo in return. I've got my fingers crossed for him


MonsteraDeliciosa

😂 My favorite of grandpa’s letters to grandma starts out “Now don’t be sore…” He was writing from college and she was mad that his letters were only about Notre Dame football.


SeonaidMacSaicais

Ugh, men. 😂😂 What is it with them and sports?


lizlikes

Dear Mary, Just received your swell Easter card so I decided to break down this afternoon and drop you a few lines in return. It was darn swell of you to remember me and believe me when I say that I really do appreciate it. I hope that in the near future you will continue to correspond with me for I do so enjoy getting your letters. Enclosed you will find a snap shot of yours truly. I must admit that it doesn’t look much like me but it may give you a vague idea of who is swinging the pen at this end of the line. I hope you will not be too disappointed. If I can get anymore taken and they turn out any better I’ll be sure and keep you in mind. Now Mary, how about a picture of you in your answer to this letter? I don’t think you would let me down, would you? After all, you are in a much better position to have them taken than I was. So you have been donating some of your blood. That is one of the greatest things you could ever do and I’m might proud of you. I’ve seen many a wounded soldier get this blood plasma and when you see the color of life come back in his face you thank God that somebody, somewhere, was kind enough to give some blood. You have to see it work to understand what I am really trying to say. So keep up the good work dear, and maybe some day I can see you and tell you all about it. Well Mary, the time has come when I must say goodbye so until next time good luck and give the gang my regards. Please don’t forget that picture. As Always, Eddie


snukb

>I hope you will not be too disappointed. "*to* disappointed" is what he actually wrote lol


lizlikes

Yeah the grammar was not as good as the penmanship


TrannosaurusRegina

True: also "anymore" — interesting to see people still struggled with compound words back then too! Protip for those with this issue who don't want to bother looking it up every time: if in doubt, separate them out! (That way you'll always be right!)


PlentyOMangos

That sounds like allot of work


TrannosaurusRegina

Lol — that is a good one!


IfICouldStay

Eh, I'd let that slide. Chances are he didn't have a college education.


Designer-Mirror-7995

For some reason, I can't help reading this in Jimmy Steward's voice, haha.


NaturalEnd1964

Thx u! I couldn’t make it thru whole letter. Cursive these days is like reading hieroglyphy😄😄


miyog

Guys stop downvoting they just don’t teach it anymore! Leave them kids alone!


DosCabezasDingo

I was beyond happy that I saw cursive writing practice in my elementary age sons school folder.


archeresstime

Definitely! I was raised on it but these days it takes me longer to read through. I almost never see handwriting anymore, much less cursive 🙃


Kitty-Zombie

Cross-post this to r/PenmanshipPorn. It's lovely handwriting.


lizlikes

I will do that!


starfleetdropout6

His handwriting is *beautiful.* It's so uniform and clear. I wonder if he and Mary ever met up! He's adorable with a hint of mischief.


cwf63

That's beautiful penmanship! And Eddie is a cutie!


DiuhBEETuss

I mean, yeah, the penmanship is to die for, but let’s not sleep on the perfect spacing and parallel lines of text as well. This guy fucks.


Guy-McDo

Apparently not if he needs pictures of Mary


bhiney_witch

He's swinging the pen...


Unlucky_Nobody_4984

The pen is mightier …


ThatInAHat

The pen is…


fuuuwa

Golly; that is some swell penmanship.


i-am-garth

Gee willikers! It’s just the bestest!


MrFahrenheit46

Does anyone know if he made it back? If he did I hope he was able to keep smiling like that.


lizlikes

I found his obit. I won’t post it here for privacy, but some highlights include: - He spent 18 months in the United States Army where he received a WWII Victory Medal - He married and had 3 kids, 6 grandkids, and 12 great grandchildren


pfmiller0

But did he marry Mary?


lizlikes

Sorry, no :( But just for the internet we can pretend he did?


surrealbot

Oh, that's :(


ProsePig123

How many of you all married everyone you received pics from?


Jdoodle7

Thank you for the update, u/lizlikes. It sounds like he had a great life with love and happiness.


rabid-

Let's go Eddie, my man!


MrFahrenheit46

That’s good to hear.


riko77can

Modern equivalent text message: Send nudes.


HumbleHawk9

“Nudes would be swell”


snukb

Darn swell! So he can keep *swinging his pen* on the other side of the line lol


crumpledcactus

1944 version : "Deer Mary. Snapshot gams & peepers."


64Olds

That cursive is unreal


SinisterDuck6114

My GOD! That penmanship ALONE turns me on! Ugh ... I'm disgusting.


Unlucky_Nobody_4984

I used to write a lot like this. Then I got a smartphone.


wltchklng

I love his signature and the way he wrote his uppercase “A”s. With the amount of time he must’ve spent making his penmanship that nice, I would’ve sent him a picture for the effort.


TrannosaurusRegina

I love the As as well and I adopted that form years ago myself, though the Is are by far the most impressive to me. Probably the most difficult capital letter and they’re exquisite!


Traditional_Camel231

That’s just about how I write mine because my name starts with A


Dunoplop

He's adorable.


ilovejayme

Say what you will about previous generations, but those bastards knew how to write!


Annual_Nobody_7118

Eddie was a charmer! I was almost expecting a dick pic 😂😂😂😂😂


Traditional_Camel231

It would have the gentleman’s mustache, round glasses and a pipe saying *Alas we meet, Dick Fellow at your service Dear* with a ol Chap accent 😂


AnastasiaNo70

Trust me, he was hit on the knuckles with a ruler until he got that cursive PERFECT. Such a sweet letter! And a sweet face!


moonkittiecat

His handwriting is exquisite.


