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My SR left Nov 6. and I finally got his form letter this past saturday with his address. I have been writing him pretty much once a day and am wondering if this is too much? How often do you guys write your SRs?

Also, Do you know if they only receive their mail on sundays or do they receive mail everyday and are able to read their letters every night or just on sunday? I dont want him to feel overwhelmed if they only receive mail on sundays by having like 5 letters from me to read. I know they don't get a lot of time.

Also, does anyone know when they are able to start writing letters?

Thanks!! :)

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I also wrote and sent a letter everyday.  He loved the mail, so his sisters and friends would write like once or twice a week as well.  My son never said when they got mail, just that they were allowed to write on Sundays.  I started getting mail about 3 weeks after he left home.  Hope that helps a little.

 

 

My son graduated Sept 28, 2012 and here is my experience with him and letters. He arrived on a Thrus and I did not receive my first letter until his second week. He said he missed the first Sun. because he was so overwhelmed with boot shining, cleaning and getting ready for inspections that he ran out of time. They do get the mail daily, and that starts when they have appointed the designated "mail person". So if you are writing him everyday, he might get a whole weeks worth at one time. That's OK! My son also asked me not to have anyone in the family send him post cards cause the mail person would read them outloud and tease them. LOL! I sent my son one of the questionaires on this site and never got it back, but they are really cool, so maybe you'll have better luck. Try one but wait for at least 4 weeks before you send it. When my son got home on leave from BC, he actually had unopened mail from grandma that he said got annoying. She sent him cards 2-3 times a week and I guess he was bored. But he opened all my letters. I wrote him 2 times a week. I also sent him family pics of us and the dog on just plain white printer paper. He liked those. Hope this helps!

Oh yeah, have tissue on hand when you finally get your first letter. My husband and I both lost it.

Thats awesome! Thanks for your input! I just actually printed a boot camp questionaire. to send him.  A lot of people said to send a self addressed envelope with the questionaire so they can just fill it out and send it off.

The thing is im really bad with mail and postage and stuff lol and I dont know if I need to put two stamps on an envelope if it has 3 pages of paper and an extra envelope inside. do you have any idea?

The Page, Letter Writing & Fun Stuff/Questionnaires to send to your Recruit (clickable link), will give you information.  Write every day.  The 3 page letter and envelope inside will go for regular postage.  We found that we could send around 8-10 pages in an envelope for regular postage depending on the weight of the paper.  You want to avoid sending anything that would require extra postage because that is a red flag and your SR may have to open the letter in front of the RDC.

alleyoop90... you can NEVER write too many letters!  My son left 10/23 and his PIR is 12/21.  I have talked to him once and have received two letters.  The one thing he said repeatedly throughout was please send letters, and a few pictures.  Letters are like gold to them and mean the world!  It is their only connection to the outside world.  So write away, and get everyone you know to write!  Also be sure to keep the outside of the envelope plain.  They will get "picked on" if there is anything on the envelope.  This is from my son who thought he would never be homesick...  He admitted his mother was right... he misses me!  lol   After the first 3 weeks, they can receive mail everyday but can only write/send letters on Sundays.  Hope this helps.  Good Luck!

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