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露露我是不是已经不在你身边了？
你胃疼，一定要按时吃饭膝盖好些了吗？打雷还怕么？枕边人还是我么？想到这里好难过心里好压抑祝你生日快乐啊不许你不开心不打扰，是我最后的温柔
熊金鹏
2022.06.07
致韩小姐
嗨，韩小姐。不知道现在你是否已经事业有成找到爱的人啦。你可能已经不记得我了叭，我是叶岚，岚岚。你要幸福快乐。两两相望，唯余失望，各自安好
n6571
2021.02.15
写给未来的你
你好鸭，李先生。今天，是我们在一起的第十三年，这些年都有发生什么事呢，我们应该结婚了吧，或许孩子也有了，我们过得是不是很幸福？我很爱你。
n6120
2020.11.30
写给一年后的，我现在爱着的先生
你好，我设定的这个时间会不会太早了呢？我是2020年二月份时候的诺雅，哈哈。我们有一直顺顺利利的嘛，肯定有的!先生会陪我一辈子的。我爱你
王诺雅
2020.02.28
dear 希酱
噫 今天一天梁紫轩都和我发气在 真是的 小气…雾草这几天被皇帝成长计划迷的神魂颠倒
n1253
2015.12.15
2015年 7月 12号
昨天你说你爸妈说你瞎了眼了，真的吗？我哪儿就那么差了……今年是我的本命年，什么结局我也会做好准备，此刻就是17年的你了，咱们还在一起吗？
傻傻鱼
2015.07.12
寄给未来的我们
在一年前我写了这封信而此时的你还记得去年的各种纠纷吗？我知道自己做的不对等过完了这一年未来会是怎样的终于来到了这一天对吧希望我们能走下去
夢
2015.07.07
现在
现在，真的好担心你。。。不知道你怎么样了，我又真的不敢打扰你。可是我真的想知道你现在怎么样。。没事吧？可我。。。不敢打扰你。好纠结。。。
n841
2015.06.17
写给一一，这称呼你，希望你不要生气。
亲爱的小猪，估计你也不记得我了吧，嘿嘿，话不多说。希望你可以健健康康。总有一天我们会相见，哪怕只是远远的看一眼。书于2014.08.09
Vertigo
2014.08.09
我写一封信给你，先生。
大三了吧，我也不知道你当时为什么会不由己地去了江津，去约别人，我想你自己心里面应该明白，喜欢一个人有些时候真的很难，春节快乐，梁潆锋。
梁哥
2017.01.21
我不知道我用什么自称可以不让你讨厌我
宝宝，我很想你，我想你。再也回不去了吗，我怕这一生就这么孤独的走下去了。我手里拿着你的梦想在看书，你还记得是什么东西吗？晚安wanan
CNM
2016.10.11
写于2013.4.20
去年的今天和他在一起了，你喜欢他，所以投入一切的去爱，现在你们还深爱彼此吗，如果是，那要继续爱下去，要相信他爱你，就像你爱他一样强烈。
每一个Zymo_你都爱吗
2013.04.20
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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