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看看就算了
就当上一封不存在吧 毕竟写那封信的时候我是真没想到你是干得出精神出轨烂事还自怨自艾自我感伤起来的人 哈哈
n7983
2022.06.02
给曾经的挚爱——崔哥哥
考研结束啦，恭喜。好好休息，前途光明。感谢你曾经给我的一切。祝你幸福快乐。
詻
2021.09.26
给亲爱的萝北月
嗨，宝贝！当你看到这个的时候我应该还在睡觉，我们已经在一起三个多月了，没想到吧，请继续爱我，我也爱你宝贝
n7402
2021.09.04
鹅鹅鹅
应该应该上课了吧哈哈哈哈疫情应该也结束了 我也应该见到你了哈哈哈哈不知道你在教室有没有理我呢爱你爱你爱你
小豪
2020.02.23
我也想决绝一点
亲爱的 看起来我们不会再见了，没有我你也可以过的很好 其实我还想再缠缠你，但我怕你嫌我烦了，还是算了吧
等下完这场雨我就来找你
2024.07.15
柴佳露生日快乐by小熊
（1）ps：这是蜡烛嘿，没错。小露与大熊第四个年头快许个愿吧（ps：愿我们一直都在）我们要好好的在一起
熊金鹏
2022.06.07
想你的第不知道多少天
这是来自一个人晚上想你睡不着的晚上，给你寄个邮箱吧，这个点你应该醒啦，祝你生日快乐哈19了也是大孩子了
n5909
2020.11.28
［晚安］［爱心］［玫瑰］
陈霖，我爱你。如果此时我们没在一起，可能也断了联系……还是这句话：如果再也见不到你，祝你早、午、晚都安
用户7302544866
2019.09.08
三年之约到了，不知道我们还有没有在一起
现在是2018年5月5日 你去考护士资格证了先祝你成功算了，啥也不说了吧。我爱你最少，18年的我还爱你
久伴
2018.05.05
你要还有点良心你就加回我吧
祁罗杰 手机18368346502 QQ 1095875303 微信tianzongjiaohuang
n2488
2017.11.30
100 days with you
亲爱的：今天是与你相识的第100天100个日日夜夜的相识相伴已使我认清自己的内心你是我一生相携手的伴侣
n489
2017.03.26
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
2014.10.20
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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