I was checking through some old papers and documents the other night and right at the bottom I find a love letter written to my mum by my dad , when he was serving in the Navy in Korea over 55 years ago. I was very impressed , ..was well written and knew just what to say. Then it occurred to me I’d never written anything like that, ….not sure if I ever will.

Do women still like romantic gestures like that or are those days long gone? Would you swoon or would you cringe?

Who's actually written one?

I kind of like the idea of that, but..nobody has written me any love letters.

Kev always writes me a few paragraphs in every card he's sent me since we met - and it beats flowers and chocs anyday


So come on guys, Valentines day is coming up - get your ''pens'' out

Yeah, when I lived in cornwall I was seeing a guy in hampshire so we only met up once every couple of months - we did the usual texting/email/phone call thang but we still wrote long letters to each other - it IS more romantic and personal than txt/email - like you found out, you can keep hand-written letters for donkeys years where as txt/email are gone forever in the click of a button.....how many of your great-grand kids are going to giggle and weep over your emails and texts, compared to hand-written letters lovingly kept safe in a shoebox tied up with red ribbon??!!

From my youth I have quite a few and I always appreciated them. Most guys then used to write songs and poetry more than love letters.

To be honest, as much as I love that kind of romantic expression it now reminds me more of all the web scammers, 'cos they use so much of that sloppy, over the top romantic garble it's spoilt it all............................

ah yes i have written poetry and given it to lovers, they seemed to like the fact that i had gone to the trouble of that...

Gosh that reminds me when I was at college age 16 this lad I really fancied - on valentines day he put a handwritten poem under my locker door and signed it - I rushed to my mate all excited ---- and she had exactly the same thing too, signed by him and all.

If I had somebody to do it for, I would always try to put into words exactly how I felt. Its saying it I have the problems with.

Funny enough i was tidying through and old box of photos and stuff that i had left at my mum since me and my hubby split up, i found a couple of letters and cards we had sent each other ........... have to agree with Claudia, i love receiving letter and and cards, much more personal than nipping to Sainsburys for some flowers ........... So in answer to your question Jim, YES girls still love that sort of thing ...................