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
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是你家里那个药味哈哈，很熟悉很熟悉，就像 你在我怀里，我爱你 灵灵
等下完这场雨我就来找你
2024.07.21
露露生日快乐！
柴佳露同志祝你生日快乐第三个年头希望依旧是我只能是我爱你by熊金鹏
熊金鹏
2022.06.07
十七岁的enq
生日快乐呀！你怎么样了呀？他还在吗？他昨天醉了，好可爱呀！心都化了
n7456
2021.10.07
写给未来的我们，新华
希望在六个月之后我们一起考上同一所大学的研究生，然后一起生活一辈子
一抹风度020
2020.07.25
写给3年后的李昶江和刘娜
如果我们还在一起 你没有走掉 我没有走掉那 我们这辈子都不要分开了
清风徐来星人
2018.08.01
zz
你女朋友生日了，晚上记得去桥上。如果你去桥上了，就说明你是个zz，
未来么
2016.10.19
26岁的王凯乐你好
现在的你过得怎么样？娶我了吗？没娶我的话，快去娶我！徐冠莹在等你！
沒錯冠瑩
2016.07.26
2024.7.24由李阎娜发出
哈喽～你还和江徐靖在一起吗？吵架了吗？生疏了吗？我最喜欢江徐靖了
3418435665
2024.07.24
happy 520
女王520快乐 i love you forever 爱来自瓷器
poli
2024.05.09
to霞子
生日粗卡阿米达猜猜我是谁，我特意选的白天，如果你没看到我就气死
n4879
2024.03.02
思念
能不能好好聊聊，我真的有很多话想对你说徐茹怡，还记得曾经的承诺吗
向俊霖
2024.02.21
阿健
玩了好几年了 也闹过许多不愉快 但是 我一直坚信我们会一起走下去
冯晨家
2021.07.22
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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