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他
还喜欢他吗 你们 还是一个人吗？ 如果是 那也挺好。
你过的怎么样
2016.04.09
你好
你好，昨天晚上梦到你了所以写一封。希望我越来越好，能够停止想到你。再见，也希望你一切都好。
3350039164
2024.12.07
给你的一封信
宝 其实我是个警察 编号5201314 做保安是为了调查你 最后案子没破 我的心却被你破了
n6943
2024.05.14
写给我未来老婆的一封信
嘿 宝贝你还好吗工作怎么样啊手脚还凉吗 姨妈还是不准时不规律嘛过得开心吗emm 工资开了没
mxt28
2021.09.27
赵曼
再无相见的日子你要保重 笨蛋 鼻炎就少在大冬天出去玩 胃不好喝点热水少吃凉的 以后少生点气
哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈
2021.04.25
YL
宝 其实我是个警察 编号5201314 做保安是为了调查你 最后案子没破 我的心却被你破了
n6943
2021.04.15
可能这封信在未来很多年我们都变了，我不敢保证我在这6年是不是有过恋爱，但是我相信
可能这封信在未来很多年我们都变了，我不敢保证我在这6年是不是有过恋爱，但是我相信我依然爱你
n6404
2021.02.05
刚刚忘了写名字了
你还记得我是谁吗？应该记得吧，我是你大老公，小月月（陈新月）
梦欣
2017.07.29
给我最爱的小乖乖
乖乖，希望这个时候我们还在一起，如果在一起的话，我希望我们已经去过对方家，见过对方的父母
n7186
2021.06.11
写给未来的老公王钦民
今天是2020.11.28我们两周年纪念日，当你收到信的时候是不是已经是这一天啦，爱你哦
张牧恩
2020.11.28
写给未来的…
应该没有跟你见面应该你已经走了应该你不知道9.15是我生日应该你忘记我了应该我还在想着你
神仙要去哪里找
2019.07.03
来自王星烨的email
略略略 老公老公 这个时候我们已经在一起快半年了 我是不是已经成为你时间最长的那个对象了
Izaizh
2017.10.24
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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