Hand writing becoming ancient history

My boomer mother in law is one of the last examples left from the old world. Where school prioritized teaching kids to hand write. She writes poetry and grocery lists and notes all by hand. And is always in need of new ink pens.

For her birthday I'm getting her more ink pens, and never before has it been this hard to find a decent price for a couple blue ballpoint ink pens.

They are mainly found on scrapbooking sites like "CreativewithMia.com" where they take delivery charge double the price of the product.

I searched for around an hour scrolling scrolling reading typing scrolling. Until I found 1 product that had blue ink pens in a set of 10, with good hand grip in different colours and normal delivery costs. I snatched up the last one in layer.

(Ps. Not everyone online is from the US)

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ViciDraco · 41-45, M

I was forced to hand write (assuming you mean cursive) from grades 2 through 4 in a private school. Print writing was allowed in 5th grade when I swapped to public and I never went back. Having experience with both, I'm not surprised handwriting is dying. I've never really liked it.

But it is sad that the people who do like it are having difficulty finding quality products to support it. I will suggest maybe trying an art supply store in the future.

Queendragonfly · 31-35, F

@ViciDraco I think she writes in cursive mixed with her own style she has developed over the years.

I get that it's losing it's fun if it was forced on you. Just like reading books. But I found my way back to it by choice later in life and now it's associated to freedom.

I do use notes on the phones more and more often though but I always wanna keep the pens and the physical note books around me. It just feels wrong not to.

ViciDraco · 41-45, M

@Queendragonfly I take physical notebooks with me all the time. I write by hand often. Though typically with mechanical pencil for my purposes. But I use print instead of cursive. It's always been easier for me to write and far easier for me to read back later. A personal taste thing, really.

Queendragonfly · 31-35, F

@ViciDraco Seems to be a pattern of forced cursive writing from people age 40+ and up.

I never learned cursives so I've always written "normal" as I call it.