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.
How to write this letter
- 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
352 public letters写给未来的老公王钦民
今天是2020.11.28我们两周年纪念日，当你收到信的时候是不是已经是这一天啦，爱你哦
张牧恩
2020.11.28
写给未来的我们
又过了一年了 现在的我们应该已经拍好婚纱照了 应该也成合法夫妻了吧 嘿嘿很期待噢 爱你
n6173
2020.12.05
五年之约
别忘了和元芳的五年之约，一个走遍中国的梦想忘了自己的qq号：2973759312，
n1699
2016.10.07
你还好吗、
嗨，你还好吗。和他还好吗。今天是你们一年了，还好吗还相爱吗，还爱另外一个他吗/？
n32
2013.03.18
野 520快乐
在一起的1664天，爱你宝贝🥰距离繁星更近的每一步，都是开拓的收获。
Aki_hitomi
2024.05.12
写给3年后的李昶江和刘娜
如果我们还在一起 你没有走掉 我没有走掉那 我们这辈子都不要分开了
清风徐来星人
2018.08.01
写给猪
2020/10/20恋爱886留念。哈哈哈哈哈哈哈笑死了臭猪猪
632
2020.10.20
四周年快乐
2014.12.24----2018.12.24四周年快乐！
白泽子
2018.11.19
十八岁的约定
和阿平的十八岁的约定go to Thailand
鉦Zz
2017.02.03
十八岁约定
和阿平的十八岁约定go to Thailand
鉦Zz
2017.02.03
漫长一生里爱与分开并不相悖 新婚快乐
漫长一生里爱与分开并不相悖的 新婚快乐。。
333333333
2025.07.18
30岁的你们 结婚了吗
今天是在一起的6周年，30岁的你们结婚了吗
n660
2023.04.11
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; longer terms are a one-time fee from ¥3.9 up to ¥19.9.
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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