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小锴给欣欣的一封信
Hello欣欣，现在是2025年8月5日11:13a.m.，周二，今天我这下大雨了诶，你那现在天气这么样呀。我写这个的时候你还在睡懒觉呢小懒虫，我之前看到过关于这个网站的东西，今天又刷到了，所以我也想给你写一下。嘻嘻，没错小锴就是那么爱欣欣。先想想你要啥时候收到这封信好呢。。就高考后吧？或者我们两个
2680095378
Aug 5, 2025 · Traveled 8 months 29 days
两周年快乐。
亲爱的宝宝： 展信安。 我怀着忐忑的心写下这封信，害怕我两周年快乐的祝福是多余。但是，我相信我们会走到那个时候。所以，亲爱的，感谢你陪我走过两年，这两年来照顾我许多，爱我许多，包容我许多。两周年快乐！如果我的祝福真的给错了，也不要怪我，就当是以前相爱的我们给现在的你留下的彩蛋吧。如果是这样，看完这封
3305701720
Sep 3, 2025 · Traveled 10 months 21 days
给小陈的一份信
halo,小陈同学： 现在是2025-12-08号中午11：25分，当你看到这封信的时候会不会很惊讶，这里是时光邮局，给未来写一封信。有挺多想说的话的，提笔又不知道该如何表达了。关于要不要给你写这封信，关于这封信要什么时候投递给你，我都思考了很久，时间太长，我在想你那个时候身边还是我嘛，时间太短，有
1419175323
Dec 8, 2025 · Traveled 5 months 6 days
Photo letter
My Dear Love❤️
Hoy se cumplen 6 mesecitos desde que a mi vida llego un angelito a salvarme y darme felicidad, no tienes ni idea de lo agradecida que estoy contigo, p
Miitap
Jun 12, 2026 · Traveled 1 day
5周年
我最爱的小迪宝宝：em收到这个会莫名其妙吗 因为这个是我无聊弄的 好幸运能够遇见你 和你藕断丝连五年 我们就继续纠缠下去纠缠一辈子吧宝宝！未来的路我们一起慢慢的走 我们补药着急 我爱你 2026.6.23
也许是晚安
Jun 23, 2026 · Traveled 21 days
5周年
我最爱的小迪宝宝： 收到这个你会觉得莫名其妙吗 我不知豆 因为我也事无聊写的 你现在给我发消息问我在干嘛 我不告诉你 和你藕断丝连五年了 我们就这样一直纠缠下去纠缠一辈子不要分开吧！我爱你 2026.6.23
也许是晚安
Jun 23, 2026 · Traveled 21 days
感恩相遇，来日方长
致亲爱的师父今天是有“依据”的相识一周年，从单纯的粉丝关系，到叫您老板，直至今日称您师父，我感到十分的荣幸与感激。在这一年里，我在抖音平台上，见了许多人，处理了许多事，见识了人性的丑恶与现实，只有您，是我始终追随的榜样，在教培路上一顿摸爬滚打，我无数次想过放弃，尤其是之前闹误会那次，是我第二次真体会
PatrickDu
Aug 18, 2026 · Traveled 3 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.
On Your Anniversary, Write to the Next One
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