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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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,美滋滋w。爱你。晚安 木

ayizhiqin

Jan 13, 2025 · Traveled 1 day

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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,美滋滋w。爱你。晚安 木

ayizhiqin

Jan 13, 2025 · Traveled 1 day

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🌸

跟你对视的那一刻真真切切心动过,你的眼睛很深情,你害羞的样子很可爱。其实很想认真了解你,但是没有机会。“如果两个人之间的距离有100步,对方已经迈了99步,最后那一步完全取决于你,你却不动了那她只能礼貌后退。”但结果其实不重要,心动本身就是一件很美好的事,喜欢也不一定要在一起,朋友甚至比恋人更长久,

yyxccjnny

Jan 24, 2025 · Traveled 4 days

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🌸

跟你对视的那一刻真真切切心动过,你的眼睛很深情,你害羞的样子很可爱。其实很想认真了解你,但是没有机会。“如果两个人之间的距离有100步,对方已经迈了99步,最后那一步完全取决于你,你却不动了那她只能礼貌后退。”但结果其实不重要,心动本身就是一件很美好的事,喜欢也不一定要在一起,朋友甚至比恋人更长久,

yyxccjnny1002

Jan 24, 2025 · Traveled 4 days

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🌸

跟你对视的那一刻真真切切心动过,你的眼睛很深情,你害羞的样子很可爱。其实很想认真了解你,但是没有机会。“如果两个人之间的距离有100步,对方已经迈了99步,最后那一步完全取决于你,你却不动了那她只能礼貌后退。”但结果其实不重要,心动本身就是一件很美好的事,喜欢也不一定要在一起,朋友甚至比恋人更长久,

yydxccjnny1002

Jan 24, 2025 · Traveled 4 days

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写给26年的刘浩成

亲爱的刘浩成 展信颜欢 见字如晤 你好吖 一年后的橙 不要想我把你成子给搞错了 我就喜欢这样喊 现在是25年刚过完年的年初 差不多在我们相识快一年的时候 我向你表达了我的爱意 很奇怪 我们的相识到相爱 二四年的年初跟室友打了把王者匹配遇到了你 你丫的上来就拿项羽抢我的蓝 还抢我人头 一整局咱俩都在争

2847339259

Feb 5, 2025 · Traveled 10 months 27 days

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是我,azhe

Dear 妮子酱: 儿童节快乐,申请如何? 一定顺利吧? 把我写的这些截屏发给楠姐看一眼。 发朋友圈也行。 爱你哟~祝你去喜欢的地方学习能顺利。

Rosalie

Feb 11, 2025 · Traveled 3 months 21 days

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你要好好看完!!!!!!

小璇你好啊,好久不见啦,当你收到这封信的时候,我想我们已经分别了一百天,很抱歉我这样对你,我能看出你的生气,我也知道我这样做让我们连朋友都做不成了,可能你已经忘记我了吧,就像我说有天我也只是你过去轻描淡写的某一页,我并不重要,但是我现在好想你啊,网易云好友都不给我留,我想写一写我心里的念想和我这么做

3509738112

Mar 1, 2025 · Traveled 3 months 8 days

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毕业

琪琪:我现在是不是毕业啦 我们现在是不是在一起呢 我在你旁边的话肯定要亲亲你 或者你亲亲我 再或者 我们酱酱酿酿 咱们现在在哪呢 榆林还是西安 是不是热死了 七月份想想就热晕了😳不过我还是很喜欢夏天的 我真的好喜欢好喜欢好喜欢你啊 今天我偷偷看了你的抖音 看到你和别的女生在聊天记录 然后还被你发现了

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Mar 2, 2025 · Traveled 3 months 29 days

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给xx

晚上好!今天是植树节,第714天。当你看到这封电子信的时候,我们已经高考完、各奔东西了。正是因为感觉再也不会相见,所以我写下了这封信。本来冬至的时候就写了一篇的,但是完全不通顺。。。首先祝贺你走完12年的学习生涯!不论考试结果如何,你奋斗过就足够了!接下来好好迎接新的生活吧。好吧,寒暄完了,可以进入

3308098242

Mar 13, 2025 · Traveled 4 months 12 days

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时空邮件

金蒋祺你好 现在是2025年3月18日凌晨1:31 我们又吵架了 这次连朋友都没得做了 我有好多话想说 其实我根本没有绑架你呀 不管你有没有和这个男生谈恋爱 我都无所谓 并不是因为对你的感情一般 只是觉得我现在还太差了 确实比不过你身边觉得好的男生 我压根不在意你变了多少 以前的你 现在的你 我没有

3444565023

Mar 18, 2025 · Traveled 1 year

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致唐宇鑫

亲爱的宝宝,现在是2025年3月19日20:05,现在我在上职业生涯规划的课,你在打csgo,老师让我们写一封信给一年后的自己,但是我想先写给一年后的你!不知道一年后我们还有没有在一起,但是现在的我一定是想跟你永远在一起,我特别特别喜欢你知道吗?虽然昨天晚上才说了我对你的喜欢有99.999999%,

2871507030

Mar 19, 2025 · Traveled 11 months 27 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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