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 letters100
亲爱的 你看到这封信的时候 是我们分开的第一百天(如果我没算错的话~_^。不知道这时候的你 不知道这时候我 过得是否安好。这时候的你已经高二开学了呢,应该和你的同学在一起很久了吧,你们应该会过得很开心,毕竟离得近 有所依靠,不会像我同你一样 隔得远远的 远到感受不到彼此的心。不过我也蛮害怕你被骗的
Jul 17, 2024 · Traveled 3 months 8 days
可是 离开你谁还把我当小孩
我好想你。可我什么也不能对你说,你知道吗 我每天都在对着你的朋友圈发呆,有时候我好害怕 害怕你官宣了,可能你们已经在一起了吧,只是 我不知道,我有什么资格说这话呢 心好痛,。……
Jul 20, 2024 · Traveled 6 months 13 days
要好好的
昨晚跟你聊了聊天,很开心,有些话我没说出口,所以我只希望你能好好的,在家里也好在学校也好,好好吃饭好好睡觉
Jul 21, 2024 · Traveled 6 months 12 days
Photo letter
你说的对
分分合合三年,把彼此拖得太累太累了,我们是没有再在一起的必要了,分开对你来说是个 很好的解脱,我愿意听你的话,谢谢你愿意陪我那么久,谢谢你今天愿意和我见面,谢谢你爱过我 。
Jul 21, 2024 · Traveled 6 months 12 days
Photo letter
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是你家里那个药味哈哈,很熟悉很熟悉,就像 你在我怀里,我爱你 灵灵
Jul 21, 2024 · Traveled 6 months 12 days
写给两年后的你
见字如面。我想了很久,还是决定把这封信发送给你。现在应该是分手的第二年了,不知道你过的怎么样。相信这个时候我们已经释怀了,毕竟感情没有上帝视角,看不到对方的爱意和付出。只是有时候回想起来觉得可惜,毕竟我们曾经是彼此最熟悉的人,以前是真的想和你有个结果,我记得以前我把我家里的事说给你听的时候,你说以后
Jul 21, 2024 · Traveled 1 year 11 months
致我最喜欢最喜欢的宝贝-郭嘉薇
现在你要进入大学啦,你在长春,而我却在郑州,相距一千多公里,我的心情应该是很低落的,至少现在我是这样,远离了家乡,远离了你,这种思念使我很难受,我们会正式进入异地恋,网上都说异地恋大部分不会有结果,我也不想给你画大饼,我觉得我不是那个幸运的小部分,但我希望我们可以坦诚相待,相互理解相互信任,只能对着
Jul 28, 2024 · Traveled 28 days
致一年后的你
哈喽哈喽,亲爱的瑶,这是来自一年前的表白,我不知道现在咱俩是什么关系。如果咱俩还在一起那就太棒了。我想着会在这一天跟你求婚,你收到了消息打开会不会很惊喜哈哈哈。爱你!!!如果分开了那真的是遗憾啊,我猜猜大概是我的心死了吧,虽然说不会放手。只要你决定了的事我还是会尊重你的。因为爱你只是我的事,你不爱我
Jul 30, 2024 · Traveled 10 months 2 days
最好的我们
有好些天没有给你写了吧,我以为自己心态平稳些了呢,梦见你的时候才发觉自己的坚强不堪一击,其实还是蛮痛的哈哈哈。要一直向前不要停止脚步,窗外的风景才会越来越美好,家庭给你带来的困扰是你前进的垫脚石,伟灵 不要停下来。过几天就是立秋了啊,真快,我们 我们的最后一个夏天 就要结束了。
Aug 3, 2024 · Traveled 5 months 30 days
来自2024劳保的时光信件请查收
当楠姐你看到这封信的时候,估计我已经不在了哈哈,我不会预言,正在2024年写这封信的我无从得知分开的时间,也可能我们从未分开,挺过了对于我们的爱情来说充满磨难25年。如今我们可能因为外部因素,或者性格不合吵架太累了选择分开,也可能因为其他的原因我们变成了对方老死不相往来,天天骂,或者根本不想提起的仇
Aug 3, 2024 · Traveled 2 years
寄给2年后的劳保
当楠姐你看到这封信的时候,估计我已经不在了哈哈,我不会预言,正在2024年写这封信的我无从得知分开的时间,也可能我们从未分开,挺过了对于我们的爱情来说充满磨难25年。如今我们可能因为外部因素,或者性格不合吵架太累了选择分开,也可能因为其他的原因我们变成了对方老死不相往来,天天骂,或者根本不想提起的仇
Aug 3, 2024 · Traveled 2 years
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当楠姐你看到这封信的时候,估计我已经不在了哈哈,我不会预言,正在2024年写这封信的我无从得知分开的时间,也可能我们从未分开,挺过了对于我们的爱情来说充满磨难25年。如今我们可能因为外部因素,或者性格不合吵架太累了选择分开,也可能因为其他的原因我们变成了对方老死不相往来,天天骂,或者根本不想提起的仇
Aug 3, 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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