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
20150423
老婆。。。我得回去好好调整了。。。这两天你给我说的最多的就是你对他有感情,放不下,毕业一切就都结束了。。。太了解你。。。这两个月随你吧。。。真不知道能不能撑两个月。。。还是那句话。。。如果我还在。。。我肯定在来接老婆的路上。。。
一年的纪念日.
2012年9月我们相遇,相爱.今天我们一年了.不知道是否还和你在一起.不知道是否还那么爱你.不知道是否还像当初那样.未来是无法猜测的.但,时至今日,我是多么爱你.我希望我16岁爱上的你.是我22岁所嫁之人.陈铭汉.我爱你如当初.
写给未来的傻瓜
3年后的傻瓜当你看到这封信是不是很好奇圣诞节快乐、很特别的日子现在的你应该成家了,有了孩子不知道你过的是不是比我幸福你一直在我心里,怎么都抹不去我每天想着你生气的样子害羞的样子、闹人的样子请允许我说一句:我想你了
你要过得很好
秋宜,希望你以后一定要过得比我好,比我幸福!需然分开了一年多了.我并没有忘记你,也没有忘记我们一起开心的日子!我明白你的处境,知道你还爱我的!可惜错的时间遇上你! 祝愿你事事顺利!
给老琦的一封信 2025.9.3
今年最后一天,我100000000%依然爱你,元旦能不能在一起过呀?不过,幸好这周五你就能来找我了,干什么我不能说哈哈哈,3个月前是你来到哈尔滨上学之后第一次来找我,嘻嘻。不知道这三个月里我们关系好不好,你还来不来找我😚
我不再有耿耿于怀的权利了
时间真快呢,一下子就立秋了,中学时代的最后一个夏天,就这样草草结束了,我不甘心,可是我已经没有耿耿于怀的权利了呢。你过得一定很幸福吧,你知道吗 我每天睡醒都在害怕 害怕刷到你的朋友圈,刷到你的官宣。我还是好爱你,但 谁知道呢
送给笨蛋的一封信
这是来自2021年2月9号给你写的信主要是想告诉老公在一起不容易,从2018年6月15到现在我对老公一直不好还凶老公闹脾气经常不乖惹老公不高兴,但是宝贝知道错了会慢慢改正,也会一直爱老公,一直在一起。老公也不能放弃我哦!木啊
写给未来的你
许晓敏,今天是11.28日,我们的分手时间,唔,我很爱你,可惜这辈子没有缘分,下辈子如果还能遇见你,我愿意去找你。也请你接下来的日子里努力变好,找一个比我更爱你的人好好照顾你吧。你的小倪~2020.11.28
给我最爱的男孩
你好呀!王大平。数数我们在一起的时间都快四年了。你现在戒烟成功了吗?工作怎样?还是总有那么几个讨人厌的同事吗?你有监督我减肥吗?我们还是像以前一样喜欢互损对方吗?说好的要一起去云南大理、去四川九寨沟、去重庆吃火锅,都去了吗?
给真姐
去年的今天,付浩浩惹你生气了,是第二次删掉了微信,对不起,看你眼睛都哭肿了,瞬间特别心疼,我哄了你好久,还耍赖了,视频的时候: 你穿了很厚很厚的睡衣出去买饭,热的全身出汗,有特别好笑。 哈哈哈。。。
猜猜是谁给你寄信啦
亲爱的小沙: 你有猜到,卖狗贩是什么意思嘛?我之所以不当面和你说,是因为有点冒犯了啦!希望你能原谅我的不礼貌,其实答案很简单,这是我最希望你的样子,如果有可能的话,我希望未来也能一直这样称呼你,My girlfriend
现在你还好吗
不知道收到信的时候是否结束了内耗。你们还在没在一起。就算已经结束这段感情。希望你不要因为失去而感到悲伤,结果不重要,重要的是你们曾经用力的相爱,至少当时的你,是感谢他的陪伴的。同是也希望这个时候的你,是开心的,自信的。
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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