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.

Ideas to get you started

  • 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

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生日快乐

我知道今天收到的祝福是你发来的!有好多话想说,但没有勇气找你,可能也没有必要!不出意外的话你收到这封邮件的今天是2015.7.20。 生日快乐!也祝你幸福! 现在我们应该都拥有各自的幸福,好好的珍惜吧! 请不要说我幼稚,有句话真的很想说,我忘不掉你,永远!

尜尜物语

Sep 25, 2014 · Traveled 9 months 25 days

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生日快乐

今天收到了空间名为“桔子”的QQ发来的祝福,我想是你吧!距离我们最后一次联系已经一年多了,现在几乎得不到你的任何信息,真的有很多话想和你说,但是却没有勇气直接找你,应该也没有这个必要吧!不出意外的话,你看到这封信的今天应该是2015.07.05。 生日快乐,也祝你幸福! 我想现在的我们应该已经拥有彼

尜尜物语

Sep 25, 2014 · Traveled 9 months 10 days

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老公,生日快乐

亲爱的老公:再过几天就是你的生日了,在这里我提前祝你生日快乐、身体健康、开心快乐每一天!很高兴能通过这种方式给你写信,从结婚到现在有很多话想对你,但不知从何说起,今天我就简单的说几句,很感谢你这几年对我的关心与照顾,我这人脾气性格有时候有点古怪,而你总是包容我的坏脾气,每次说完你,我又在反思,是不是

刘洋

Oct 7, 2014 · Traveled 4 days

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这是我写给你的第一封信

我喜欢你.

n487

Oct 8, 2014 · Traveled 1 month

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现在好好的!

14年今天的我们虽然处于两地,但互相还是独一无二的,你是我的唯一,我亦是你的!此刻我们还是这么甜蜜吗?

傻傻鱼

Oct 20, 2014 · Traveled 1 year

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生日快乐(刘晓冬祝刘丹)

丹丹 今天是你的生日,祝你生日快乐。不知道现在的我陪没陪在你的身边,今天晚上打电话你把我训了一顿,我感觉我是真配不上你。我会努力的给不了你幸福生活我就不算个男人。如果现在的咱俩真的分了我承认都是我的错 你跟我看不到未来 是我不够努力 。如果没分,那就太好了,我捡了个好老婆。而老婆你 我给你一个权利(

winter6liu

Oct 23, 2014 · Traveled 3 months 17 days

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我们还会在一起吗

今天无意间看到这样的话,说摩羯座的男人是这么的现实,心里还是有种种不安,不知道此时我还是不是你的唯一!如果你爱上摩羯座男人有的女孩爱上一个摩羯座男子时,周围的朋友可能会说:“天啊!你怎么会爱上一个那么无趣的男人呢!”不过,我倒觉得你真有远见。的确,摩羯座的男人基本上是不喜欢社交的,他情愿自己一个人安

傻傻鱼

Oct 28, 2014 · Traveled 3 years

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爱的你和我

我希望以后的五年十年二十年三十年都有你陪着我 何海豪 我希望今年陪在我身边的人 今年明年后年都还在你要好好学习认真听课 不要让未来的自己后悔现在

Aican

Nov 1, 2014 · Traveled 7 days

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写给未来的你和我 何海豪 陈琪灿

何海豪阿 我和你是从2014.10.25 相爱的 我想一年后你还在我身边不管发生什么也不要放开我的手我们要一起努力 为了自己的目标 我们是彼此的动力我们翻山越岭只为来到未知的对方身旁 然后做一辈子的最亲密的两个人

Aican

Nov 1, 2014 · Traveled 1 year

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写给未来的你

我是爱你的人 你啊傻兮兮 相信我 我会一直陪在你身边这世间太艰险 只要穿风越浪后还想要在一起 就足够了以前 是因为懂得 所以爱 是因为懂得 所以任他反复伤害 以前 这是一个多么伤人的词 他还太年轻 年轻得不知道要怎么专心爱一个人 年轻得不知道很多东西在拥有的时候就应该珍惜 所以我要珍惜你别做对不起我

Aican

Nov 1, 2014 · Traveled 3 months

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TO YOU

昨天又做梦了。梦到我们见面了,你带着你的小女朋友,不是她。最近工作很忙,但心情一直很好。可是梦见你后,好心情终结了。说来好笑,梦中的你看向我的眼神充满不舍,几次跑到我面前,你的面容变了又变,我的心也是变了又变。梦中的我心里想和你在一起,可是嘴上却说,我不喜欢你了,你走吧,带着你的她。醒来后,我心里明

n518

Nov 8, 2014 · Traveled 10 years

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未来我的那个他

亲爱的: 我只能让自己暂时这样称呼你,因为我不知道未来的你姓啥名啥?在哪个城市?长啥样?剪了怎样的发型?虽然这一切的一切都还是未知,但我始终相信你我终会遇见。看着周围的同学、朋友都在空间、朋友圈里晒着那一张张幸福的婚纱照,心里有很替他们感到高兴,我不知道哪天该轮到我去晒幸福了,可我期待着......

唉哟喂

Nov 16, 2014 · Traveled 3 years

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.

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