On Your Anniversary, Write to the Next One

After enough years, anniversaries turn into a routine: book a restaurant, post a photo, trade a quick "happy anniversary." But the whole point of an anniversary is remembering — why you chose each other in the first place, and what this particular year held. Here's a tradition that makes the day feel solemn again: every anniversary, write a letter addressed to the next one. Put the year's changes in it — the move, the fights and the making-up, the new habit they picked up, the promises you renewed. Next anniversary, you open last year's letter first, then write this year's. Keep the chain going and ten years becomes ten letters: a chronicle that belongs to exactly two people. It works for more than romance — the day your child was born, the day you got your marriage license, even the day you quit smoking. Below are anniversary letters people chose to share. This year, leave one for your future.

Ideas to get you started

  • Log the year's highlights: the move, the trip, the worst fight and how you made up. Even a plain list works — time will do the seasoning.
  • Write what you honestly feel about them, and about the relationship — the sweetness and the friction both. Only honest letters carry weight years later.
  • Rope them in: write one each, or one together, and open them side by side next anniversary.
  • Set delivery for the next anniversary itself, so opening the letter becomes part of the celebration.

Real letters from the vault

175 public letters
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写给未来的你

你好啊小刘同学!今天还在忙着618抢东西吗?但我要提醒你的是今天是我们相恋一周年了!最近过得怎么样了啊也许现在我已经没在你身边了你可能现在已经在马来西亚了我也面临着马上要专升本了我们站一起的日子有吵架也有开心

n7512

Nov 5, 2021 · Traveled 7 months 13 days

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男神男神你最棒

亲爱的老公: 你好呀~转眼就是我们认识九周年纪念日啦。你有没有变心呀,有没有依旧热烈的爱我呢,热烈到我都烦你的那种哈哈。如果你变心了,就赶紧退出这封信,别往下看啦。我可不想打扰你的新生活,也怕你来打扰我哼哼(手动白眼)。不过说实话,如果你变心了的话,可能你也不会再来打扰我了,我还是挺怕有一天你不爱我

南南和小北

Jan 18, 2022 · Traveled 3 years 10 months

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请接收这份来自云希的邮件哦~

写给我的自如老公!老公你好呀,这是来自2022年情人节的云希!情人节不知道送你什么就给你写一个小作文吧…我很差劲哦!不要嫌弃我拜托啦qwq。那我们就Let's go! Let's go!第一次见到你其实不是在直播间而是在群聊里,那时候我们再聊哈利波特魔法史的时候宝贝你突然说了一句“你们背过题库吗”从

n7734

Feb 12, 2022 · Traveled 2 days

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写给未来的傻逼安琪

宝贝,当你看到这封信时,我也不知道自己还在不在你身边,可能,是因为肉眼可见的新鲜感过了,平淡期让我们各自都没有什么话题,刚刚我跟你说我准备写信,我跟你说是活动来着,你说活动嘛,随便写一写就行了嘛,但其实是写给你的吖。为什么要选这一天呢,可能是因为,在一年前的今天,我们加了微信,所以,这一天,算是比较

May 9, 2022 · Traveled 4 months 2 days

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小宝

嘿 小宝,搓搓手再十二小时马上就是我们一年咯。前不久我在云野丢了小船也不知道有没有看见,最最最漂亮的小宝陪了我这么久 马上就要在遇境一起看烟花咯,这次的烟花有好多可爱图案嘞 你一定很喜欢。这一年我小心眼嫉妒心好多次 老婆都会哄哄我 辛苦老婆了,亲亲你 给你盖小奖章~第一次跨年是在哈利 第二次是在遇境

n8392

Dec 9, 2022 · Traveled 22 days

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写给过俊淼(第一封)

今天是12-15日两周年第三天,想起来了吗,算是给你在一起那么久第一次发烧吧,我二周年写给你的信有看吗,没有吧,知道啦这个时间我们应该分手了吧,从12-15到3-26刚好100天就让这100天内让你明白,我和你分手的理由这100天也算给你最后的机会吧,我当然清楚,你根本没有参加这个活动,生活不就是这

n8403

Dec 15, 2022 · Traveled 3 months 11 days

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追星快乐。

虎子获得专属话筒一周年!特此纪念。

好好爱自己

Apr 28, 2023 · Traveled 1 year

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你的身边还是我吗?小李同学

你好!我猜你看到这封信的时候,时间已经来到了2025年吧,如果不是25年,说明小李忘记来看我写的信了。现在是2023年9月14日凌晨3点24分,这已经是我为你写的第三封信了。我很笨,现在的我不知道和未来的你该说些什么,也许,我应该先问你:吃饭了吗?可这似乎很生疏。其实我想问:我还在你身边吗?会是什么

别开我的叮叮车

Sep 14, 2023 · Traveled 2 years

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给李深微的一封信

我们即将开启我们在一起的第二年啦,这是小狗在24年1月写下的也是我们在一起的一个月,今年我们可能也发生了一些矛盾吧,小狗肯定也做了很多惹姐姐不开心的事情,但是呢小狗爱姐姐的心永远不会变,小狗会永远爱你,小狗肯定也吃了很多很多醋肯定还哭了好多次鼻子,但我想姐姐肯定都心疼的安慰妹妹给妹妹擦眼泪,接下来的

n5607

Jan 17, 2024 · Traveled 10 months 28 days

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우리 자기 사랑해 바이 쪼잉

자기야.. 우리 200일 지났다 우리 잘지내고있겠지?이번에 우리 자기 옆에 떠어냐돼서너무 마음이 무겁고 힘들다요즘 우리 아빠 아빠서 내가 너무 힘들다만약에 중간에 내가 뭐 실수있가나 신경 못쓴거 있으면이해해줘 ㅠㅠ 미안해으와 165일 더 지나면 우리 1년되겠네.. 요즘

shamei8

Feb 1, 2024 · Traveled 1 day

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致亲爱的黄先生

亲爱的老公,今年已经是我们一起度过的第五个520啦!我在五月六日给你写信,前几天我们刚刚举办完婚礼,我们的宝宝也参加了我们的婚礼呢!现在我只觉得幸福,谢谢五年前那场大雨让我们相遇,也谢谢我们的不放弃。对我好一点哦,我也会好好对你哒,我们一起为未来加油吧!爱你的老婆~❤️❤️❤️

n4017

May 6, 2024 · Traveled 14 days

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致亲爱的小涵

亲爱的小涵宝贝,马上和你在一起快一个月啦,也即将迎来我们在一起的第一个5.20,在一起的这将近一个月,我也做错过很多事让宝宝生气,真的很感谢宝宝能给我机会原谅我不和我计较,我也努力努力让自己在以后的日子里,不做,不说让你不开心的事情,如果我以后真的无意说错了话,希望你能多多包涵☹️,因为我真的是爱你

大源

May 8, 2024 · Traveled 12 days

Frequently Asked Questions

Won't it get repetitive, writing every year?

It never does. Everyone who keeps the chain discovers the same thing: the date stays fixed, but the person writing changes every year. Lay the letters side by side and you can see it happen.

Should I send it one year ahead, or further?

Both are common. Year-to-year is the natural rhythm — and free within a year. Some couples write on their wedding day for the tenth anniversary; each completed year then costs ¥1.99, capped at ¥19.90.

What do people mark besides romantic anniversaries?

The day a child was born, the day someone left the hospital healthy, the day a business was founded — any date you want to honor once a year deserves a letter.

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