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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写给未来的你

今天是2024年第一天 写给未来的你 这个时候你和别人在一起里面 还是我来找你了 我今天晚上真的好爱你啊 特别想你 可能这些都会化为乌有吧 如果这个时候我们已经不联系了 祝你新年快乐

n8540

Aug 12, 2023 · Traveled 4 months 20 days

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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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一封给我最爱的通通公主的信

一封给我最爱的通通公主的信收到这封信的时候,应该是我陪你过的第一个生日啦,先说一句生日快乐我的公主!!第一个生日,我总在想送你什么才能永远让你记住,想了很多总觉得差点意思,那就先写一封信送你吧,一封能表达我说不出口的心里话的信。我在写你,也在写我们。从哪说起呢,时间过得实在太快了,也可能是某个瞬间,

wuhaokun

Nov 5, 2023 · Traveled 2 days

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一封来自2024年01月13日的信

halo!因为今天我收到了一封来自去年的我写给自己的信,所以我突发奇想,我也想给你写一封信。如果我们现在还在谈恋爱的话,应该是在一起一年多了吧。现在的我们,才在一起不到一年,我对你从熟悉到陌生,我发现,其实你根本不是我想象中的那样。你很特别。因为我看了很多爱情故事,所以我期盼着自己的爱情也是百分百的

n8090

Jan 13, 2024 · Traveled 1 year

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一封来自2024年01月15日的信

老公,老公,和你在一起我一直这样叫你,今天无聊看到了我大学时候给我舍友写的时光信,今天我也突发奇想给你写,首先不管三年后咱俩是有缘分还是没缘分,还是那句话我一直相信你是潜力股,我永远都希望你能实现自己的梦想,其次遇到你很高兴,虽然咱俩思想总是碰撞,总是不一样,但是吧还是莫名其妙喜欢你,目前为止感谢你

环环

Jan 15, 2024 · Traveled 2 years

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27岁的占

萍萍崽永远爱小占占👩🏻‍❤️‍💋‍👨哈哈哈哈其实这是我写的第二封 第一封是三年后收到,但是我觉得太长了,所以在写一封给两年后的你,(准确来说没得两年,因为在你生日收到的好像是一年半)深情告白一下你是我当下最想嫁的男孩,以后也是,幻想过跟你很多未来,希望最终我们有个非常好的结局,太矫情的话就不说啦,我

不许欺负萍萍矮qqcom

Jan 16, 2024 · Traveled 1 year 5 months

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一封来自24年麟写给涵的信

我希望两年后的我们可以变得更好,不会再像这样一直不说话了。我这几天好想你。不知道未来看见这封信你会不会还在我身边,我想一直陪着你,一直。今天我又想哭了,因为你解除了我们qq情侣关系,我以为我们还可以像以前那样,但是我发现我们都成熟了,起码你成熟了,我还不想成长,哎。希望你还陪着我一起吧有好多话想说又

n5677

Jan 17, 2024 · Traveled 2 years

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一封麟写给涵的信

我希望两年后的我们可以变得更好,不会再像这样一直不说话了。我这几天好想你。不知道未来看见这封信你会不会还在我身边,我想一直陪着你,一直。今天我又想哭了,因为你解除了我们qq情侣关系,我以为我们还可以像以前那样,但是我发现我们都成熟了,起码你成熟了,我还不想成长,哎。希望你还陪着我一起吧有好多话想说又

n5677

Jan 17, 2024 · 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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来自...年前的时光邮件,请查收

我希望两年后的我们可以变得更好,不会再像这样一直不说话了。我这几天好想你。不知道未来看见这封信你会不会还在我身边,我想一直陪着你,一直。今天我又想哭了,因为你解除了我们qq情侣关系,我以为我们还可以像以前那样,但是我发现我们都成熟了,起码你成熟了,我还不想成长,哎。希望你还陪着我一起吧有好多话想说又

n5677

Jan 17, 2024 · Traveled 1 day

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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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小年前

2024年2月1号,星期四,天气晴,气温-12°C。 早上七点半在碧桂园西湖的次卧起床,因为正在感冒,所以脑袋有点懵,对话不多,不过看起来你心情很好。 你先去洗漱了,我便去蹲坑。等到你开始在镜前画眉毛,我便上来逗你,与你打闹了两下。 我一边洗漱一边想着感冒以来已经三天没给你做早饭了,虽然是糊弄着做,

鄂尔多斯没蚊子

Feb 1, 2024 · Traveled 1 day

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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