A Letter to the One You Love, Sent to Your Future

The most extravagant thing you can do with love is keep this exact feeling intact. The sweetest things said out loud fade into the everyday — but put them in a letter, addressed to your first anniversary, the night before your wedding, or an ordinary day ten years from now, and they become proof, delivered to your future selves, of what this love looked like at the start. People here have written through the hardest stretch of long distance, to "the us who finally live in the same city." One person wrote down every nervous heartbeat the night before proposing, addressed to the couple's tenth anniversary. Others simply want to tell a future partner: I love you so much right now, and I hope we're still together when this arrives. Nobody knows the ending when these letters are sealed — and that's exactly what makes them moving. It's a promise made in earnest, mailed to the future. Below are letters couples chose to share. If there's someone on your mind, write this moment down.

Ideas to get you started

  • Capture your ordinary days: the restaurant you always go back to, the little habit of theirs that gets you, the last thing that made you both laugh. That's what the future wants most.
  • Write the thank-you or the apology you've never managed to say out loud. A letter makes it easier — and more solemn.
  • Pick a delivery date that means something: your anniversary, their birthday, or a future the two of you have promised each other.
  • Or each write one and swap — schedule them for the same day and open them together. Plenty of couples do.

Real letters from the vault

1463 public letters
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思念二

有人能让我等这么久,没有人能让我伫立在街头,没有人能让我孤独在忍受,没有人能让我泪水心里流,只有你。你思念过吗?如果你思念过,你或许可以理解我;你真的爱过吗?如果你真的爱过,你或许可以理解我。不是所有的爱都能说明白。或许有一天,你回唤醒一个沉睡的爱,你会点燃一个炽热的关怀,那便是我。在岁月的山重水复

景儿

Nov 23, 2022 · Traveled 1 day

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无题

……又是一年圣诞节,今年没有你,以后或许也没有,就这样吧,无论结局如何很感谢上天让我遇见你…….其实也没什么好说的了,一首五月天的《后来的我们》送给你,很抱歉没能给你承诺的幸福,如果有下辈子再补偿你吧,要照顾好自己,一定要幸福。

n8376

Nov 29, 2022 · Traveled 26 days

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想和你过这这个冬天

我这么久了也有在好好生活啦,和她在一起也蛮好的,只是没那种热情了,感觉不会再那么爱一个人了,那是和你在一起才有的感觉,算算下来也一个月了,如果你也和我一样忘不了我,你就回来找我,我们从新开始好吗,我不想再错过了,和我一起跨年好吗

n8379

Dec 1, 2022 · Traveled 1 month

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可以忽略的信

首先在这里祝你跨年快乐吧,这段时间我也有在好好生活啦,我和她过的也没那么幸福啦,我也试着把心里腾干净去爱她发现没用,每次凌晨的时候就会想到和你以前的点点滴滴,虽然我知道都过去了,但是我以后也不会那么幸福了吧,我知道你是真的想退出了,是和我在一起很痛苦吧,我还是想把你追回来,想在你累的时候肩膀给你靠,

Dec 1, 2022 · Traveled 1 month

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来自2022年12月3日的信

,今天是你的生日,我一直都记得你的生日啊~之前也给你写过一封来自2022年的信,不过刚刚提示被退回了,所以我觉得你应该收不到那一封信了,所以呢又给你写了一封信,这次你应该可以收到了,发送时间是你生日那天,这个时候你应该是22岁,应该工作了,我应该也工作了,你会不会想起我是谁啊?应该还记得我吧,毕竟只

n8383

Dec 3, 2022 · Traveled 3 years 2 months

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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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老婆 对不起 我的错我都在承担!

我在写一封信寄去远方的你,笔在纸张的哗哗声撬动着岁月的灵魂深处,黑白相间的间隔精算着生命的尺度,或许,远方的你,是知道的孩提时代的我,跨过了时间的刻度,以秒针走动的灿烂过着时针转动的生活。那会儿,你的回信多是赞许和仁爱,自那以后,我习惯了将情绪倾斜于你,你却温柔了我,直至现在,如果你还爱我,我不要年

n8395

Dec 10, 2022 · Traveled 22 days

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致我喜欢了很久的男孩_

亲爱的小涛同学: 最近过得好吗?我挺想你的 还记得在教室里的我吗 那个时候的我喜欢每天 悄悄盯着你看 喜欢观察你的一举一动 对你有种莫名的好感 怎么就喜欢上了这个笨蛋呢

王木木

Dec 14, 2022 · Traveled 1 day

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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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写给过俊淼(第二封)

今天是12-17今天是我们病好的第一天 我们一起去唱了歌,我很不开心,但是我什么都没有说,因为我知道你根本不会注意的到,因为你只顾着和他们唱歌,不顾我的感受,我最爱的歌,你也没有想起来 你说跟我在一起没有什么好处,我们之间好像没有那种新鲜感了,一切为了生活而生活 ,你已经很久没有觉得我在你旁边,醒来

n8403

Dec 17, 2022 · Traveled 3 months 9 days

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羽羽小姐

羽羽小姐,时间过得飞快,转眼就到2023年了,今天是2023年的第一天,是一个新的开始。此刻,大家正沉浸在新年的氛围里,难忘今宵,就像我的心情,期望能够很快见面。祝福,永远美丽,新年快乐!

菜菜

Dec 19, 2022 · Traveled 12 days

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写给未来的…

哈喽宝宝 2023年啦 很幸运能在2022年的12.1号遇见你 时间过的好慢啊 明明才相处到短短的一个月时间 却已经感觉有好久好久了 嘿嘿 还有十天就可以见面啦 好激动 也有点怕你见到我后会跟你预想的不一样 会失望 虽然你对我说过 我什么样子你都喜欢 但是我还是怕会失去你 我也是个内心挺自卑的人吧

小丁

Dec 20, 2022 · Traveled 12 days

Frequently Asked Questions

What if we break up before it arrives?

Once sealed, a letter's content and delivery date can't be changed — but if you truly don't want it sent, you can delete it from your letters page before delivery day. Many people play it safe by sending the letter to their own inbox and deciding later whether to pass it on.

Can my partner peek at it early?

No. Between sealing and delivery day, nobody can read it — not even you. The surprise stays whole.

How far ahead should I send it?

First anniversaries, wedding anniversaries, and birthdays are the favorites. For a first letter, keep it within a year — it's free, and the anticipation is just right.

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