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写给三年后的陆筱霖
我突然不知道该说些什么哈哈。我觉得三年以后这封信送到我们两个邮箱的时候我们肯定是一起看的,我们一定不会分开。这封信送到的时候已经在一起三年零七十五天了,再等我三年,我们就把陆小姐变成刘太太。嘿嘿,爱你呢乖乖。
写给未来的我们
肖楠你说如果我们现在在一起会是怎么样的,我承认我真的很爱你,幻想过好多我们以后在一起的画面,可能你收到这封信的时候,已经2025年了,我那个时候就在想了,如果我们在一起,我们应该孩子都有了吧,遇见你真的很开心
2024.7.13
灵灵 我考了460,我走了一条自己想走的路,可是,我再也没有你 了,我心好痛亲爱的~回忆我们共同走过的曲折~是那些带我们 来到了这一刻~让珍贵的人生有失有得~也开始有个人 为你守护着~我该心安或是 心痛呢~
冬天到了
冬天到了吗?天气变冷了我想起以前读书时候的冬天都是和你在一起的。我看到旧照片,2014年10月份的,你给我拍照,我给你拍照。还在上海,老太太的房间。纪念日过去了,你来找我了吗?我没有装可怜你现在有新女友了
田田
亲爱的小泉泉今天是我们的周年纪念日哦 不知道我们还有没有在一起 emmmm 2021年的田田超级的爱你哦 嘻嘻嘻 记得纪念日给我买蛋糕哦
祝你平安喜乐
估计这个时候我也已经入伍了吧其实被逼无奈有很多话手机里说不出来知道你在哪又不敢去找你 咱们连个正式的分手都没有过只是隔着手机屏幕 其实特别舍不得你也没有办法我我以后还会保护你只不过换了个方式希望你一切都好
阿博和阿华的爱情故事
过了七年你还是一样童言无忌吗 希望你能一直快乐 一直给身边的人带来快乐 我只是你生命长河上过桥的一根木板 你现在可能并不在医院上班 但我们一定还要互相联系 我们会做一辈子的朋友 我们互相经历的事 我不会玩
祝你一直开心快乐!
你收到这封信的时候,我是否还留在周黑鸭,你又是否还在?如果我们已经分开了,无论你在哪里,记得微信@我一下,或者给我打个电话也行,让我记得去年的今天,写过这一封信。让我记得,我在周黑鸭有过一段有你的日子。
曾记否?四年前的九月五日......
那一天,我向你表白,你说等大学出来再说,现在,我出来了,不知未来的我是否会多些经历,但我还是喜欢你。也不知你是否有了心上人,如果没有,我就来追你吧。纵使这世间有白媚千红,而你是我情所独钟。
写给何小贱
距离我们第一次见面,一年了,时间过得真快·····不知道这个时候我们还有没有在一起,也许我的坏脾气已经吓跑了你,那么祝你遇到一位好姑娘,会好好的对你。不管怎样,谢谢能够遇到你!祝健康幸福!
爱的人
突然想起某个人,真的很伤心,在最需要我的时候却没能去保护她,不能怪她现在恨我什么,我想都是我必须所承受的,因为是我欠她的,希望以后的我能好好的默默的照顾她,希望她能遇见一个真正爱她的,快乐健康的成长。
我明白
我知道你一直在妥协,我也一直知道自己亏欠着你,一直想弥补你,可惜我们之间 隔阂太深 矛盾太重 距离太远了,我很想挽留住你的 只是你没有给我机会了,不怪你,是我一直没有珍惜你给我的机会罢了 谢谢你呢乖乖
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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