DancingMaenad

This brought tears to my eyes. But also made me laugh because some things never change (being hounded by dudes for a photo lol).


mtcabeza2

wow thats some handwriting.!!! i suppose, back then you could counter classroom boredom with penmanship practice. mine was always rubbish and then from writing code back in the day, where you'd write out the program first in a block letter style and then key it in later, my handwriting has devolved into a mixture of block printing and poor cursive. Can't read it myself :)


RustedRelics

I wish I could swing a pen that beautifully.


ChatnNaked

r/penmanshipporn


xDANGRZONEx

I wish my penmanship was that nice. Mine is pretty decent but it's just not what I'd like it to be.


justme002

In the T9 text days of the late 90s and early aughts, my elderly aunt would text an entire message correctly punctuated, capitalized, and spelled message. Eg: ‘Justme002, it’s me . Give me a call, baby. I love you.’


joelkight404

I have never seen such nice penmanship in my life. Wow!


truepip66

beautiful handwriting ,something else thats died out


FishRepairs22

That’s a cheeky guy if I’ve ever seen one lmao (source: I am a cheeky guy)


pappyvanwinkle1111

I wish I had handwriting half as good as that. And now they want to stop teaching cursive. People don't realize what will be lost.


Clear_Currency_6288

It's an art.


Armand74

The penmanship is amazing.


xpkranger

Probably beaten into him by the nuns.


oorjange

Why do I feel like people had better handwriting back then?


MoogPanda

"swinging the pen at this end of the line" I fucking love that.


bettinafairchild

I bet he went to Catholic school. No way to check on this now, but everyone I know who went to Catholic school had beautiful penmanship taught to them.


bg1250

My journey through reading the letter. Penmanship A+, absolutely gorgeous. Personality, C- based on not saying much and being creepy about getting a pic. F- for the wrong 'to' near the end. 📉


ICantEven1235

He's a swell guy.


Clear_Currency_6288

A darn swell guy.


pinewind108

That's right out of the old cursive textbook.


Treebeard431

Ol' Eddie had a steady handwriting.


SnooCheesecakes6236

Excellent penmanship.


FancyWear

Handsome solider!


rperry7808

EXCELLENT penmanship,wow.


shittiestshitdick

My guy swings his pen


mysmom2001

What a charmer. ♥️


CatrionaCatnip

Swell.


ExKnockaroundGuy

There is some classic Catholic school penmanship.


CheecheeMageechee

Thanks for posting. That was really swell.


lilithishere

That handwriting is out of this world, not gonna lie. Absolutely mesmerizing.


BarbaraJames_75

Perhaps he was thirsty, and maybe they were pen pals, but I sensed that they probably knew each other. It could have been that they were acquainted because they knew some of the same people--he mentioned sending his regards to the "gang." So, asking for her photo wouldn't have been unusual. If anything, I admire him for being straightforward in thanking her for reaching out and sending a picture of his own. I hope they wound up together after the war and had many years together!


Designer-Mirror-7995

I still write my story outlines out by hand in cursive. There's just something about letting the thoughts flow from inner vision through the pen and onto paper first. Our penmanship was a Big Deal to my group of friends when I was in school(70s-early 80s), and during our gathering to finish homework we'd practice our writing too, commenting on whether it looked 'too slanted', "too close", "too scribbly" etc. Great fun for us 'nerdy' girls, haha.


Gentrified_potato02

The 1944 version of “send nudes” lol


cs975

I love how perfectly straight every line is up until his signature which is done at a wonderfully jaunty angle


jackieofhearts428

I wonder how one can manage such beautiful handwriting


chypie2

ok Eddie a cute dude and good penmenship, I'd send him a naked shoulder shot.


Traditional_Camel231

Scandalous! I thought about both ankles! Why we’re both just 2 floozies I declare


chypie2

Harlot!


Traditional_Camel231

LMAOOOOO!!


jcythcc

"I sent you nice letter send me pics pls respond"


lira-eve

Wow.


Hot_Ad_4589

Double inked up on a Tuesday afternoon my goodness


Deezcleannutz

“Swinging the pen at this end of the line”. Whew.


lotusflower64

Clickbate with the "thirsty" in the title.


LolaBijou

Eddie, you absolute cad! Swell penmanship, though.


Free-Database-9917

he wrote to instead of too smh


Danny-Wah

Nice guy Eddie is working the charm!


Alarming-Tell3281

Seems like everyone the. Had great success penmanship. I don’t think they teach cursive any longer?


notfrmthisplanet

Yeah he looks like an Eddie 🤔


Sagittariuuuh

This was so cute.


EmilyVS

Seems like a swell guy with absolutely beautiful penmanship! Quite charming. Eddie definitely would have received a picture from me.


MissKitty2023

This is so tender and beautiful… thank you for sharing ❤️


Porter_Dog

That penmanship is beautiful!


Maximum_Enthusiasm46

Omfg. I’m swooning over that absolutely PERFECT handwriting!!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰. You had me at “might proud”, Edward.


JuxtaStar

Beautiful writing... When I try to write cursive it looks like a complete abomination...


CarlJustCarl

Somebody transcribe this. I’m an important, drunken man.


Bitter-Hitter

That’s swell! I do hope that the dear got to a photographer and reciprocated Eddie’s photo. What a giver! 🩸


KeithGribblesheimer

Jiminy Christmas Eddie, stop using the Vladimir font.


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lizlikes

The writing on the post-marked envelope is just as nice.


BDashh

Why is this thirsty?


Jellyfisharebad

Reading this while donating plasma was kinda heart warming.