Presently letters became exotic. Seldom to whom comes to mind to send a paper envelope with the message and to wait for the answer. We write business messages, we try to lay as much as possible sense in the smaller number of words, filling tex SMS, we send each other references and ridiculous pictures. For this reason, men who at some point of life need to send to the friend the message on electronic or a regular mail, often just do not know how to write the letter to the friend that has to contain in the text and how to begin or finish the message.
How it is correct to write the letter to the friend with a request for the help?
At first define the message purpose, it can be both the solution of a business matter, and expression of a request, and the reply to the message which is earlier sent you. Thus, the guy will define a letter subject. It is worth remembering that even if your purpose consists in the solution of a business matter, to you it is not necessary to begin the text directly with expression of a request or the offer. After all you should not forget that you are friends. Therefore try to ask at the beginning of the text, what about the friend what new occurs in his life and as health of his family.
Further, surely tell about the news, it is interesting to men to read that the friend received a new position or sold the car. You should not write too much about the wife, the girlfriend or children, as a rule, such issues cannot be discussed between guys.
Only after that it is possible to turn to that question or a request which are the message purpose. Carefully think over the text, it should not be too insisting, the fact that, you are on friendly terms, is not an occasion in order that the person felt guilty if it has to refuse to you. But also not too minimize value of this question for yourself. If the friend decides that your request is not so important, then the probability of refusal increases. It is necessary to observe golden mean.
Not less important and how you finish such letter to the friend. At the end it is necessary to thank the person for the fact that he spent the time for reading the message and also to assure him that irrespective of the decision made by it, you keep the friendly relations. It is necessary to make it surely, male friendship should not collapse because one friend could not help another.
To properly write the letter to the friend living in other country?
If the friend lives in other state, then, first of all, he will be interested not in details of your private life, and the fact that there are cultural life others to it countries. Describe customs, lifestyle and also the main news. Men, of course, like to argue on policy, but try to avoid it. Disagreements can raise these questions, so, instead of the cheerful letter the friend will turn out not absolutely pleasant debate which can end with heated arguments.
Surely define for yourself style of communication with the fellow foreigner. Try not to violate rules of etiquette which are adopted in other country. Esteem, to properly begin and finish the letter in the state where the friend lives, also study the list of subjects which cannot be discussed there. For example, in England not too love when mention their relatives, and in Germany to ask about the wife and children, on the contrary, is sign of good education.
Also you should not write the first letter to the fellow foreigner with expression of any requests. It simply is not polite. Such message can destroy the friendly relations. And here it is quite possible to invite the virtual interlocutor to himself on a visit, but here already guy has to solve whether he wants to receive the visitor. If there is no confidence in it, then to express desire it is not necessary to meet.