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写给彭于晏的老婆
好好减肥，听自己想听的话，做自己想做的事，好好享受人生
n6537
2021.02.15
小大鹏 生日惊喜
哈哈哈哈哈哈 小大鹏 这是我年轻的时候给你写的一封情书
小大鹏的大宝贝儿
2017.02.27
（无标题）
你结婚没，是不是和我在一起，不是和我，我就不喜欢你了
又又
2018.01.06
小瓜贝
哈哈哈，老公爱你～（6/3/2016 6.15am)
EricChia90
2016.03.06
11/06/19:19
余思诚余思诚余思诚！啊今天你居然居然居然主动跟我视频
tyj小可爱没头脑
2015.11.06
信
我们的儿子叫李超，照顾好我们的儿子，一年后给我回信
173872363
2026.03.10
对不起，留你一个人
我爱你，很爱很爱。我们还没好好相处啊，怎么就分开了
n1992
2017.04.08
你猜猜我是谁
爱你 Martin～bb～ 我是昨天的君君 爱你
2182357482
2025.06.05
答应她今天娶她的
什么都没有 五年 我只想知道你在哪里
2021
2017.07.10
十八岁的约定
和阿平的十八岁的约定go to Thailand
鉦Zz
2017.02.03
蛋童鞋
我最最最最美丽的蛋童鞋.你和大叔一定要幸福哦.~
n11
2013.03.14
写给马上是我老婆的老婆
我马上就要追到你了吧哈哈哈，或许你已经是的了呢
n6097
2020.11.29
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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