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…
我爱你。我对人说过很多谎 但我爱你是真的 我真的好喜欢你呀 你包容我的脾气 可是我总是闹 我被骗过 那时候我认为我没有桃花命我注定会跟人分手所以我觉得找下家可以让自己的痛苦减少 这是一个错误 我现在不那么想了 我爱你我不骗你了 说好一起见面的 可是这样了 。。哈哈。我让你伤心了 我先你的心情养好了再
Feb 17, 2024 · Traveled 3 months 10 days
林大宝写给你未来的信
hi!王子文,猜猜我是谁!现在还和我在一起吗!现在已经2025年2月23日,你的二十一岁生日啦!还有一年就到了结婚合法年龄了!还记得和我答应过什么吗?答应过完二十二周岁生日 接着和我结婚!如果当兵了呢,我就带着户口本退伍的时候去找你,你说说,我们两个人为对方磨掉了多少脾气,这都是因为喜欢吧,其实我也
Feb 19, 2024 · Traveled 1 year
思念
能不能好好聊聊,我真的有很多话想对你说徐茹怡,还记得曾经的承诺吗
Feb 21, 2024 · Traveled 1 month
聚散不由你我 祝你平安顺利
致亲爱的贺洋同学:当你收到这份信的时候是你的第二十二个生日啦 写这封信的时候是你的第二十一个生日 今天去刮了彩票编号22 然后中了30 啊哈哈哈哈 今天出去我没有戴眼镜 但是很奇怪有个人从我身边走过去的时候 身上的味道和你一模一样 心头一颤 我以为那是你了 不知道21岁的你这一年生活是否顺利呢 或许
Feb 22, 2024 · Traveled 1 year
to霞子
生日粗卡阿米达猜猜我是谁,我特意选的白天,如果你没看到我就气死
Mar 2, 2024 · Traveled 6 months 15 days
生日快乐 Boring
Dear Boring:其实我不知道你会不会收到,真的,你又不看qq邮箱,但我也不知道写啥别的地方了。但我会提醒你看的。 我也不知道现在我们是不是还在一起,毕竟这个日子实在是太过遥远了,至少在我看来。这个投递时间设置的是你的生日。但我今天想犯病,而且我们说好了没有出事就不能轻易说分开的~所以就给你写
Mar 5, 2024 · Traveled 9 months 16 days
生日快乐!宝宝!
这是一封来自半年前的信件~现在的我正在出租屋里跟你挂着电话呢,你已经睡着啦。距离你专升本的日子越来越近了,你这段时间好像很焦虑…我总是重复的告诉你你一定能考上的!但是你总是不相信我!你看,你现在绝对是在大学里打开的这封信!对吧!我就说要相信我嘛!嘿嘿,选在你生日这一天是因为你之前跟我说,没有人陪你过
Mar 11, 2024 · Traveled 6 months 3 days
Photo letter
2024年的第一封信
嘿,好久不见。后来,在一种半忐忑半安然的状态中,成了已婚少女。后来,搬了新房,拍了很好看的婚纱照。后来,如我祈祷了好几封信的愿望,成功归队。一切都像梦一场。在你越是不在意、越是觉得放弃了,在那也没关系了的状态中,突然得知,可以回去。挺开心,也轻松了一场。虽说不知能持续多久,但希望,能再久一些,让我历
Mar 21, 2024 · Traveled 2 months 11 days
来自2024的时光短信
董哥,今天是我们认识的400多天,我不知道到底有多少天,我只记得是9696个小时,所以,给我寄点吃的嘿嘿!!! 爱你的周总 2024.3.23
Mar 22, 2024 · Traveled 1 day
给我最最最最喜欢的晨宝贝的一封信~
致毕业之际最最最最亲爱的晨宝:深情感谢与未来祝福 亲爱的晨宝, 随着毕业的尾声悄然接近,我已然提笔写下这封信,满载着对你深深的祝福与无尽的爱意。 首先,我要衷心地祝贺你高中毕业,这是你人生中一个重要的里程碑,标志着你即将踏上新的征程。 回想起我们共同度过的时光,仿佛还是昨天的事情。那些无数个夜晚与你
Mar 23, 2024 · Traveled 2 months 15 days
与妻书
嗨,还好吗?老婆/你不会以为我真的就从此离开了呀,怎么会呢,我可是答应过你,会一直陪着你呢。你陪我走过高考,我陪你完成升本,不是一件很困难的事都已经完成了,我怎么会离开呢,只是头绪很乱一时冲动了,我好想回到过去去拥抱你保护你让你一直是一个单纯的孩子,前路漫漫亦灿灿,如果你愿意,我可以接受你的过去,并
Apr 5, 2024 · Traveled 1 day
致你
他们说,有些事情一旦在不经意间错过了,就再也追不回来了。那些一纵即失的光阴是如此刻骨铭心,但却成了永远的遗憾。我想也是的。兰因絮果,最多是一种无奈,“倘若我真跟电影那样爱了你三五年呢,那你会喜欢我吗.”,我喜欢夏天,喜欢你眼里四季明媚的夏,总觉得这时你在我身边就好了凌晨四点,海棠花未眠,想看你眼里骄
Apr 5, 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.
A Letter to the One You Love, Sent to Your Future
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