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余生很长，你一定要来
如果你的病好了，如果你足够自信站在他面前了，如果你还爱他，今天一定要勇敢的站在他的面前告诉他“我们在一起吧”
夢遊法兰西的瑪麗蓮夢兔
2015.09.09
未来的我，一定也要很爱陈颖诗她！
不知道你看到这封信是什么感觉。但是我相信 我依然系爱着你。喜欢你能够回到我身边。我会好好甘对你。。给你幸福。
n18
2013.03.16
远离你 一辈子
你为什么要这么说呢。你根本不明白我有多想离你近点，多希望你能好好的别老是想着去死。你死了 那我呢 我怎么办
等下完这场雨我就来找你
2024.07.27
要好好的
昨晚跟你聊了聊天，很开心，有些话我没说出口，所以我只希望你能好好的，在家里也好在学校也好，好好吃饭好好睡觉
等下完这场雨我就来找你
2024.07.21
给王灿的
这是我们认识的十年 也是你的生日祝你生日快乐 希望我们又下一个十年 我想现在的我应该不想十年前一样喜欢你了
贱贱一笑很倾城07096
2021.05.04
Daniel
这两年我就先不谈恋爱了吧， 时间和新欢 我选择时间吧，未来和我在一起的女孩子，你也好好努力吧，我们有缘再见
n6998
2021.04.22
南子念安
现在是2020年不知道我在那个时有没有对你表白我不知道喜欢一个人是什么感觉，但我一想到你我的心就像跳跳糖。
n5810
2020.11.28
哔哔哔呼叫猪猪
我们分手没，回答我我有没有哭有没有挽留你哼，你要是把我弄哭了我就再也不和你抱抱可是我现在还是爱你呀么么么么
又又
2017.12.30
两年后黄仪
我依然在等你，你若幸福，我便晴天！还有半年，如果你真的爱过我，告诉我一声，我真的喜欢你，我不想人生错过你！
同老友SHARE的小泥
2017.11.14
兮兒小姐
陳先生你還記得今天么今天是我的生日也是我們的約定你還記得約定么如果現在的你身邊有個她那就告訴她你愛她哈哈哈
兮兒小姐_
2013.07.03
给2027年的李大猪
一年后要是还跟我在一起记得给我压岁钱发个大包嘻嘻 要是不在一起了那就说明你个渣男你错过了世界上最萌的女人
阮阮
2026.02.18
国庆节
苏华，和玉洁的情侣照商家联系好没有，一定要拍的非常好看哦，回去提前联系姨妈和姐姐做好准备 找老师傅打戒指
2406608413
2025.08.21
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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