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给亲爱的宝宝
见信好第二个520还是和宝宝哦，以后第三第四第五永远永远的520都是我们。想一直和宝宝在一起嘻嘻我们遇到的困难要一点点解决，不要丢掉对方哦；我好喜欢你哦，想一直一直和你在一起，不要丢掉我哦宝宝mua
1747216679
2024.05.06
呜嗷
先来个一个星期试试看吧！能不能收到呢一个星期后俺就考完试了就可以找你了！太好了呜呜呜呜呜我好想你如果能收到的话就再来个三年五年的那个时候我都大学快毕业了啊（叹气）好！就这样！寄出！塞尔达真好玩（突然）
Kassi
2020.01.05
祝你生日快乐
祝你20岁生日快乐，虽然没有在家里隆重举行，也不要忘记犒劳犒劳自己哟~~~~~~不知那一天你是不是还那么漂亮，漂亮的话答应嫁给我哟~~~~(づ￣ 3￣)づ
没话说
2015.02.18
承诺
我不管现在你是否还对她有感觉..但我只想说..像个男人..竟然你给出了承诺..就去完成它...不要相信什么太美的承诺因为太年轻..一切都放屁..狗屎来的..你自己加油..不要相信一切..因为你与众不同
小名叫小肥的刘秋荣0
2013.09.12
写给未来我心爱的男孩子
你好，未来的王肖涵，你会记得我吗我好喜欢你好喜欢好喜欢，不知道2027你有没有娶了别的女孩子我好想嫁给你 嫁给你是我最大的希望了。你真的已经是我的希望 我不想输 希望15岁想嫁的男孩子就是你王肖涵。
n6607
2021.02.16
写给未来的过客
郡郡大宝贝，我真的不确定这封信你能不能看到，这封信是五年前的我写给你的，想来我们早已是过客了吧，我也没法猜到我们到底在这些年里发生过什么，但是我希望你还是能有当年的纯真，爱你么么哒2015.8.17
甜七月
2015.08.17
写给未来的老公
夏夏~现在我们还在幸福的在一起吧。不知道你上了哪一个大学，今年有没有在一起过年呀。虽然只有一年，但我们一定发生了很多事吧，哈哈哈也不知道还说什么，反正我最爱你啦，如果在吵架的话，一定要把我哄回来哦
n6610
2021.02.16
波波
宫崎骏曾经说过 当陪你的那个人 要下车时 即使你在不舍 你也要心存感激 挥手告别 没个人的故事 开头都是极具温柔的 但往往故事的结尾都配不上整个开头 记住 没一个意难平的结果 都是我们最好的结局。
n6009
2020.11.29
写给未来的…
我想你了，不是说今天我想你了，而是现在我憋不住了。风和日暖，令人想永远活下去。世界上好人不少，我不想做好人，也不想做坏人，只想做你的心上人，你要是愿意，我便永远爱你。可你不愿意！写在放弃你的第三天
付丹丹
2019.10.16
to Joyce after 100 days
100天后如果你一天未曾间断地读完了这些书，驾照也拿到手了，咨询书第二遍也完成了（第一遍通读教材，第二遍，利用习题画重点），那就让史哥哥给自己奖励一个新年礼物吧，一副贵重的首饰，（耳环或者项链）。
n3687
2018.11.21
最近好吗
因为这几天连着做同一个梦 梦见我们又在一起了 。真的好久不见 内心告诉我我应该是特别想你。所以做了这件愚蠢的事 给一年后的你写了写封信 也不知道你会不会看到。不知道现在我们是什么关系呢 真是好奇。
迷糊糊糊小姐
2016.01.26
老婆，还是老同学？
琦琦，我没让你伤心吧？别离开我，我，很爱你，发自内心！三年转眼即逝在高中有没有男朋友啊，有的话原谅我控制不住情绪揍了他！我爱你！让我们笑着看完，不要离开我，执子之手恩爱永远。好吗？我爱你，嫁给我。
n1257
2015.12.15
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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