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
其其写给GaryLaw 2
好快阿，又满一年了，臭老公又多一条皱纹了！去年收到那封信是不是很意外阿！呵呵！好快又到你生日了！祝愿猪猪生日快乐，永远健康！永远爱臭宝！永远不能欺负臭宝！连你都欺负我，就没人爱宝了！
Phoebe_Baby
2013.04.21
亲爱的润青看
杨润清，在这个特别的2025年8月23日清晨9点，我想对你说的是，我对你怀有的情感，那是一种深深的偏爱 我是7月21晚上问你我追你成功率有多少，那是我20号看到你第一眼就喜欢上你啦
2479459695
2025.08.23
2024的爱人
还好吗？高三的压力会很大吗？也许你看不到这封信。我还是要向你庆祝，这一年成长了很多吧！哈哈，你我的激动似乎感应了一下，我们都知道我们发生了什么。这一定还是一个秘密!and新年快乐!
n8459
2023.01.22
圈圈你好
圈圈你好 这里是2017年7月27日的叉叉未来你看到这个 应该是2018年6月1日叉叉想要告诉你 叉叉很爱你很爱你很爱你 叉叉想和你在一起。
叉叉叉叉叉叉叉叉开飞机的叉叉
2017.07.27
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，。……
等下完这场雨我就来找你
2024.07.20
写给尤
尤，明天是你的生日了，只做你想做的事，梁帅鑫会一直爱你，不知道那时会怎样，也许你忘了我，但也许点这个会让你想起我，哈哈哈，我一直是爱你的小屁孩，这封信来自2021年，5月16日
n7099
2021.05.16
写给小盼
这封信写于2020年11月28日深夜，昨天晚上我回家晚了，你生气了。哈哈你脾气真的大呀。我在抖音上看见了这个时光邮局，我不知道它能不能在10年后让你收到。不过要说，爱你呦老婆。
冥府地狱喵
2020.11.28
我又来打扰你
biu~不知道信有没有送到，你有没有看到我又来啦，今年你应该要结婚了吧，我不能送你啦好想看一眼，算了算了，我又痴心妄想了，今天又是你生日，祝你生日快乐哦，你老公应该对你很好吧
20年的我
2022.02.03
写给2天后的萨摩芷老婆
2天后我们会和好吗如果没和好我该怎么办老婆我错了，还可以原谅我吗我真的很在乎很爱你已经习惯了有你的生活，根本不能没你如果到时你收到了，希望你能看到更希望你能原谅我爱你的熊猫杰
熊猫杰
2014.07.31
写给未来的你
说实话如果这时候你已经出现在我的生命里，我想做的事情是抓你，咬你，目的是想告诉你，这么久的时间里你去了哪里，迟迟不出现在我的生命里。日子久得无法除尽……留些话语在下个时间里
迷你小鸽子
2013.04.04
给你的
我打开你的朋友圈，翻到了一张你仅存的相片，我点开发了疯的想要记住你的样子，我怕我会忘记。 没有你的一辈子，真的好长。 不在一起，才是我们最好的结局。
1785167209
2025.04.28
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 。
等下完这场雨我就来找你
2024.07.21
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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