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
20150428
老婆，记得吃药，好好休息，一定不能有事，把身体照顾的好好的，真的好想好想抱着你。陪着你。
大屁飞
2015.04.29
写给未来的我们
又过了一年了 现在的我们应该已经拍好婚纱照了 应该也成合法夫妻了吧 嘿嘿很期待噢 爱你
n6173
2020.12.05
你好，王黑黑
不知道这个时间，你还黑不黑？不知道这一年，我们俩是什么样？是不是已经结婚了？还是分开了
n3217
2018.05.08
王亚玲，她和你。
我现在心里很不舒服，我好想和你走到最后，又隐隐感觉走不到。姜若愚，现在的你过得开心吗？
n1965
2017.03.21
qiyu
爱你 好好对自己I wish you.Hope never fades.-Qi Yu
qiyu1020
2024.11.24
徐总
今天是2021的12.12日 你说我们现在都在干嘛呢，如果不在一起了 你能找我复合吗
n6219
2020.12.12
未来的信
今天是分开的第一天，如果这个时候还在一起，那就快三周年了，如果无缘，那就祝你前程似锦
n5410
2020.11.27
那时
你还爱着她吗，那个曾经让你奋不顾身的女孩，也是第一个让你留下眼泪的女孩，你还恨她吗。
n4255
2019.06.04
syj
不行，我只有你了,我做不到，我就是藕断丝连，你不许分手，是你自己说的，永远不分手。
3292297536
2024.11.25
今年的生日愿望
生日快乐猪宏斌，但是今年我的生日愿望是祝你不幸福，对不起我无法这么坦荡荡祝你幸福。
爱拍照的叶叶子
2022.04.29
臭蛋，生日快乐！
臭蛋，28岁啦!生日快乐~希望你永远健康、平安、快乐、幸福！我爱你！723sd妞宝
妞宝
2016.04.26
联系方式
QQ:2950293704电话号码17602866306，记住，这是你最爱的女人
爱叶晓凤
2020.07.12
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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