Personally I always hated cursive and the first chance I had I switched back to print! But a handwritten letter or note will always be more cherished than an email. Some things shouldn't be given up completely just because it's easier! Just my two cents!
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I wonder if a large part of your hatred of cursive came from having to do it with a ballpoint or pencil. My hypothesis is that the ballpoint killed cursive. With fountain pens (and the earlier dip pens and quills), it flows so easily that we don't push down, just guide the pen. Cursive is much easier than print when using one. You just push the pen around basically. But then the ballpoint came. Especially those early ballpoints were so crappy you had to push down with some degree of force to make them write. Suddenly, cursive became hard. Pushing down continuously as you wrote made your hand tired, sore, and made the letters look bad. So we all collectively switched to print, which was suddenly much easier to do.
It honestly may have been. I still remember how to right in cursive, but I don't because printing is what I do now. And most notes I write on a keyboard. So beyond sticky pads I just don't even make many notes! I never had a quill to use, and it may be a lot easier!