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温家谊
温家谊 你是我写在日记里 藏在梦里放在枕头下的梦 怕半夜醒来疯狂回忆 怕突然窒息坠入海底 怕找不到你。
n5100
2020.07.09
占
萍萍崽永远爱小占占👩🏻❤️💋👨三年后你将收到，不知道还在不在一起哈哈哈哈，也许咋俩结婚了也许分道扬镳了 不知道，但是此刻你在我心里是最重要的，不论结果如何，祝你开心
不许欺负萍萍矮qqcom
2024.01.16
周沛写给任岚婷未来的信
你好，任岚婷。记得今天的诺言吗？ 2018年6月16日， 我们约好2020年5月20日领结婚证的。今天日子到了，无论今天在干嘛，请早上起来给她打电话，然后去民政局领证吧！
n3261
2018.06.16
写给吃货——春春
每次和你聊天，很开心。每天都会期待能和你说说话，想知道你每天干嘛了呀，过的怎么样啊，想说很多很多。也心里话和你说，但不知道该怎么说起，也许时机未成熟吧。只希望你开心一点。
执着丶Wen
2013.04.11
我爱你
立秋快乐呀宝宝 我爱你 又是一年秋了 我们会一直在一起对嘛宝宝我爱你 记得看哦宝宝 我就不写太多啦 你催我来聊天啦宝宝对嘛宝宝 哈哈哈在想我在干嘛 我在给你写信哦宝宝
2992417569
2024.08.06
给杜鑫月的一封信
今天是10月20号，某人今天惹我生气啦！还说了那样的话，我很不开心！！但是我真的真的好喜欢你呀，宝宝你不要说那种话了好不好呀，我们两要一直开开心心的，毕竟你是我老婆嘛
n8561
2024.10.20
郑悦
喜欢你喜欢你喜欢你好久啦当兵的时候想表白来着，怂了复原的时候也想表白来着，怂了希望2022年能和你在一起，哈哈不过分吧和你一起看电影 逛街 牵手。真的喜欢你很久很久了
安
2020.11.28
给未来的我们
宝宝，没想到我会给你写信吧哈哈哈哈哈哈～五年前的今天我在老家里给你写的这一封信不知道我们最后有没有在一起，要是在一起了，我们现在一定结婚了，说不定孩子都2.3岁了哈哈
战航
2020.11.28
最爱的羊羊
羊羊~~~咱在一起已经一年了，看到这个信的时候咱俩肯定还在一起呢，不知道这一年发生了什么，肯定很多不好的很多好的事情，大三了呜呜，要准备以后的工作了！咱可以住一起了
zpyyy
2021.10.21
写给三年后的陆筱霖
我不知道该写些什么，但我觉得当这封信寄到我们彼此邮箱里面的时候我们一定是一起看的，我们一定不会分开。陆筱霖，再等我三年，我们就把陆小姐变成刘太太。嘿嘿，爱你呢乖乖。
噜噜的楼楼
2020.11.28
写给未来的琬琬
琬琬生日快乐奥！！哈哈哈哈哈！想不到吧，你还记得我是谁吗！五年前的我还是个刚入职的臭小子，没有能力娶你！现在你应该读研了吧！好好学习！如果我们还能在一起，就结婚吧！
n5456
2020.11.28
来自十年之前的见证
今天媳妇看到了一个微博，说眼角有奸门的人包容心不强，我在这里和媳妇打了一个赌，赌十年以后的我还会不会对她这么包容，我承诺在媳妇不变的情况下我也不变，十年以后做个见证
n764
2017.02.25
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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