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
爱着你
深夜里饿和想你都得忍着但 我更想你❤️夜已深，你的梦中是否有我？
你的爱人
2019.02.19
任岚婷
任岚婷，周沛。请记得你们每走过的一条路，在一起吃过的任何一家店。
n3260
2018.06.16
1
我们谈一谈行不行 你真的想这样结束了？你要是想谈一谈你自己加我
魚瑜
2026.06.16
不开心！
为什么！你的相册！有别的男生！的照片！不开心不开心不开心！！！
n8561
2024.10.21
写给未来的…
“你是我眼都不眨就喜欢的人 我却是你头都不抬就可以放手的人.”
zzzzzzz
2020.12.11
hi，不按时长大的小孩
还在一起吗，和张小兵？qq1244610545希望我们结婚生子
于梦颖
2020.11.27
写给猪
2020/10/20恋爱886留念。哈哈哈哈哈哈哈笑死了臭猪猪
632
2020.10.20
那个人啊
17.你骑车去你高中的学校了，还发了抖音。你给我打个电话多好！
付丹丹
2019.10.02
给最爱的
亲爱的，我想告诉你一句话年有四季，月有旬分，日有朝夕，我想有你
独坐西窗7
2018.08.16
你在干嘛呀
嘿嘿，有世界末日吗，我们是不是还在用qq，你说！你现在爱不爱我
又又
2017.12.30
露露生日快乐！不要不开心哦！XJP
今天是我认识你的第一个生日露露，祝你生日快乐！by爱你的小熊
熊金鹏
2022.06.07
5年
陈通，你喜欢xmz整整五年了。你还在等那个没有结果的事情么？
chentong
2020.07.25
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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