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对不起
今天是七夕呢，可惜陪在你身边的人不再是我了。以前没什么钱 都没有好好对你，没给你买过什么有意义的东西，现在有钱了 也没有机会再给你买了，好对不起你呢伟灵。
等下完这场雨我就来找你
2024.08.10
写给未来的木木
木木现在我们还在一起吗，如果还在一起，现在我应该去找你了。现在啊很想和你在一起，虽然有顾虑但是在你之间当然我会选择你。嗯……也不知道说什么，哈哈，加油吧！
n6679
2021.02.16
给四年后的小姜
小姜，我的心里一直会有你的位置，如果你看到这封信后，还愿意跟我在一起，我们可以重新开始。我真的很想未来的日子和你一起度过，我们还有很多事情没有一起做过呢。
Solitude
2020.11.28
你怎么啦？
亲爱的，今天是2016年5月26日，你又一次的欺骗我，我才知道对我的坦诚对于你来说有多难，你的性格我无法改变，也许真的不适合你，因为我需要的是一个真实的人
傻傻鱼
2016.05.26
写给未来的焦彬彬
我是你最爱的胖胖 两年过去了 也不知道我们是还在一起还是没在一起 虽然一直在闹不愉快 但是我还是想跟你在一起 如果不在一起了也祝你生活愉快！
n5750
2020.11.28
写给倪哥哥
二十五岁的宝贝生日快乐，希望我们还在一起现在是2020年十一月二十七号祝福五年后的我们身体健康家庭美满耶斯莫拉天天开心 幸幸福福在一起 我是你的宝贝小丁
n5362
2020.11.27
写给毕业后的我和你
这时候我们俩可能在一起3个月了 嘿嘿嘿 我要去当兵了 现在是 11月27号九点55分 虽然 现在学专业也很累 我每天都在想你啊
n5347
2020.11.27
我最爱的人
一定要照顾好自己啊，在我不在的时候里啊吃饭要好好吃，有营养的东西要吃啊，眼保健操要每天睡觉前做呀，睡前还要活动活动身体哦，我爱你，罗燕。我相信你，罗燕。
一律
2016.02.22
你仲记得两年后嘅约定吗？
2017年7月14日喺你同静儿开始喺埋一齐嘅两周年..你曾经对佢许下约定话叫佢等你两年..两年之后送一部iPhone比佢...你仲记得吗？你能够做到吗？
wushiry
2016.01.19
写给一月后的萍萍
亲爱的，这个时候不知道还能不能继续这样叫你，对不起， 我的不作为，不改变对我们不好，让我们闹到了今天，谁也不怪，只怪我自己，我爱你，早！会永远在我心里。
逆光的背影落寞
2015.04.20
写给未来的…
两个人在一起要一起打拼，至于那个素面朝天的那条，我不是很看好，我觉得两个人在一起如果时刻保持光鲜亮丽，那只是图表面，如果能包容最丑的一面，那才是真感情
n1296
2016.01.08
可是我不敢一个人
好想恨你 恨不起你该有恨的是你吧，我总是让你患得患失，好累，好想就这样永眠…我们真的再也没有可能了吗，不重要了，我还是会在背后，默默的看着你往前走的
等下完这场雨我就来找你
2024.07.13
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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