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.

How to write this letter

  • 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

1736 public letters
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给两年后的你

生日快乐啊,不过你应该睡了吧。2022年啊,不知道那时你有没有考研成功,有没有来到上海,我们是不是还在一起,未来总是充满了不确定。不管怎样,很开心我的人生中有你,也希望一直是你。看到这封邮件的时候,不知道你是否会想起当年青涩的我们,是否会记得那几年漫漫时光?到时候是遗憾,是感伤,

n5329 2020.11.27
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给姜雨昕

想了很久,还是想认真跟你说一声:对不起那天是我不好,情绪上来了,说话太冲,让你受委屈、难过了我一直记着,也一直很后悔其实我真的很在乎你,也很珍惜我们之间的感情我不想因为我的冲动,把你推远,更不想失去你如果你愿意,能不能再给我一次机会?我会慢慢改,好好说话,好好对你,不再让你伤心等

seeu 2026.04.13
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一封漫长的信

像是一个很漫长的决定等了也花了好长的时间等到让自己的心平静的面对花了很长的时间来勇敢决定时间让人明白自己想要的内心让我追随自己的决定我喜欢你对不起 我做不到做的到可以不去找你聊天做不到忘记自己喜欢一个人只是我不想让自己后悔如果这封信你收到了而我还没有向你表明心意那说明只是我觉得我

Mn 2017.12.22
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我爱过你

我曾经爱过你,那时候的你阳光善良,拥有所有美好的字眼,那时的我就是丑小鸭,平平凡凡,我没有勇气表达我的爱,而且你当时拥有了你认为的幸福,我本性与世无争,也不愿破坏你的幸福,我觉得你的你幸福了我才会幸福,后来,我忘不了,我决定用写小说的方式表达我的爱,我让自己的结局很惨,让自己不在

闫媛 2017.05.24
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写给今天最帅的Michael!

生病那次再见到你以后就一直很想陪你过生日,因为我们已经错过我的生日啦,所以就很不想再错过你的。你记不记得我说过觉得认识你太晚,错过了好多。 不光想喜欢现在的你,更想喜欢以前的你。想知道你是怎么成熟起来,经历了什么辛苦,什么伤心,才变成现在的你,你所经历的那些,我都很想陪你。生日快

張妤潔 2015.06.12
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祝宝贝生日快乐的一封信

宝贝宝贝  生日快乐鸭 我在时光信箱给你写了一封信 今天是你生日 是我第一次陪你过生日 希望以后都是我陪你过生日我会陪在你身边一年又一年  会欺负你一辈子 以后啥事都要你来 不能凶我 不能欺负我要时刻记住我是你的宝贝  哈哈哈哈哈哈 生日快乐么么么  开开心心 快快乐乐过每一天。

甜鱼洁洁 2021.02.16
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写给未来的小金

在你收到这条消息的时候,我们可能已经幸福的在一起了呀,但也可能没有那么幸运,可能也会分开的,我也想和你一直在一起,一起打游戏、一起逛街、一起吃饭、一起睡觉觉。时间会见证一切,好与坏我看不到,但是我可以一直陪着你,保护你,宠着你。爱着你。如果不幸运的和你分开了,看到这封信的时候,如

11464979 2020.11.27
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11/09/10:47

Hi 余思诚:好吧你到现在都没找过我,虽然我也没找你。额但是。。我不想找你。。也不是我不想找你,我超想找你,每一分钟都想找你。但是怕你嫌我烦,还是不找你好了。唔也不知道你现在在干嘛,也没回别人朋友圈。不知道在干嘛。哎呀烦死了。好像有点感冒了,头疼疼的。等会儿去机场,我要去白娘子修

tyj小可爱没头脑 2015.11.09
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对不起哦 我真的感觉要死掉了,明知道你一晚上在干嘛,我想她应该比我更好吧,你们是不是也更和谐,她更能满足你。她一定哪哪都比我好吧。我真的好疼好疼呀。换成任何人都是要死的程度。我一直舍不得删你,总是幻想你某天会回来,我一定不去犯那些错误了不会像曾经一样对你,也会勇敢努力走向你。但是

-QQ- 2026.07.04
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开端

To 先生 现在是22:15分啦。刚挂掉电话。还是超想跟猪猪。已经10天没有报到先生了。想要举高高啦!委屈qwq。今天の月亮潮圆哦!回教室の时候。听见有女孩子说,要跟她男朋友一起赏月。嘻。那我就帮栋栋一带赏月了吧。抱抱没有栋栋の可怜芸芸。芸芸超想栋栋啦。这是周二哦,还有三天,美滋

ayizhiqin 2025.01.13
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开端

To 先生 现在是22:15分啦。刚挂掉电话。还是超想跟猪猪。已经10天没有报到先生了。想要举高高啦!委屈qwq。今天の月亮潮圆哦!回教室の时候。听见有女孩子说,要跟她男朋友一起赏月。嘻。那我就帮栋栋一带赏月了吧。抱抱没有栋栋の可怜芸芸。芸芸超想栋栋啦。这是周二哦,还有三天,美滋

ayizhiqin 2025.01.13
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亲爱的宝贝

你好呀,我的小公主。现在是十点三十三分,还有不到一个半小时,我们就相恋一百天啦。好开心啊,不知说些什么好了。有点语无伦次哈哈。一百天只是开始,这是我所坚信的,未来还有两百天、三百天、、一千天、一万天、、嘿嘿,感觉自己有点贪心了嘿嘿。嘛~总之,我会继续努力,一直一直爱你,一直一直陪

安南 2019.04.09

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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