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
送给高中那个纯洁的姑娘
你会不会不知道是谁给你发的呢，╮(╯▽╰)╭，不管你知不知道，我就在这里。
夕阳一起吃饭
2015.06.03
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你果然还是放不下朱翔，他会狠在乎你吗？你们还能多久？你们就要这样不冷不热吗
我以为
2013.04.05
想你了 我高考完就来找你了
要不要复合 我找你好几天了 我来找你好不好 我们一起去山东青岛看海好不好
小琪
2026.06.19
刘志菲
这应该是两年前，我给你的信吧，如果你还和刘志菲好好的，那你一定要娶她！！
n5636
2020.11.28
谢非
要一直跟爽爽宝贝在一起要努力工作好好赚钱好好存钱家人 都要好好的身体健康
我们会更好
2020.07.31
。
如果回不到过去，那就过好现在，如果我们现在没在一起，那也请你不要忘了我。
荼蘼花开
2016.11.05
源
i love u forever 灵灵好痛 好难受 好想你 回到我身边
等下完这场雨我就来找你
2024.07.04
写给李旭晋
不知道你能不能收到，也不知道这一年里会发生些什么，但我还是想说我爱你。
小雪全糖不加冰
2020.11.28
给你的
唉还记得我吗，你说时间会消散一切现在呢？额...我还忘不了希望你快乐哈
用户7006703922
2019.02.23
野 520快乐
在一起的1664天，爱你宝贝🥰距离繁星更近的每一步，都是开拓的收获。
Aki_hitomi
2024.05.12
一封来自2024年02月14日的信
时光荏苒，光阴不再，我最终是独自一人快活逍遥，还是为了爱情委曲求全。
n6056
2024.02.14
宝宝
你都开始不回我，不理我了，我真的好想你。我不应该喜欢发脾气，对不起。
CNM
2016.10.11
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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