Owning a Fountain Pen Expectations VS Reality

Don't take fancy writing utensil ownership lightly.

Expectation 1: Using a pen will inspire eloquent content

Reality: A pretty pen doesn’t change the fact that you’re just dumb when it comes to words. While you might not end up writing poetry, your love will keep forever; you will have some enviable grocery lists.

Expectation 2: Your handwriting will magically become as good as a professional calligrapher.

Realty: Your handwriting will become worse. It is as if, by some divine irony, the acceptable handwriting you used every day before owning a fountain pen will become shaky, like a newborn deer’s legs.

Expectation 3: Your designated writing area will acquire the aesthetic you’ve always dreamed of.

Reality: I hope you don’t like your floor because ink sure does.

Fountain pens are unique because they require you to fill up your pen regularly. Unfortunately for your clothes, this is a messy job for someone who likes to hurry, which is you, the person who bought a pen to be like their favorite influencer or role-play as a Victorian intellectual.

Expectation 4: You’ll save a ton of money and be, like, so sustainable.

Realty: The internet now knows you bought one fountain pen. The ads are coming. You might not think you would be the sort of person to buy 13 holiday-themed inks. Allow me, the ghost of fountain pen-owning future, to inform you that you’re wrong. Soon, your drawers shall overflow with fountain pens of all sorts, inks galore, and probably enough stationery to set up a fine arts shop.