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    How long does it take for a letter to reach your SO's country?

    For those in international LDRs, can you depend on reliable mail service or do you have to deal with long waits?

    I mailed out my first letter to my SO 2 weeks ago and it still hasn't arrived (US to Nicaragua). I'm a little nervous b/c there is apparently a big problem with lost/stolen mail and on top of that, there is no real address system (addresses are something like: 100 meters down the road from the football field, across from the bus stop). I am just hoping it arrives ok, I wrote something really sweet and sprayed perfume on it and everything

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    I don't trust the mail service. The last time I sent a registered package to my boyfriend and was tracking it for a week and a half, until it said it was redirected, and stayed that way for a month. Slightly more than a month later the package arrived at MY doorstep. What a waste of my money. ):

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      #3
      Most things only take about a week between PA, USA and Helsinki, Finland. Letters are a bit quicker, but occasionally customs decides to hold on to packages. It took three weeks before they notified him of one of the packages I sent. I'd imagine Nicaragua might take awhile, but since it was just a letter, there's no reason for anyone to be too interested in it. Hope it gets to him soon!
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        #4
        Originally posted by Moon View Post
        Most things only take about a week between PA, USA and Helsinki, Finland. Letters are a bit quicker, but occasionally customs decides to hold on to packages. It took three weeks before they notified him of one of the packages I sent. I'd imagine Nicaragua might take awhile, but since it was just a letter, there's no reason for anyone to be too interested in it. Hope it gets to him soon!
        Wow, a week all the way to Finland is super fast! I think I'd be way too nervous to send a package to him. You would figure a letter would be uninteresting to most, but the only way to find out if there's cash inside is to rip it open and take a look. This is what I'm most nervous about b/c if it does get opened, it certainly wouldn't be delivered.

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          #5
          A week to Finland? Wow that's some kinda wonderful postal system! My last letter took 3 weeks to go from Canada to the US... I could have WALKED it there faster, haha.

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            #6
            yeah i'm actually waiting on a letter right now, usually it is between 2-3 weeks to go from canada to Usa, i really don't know why it takes that long being we're both in north america and it's not that far.....

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              #7
              It depends. A postcard or a letter/small package usually takes one week (Germany to New Zealand). It also took up to two weeks at one point though. A box takes around two to three weeks. Maybe even longer. I once sent a big box full of clothes to my SO and it took around three or four weeks.

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                #8
                It takes about two weeks from my country (Austria) to my SO's adress (South Africa), if I want to send a care package. However, that was the only time it worked my way because the other three times package was lost or stolen. Grrr..... I hate unreliable postage system! And I really want my packages to get to him on time....

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                  #9
                  used to take 4 days, last time I sent one it took THREE WEEKS! Flipping mail has slowed to a crawl between USA and UK it seems to me lately Or they just hate me lol
                  Ann

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                    #10
                    Today makes a month and the letter still hasn't arrived. Starting to lose hope

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                      #11
                      My SO has sent me small packages and i've sent him letters in the past. From Scotland to here in California it took about a week only
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                        #12
                        when i sent the package to him it took somewhere between 2 and 3 weeks (from Pa, USA to Brisbane, Aus) seemed pretty good considering XD it got there like 2 days after his bday >.> so the timing was reall close

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                          #13
                          So, I found out my letter just got there. Total time US to Nicaragua= 7 weeks.

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                            #14
                            That's insane.

                            My partner is in Dublin. I'm in California. When I send him something, be it a package, a letter, etc., it takes about a week or even less than that.
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                              #15
                              So far I only sent one package from Germany to my boyfriend in China. I expected it to take at least one weeks. But only six days later I got a message from my SO: Your package arrived

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