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.
Ideas to get you started
- 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
1463 public letters一匹不需要草原的野马
偷偷的写一封不知道你能不能够看到的信三年后你如果看到了一定会觉得奇怪可能你不会去理会qq邮箱的提醒或者你已记不起我是谁可是我会一直记得你啊很快就要毕业了很庆幸和你在一所城市即使分别说不定在这所城市的某一个角落我们还能够相遇呢到时候你可不要低着头也不要装作没有看见你要像我们第一次见面那样大方你可以和我
Apr 7, 2015 · Traveled 3 years
写给未来的锅子
这信可是三年前写给你的哟……可能三年之后我都快忘了这件事之后,你就差不多该 收到啦! 不知道你现在有没有做爸爸哟,也不知道我们生的是男孩还是女孩,不知道你还会像现在一样对生活充满无力感,两年前的我写给未来的一封信,大抵是在说自己应该忘了22,应该拥抱新生活,两年后我再看见这封信,我也笑了,因为我身边
Apr 13, 2015 · Traveled 3 years 4 months
写给两年后的墨镜
也不知道这时候我还是否喜欢你,也不知道我们这时候还是不是cp,逗比寨还有没有银子一来墨镜就冒泡的迷之定律,总之,这是15年的我写给你的!o(`ω´ )o于是祝安好呦hhhh!
Apr 16, 2015 · Traveled 2 years
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写给两个月以后的老婆
亲爱的大美妞,看到这封信的时候应该马上毕业了,确实我不知道你这两个月真的过的怎么样?我只希望你过的开开心心的。毕业答辩应该也结束了吧。我希望是最好的结果,车应该也学完了吧,四级也考了吧。看到这封信的时候,我不知道你还爱不爱我,不知道你还会不会回来找我。就像我给老婆说的,我李强飞这一辈子就只会爱你一个
Apr 17, 2015 · Traveled 1 month 30 days
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写给未来的老婆
老婆,心里好痛,虽然我早上就知道你是要去马鞍山开会,车票我都买了,又退了,我怕我去做出的事情让你难过,让你伤心。我知道了,就让我默默的承受着就成了吧,还要打电话告诉我你和他在一起,而且都要给我打。我没那么坚强,真的没那么坚强。不知道我是不是快挂了,从来没想过我会吐血,这一口血让我晕了好一会,我说你对
Apr 18, 2015 · Traveled 1 month 29 days
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给未来的老婆。。。
老婆,今天晕晕乎乎的一天,感觉发烧了,又感觉冷,脑袋胀胀的,心里堵的难受,我是不是生病了。抗了一天了,晚上一到家就躺床了上了,不知道是意识不清醒了,还是做梦,和老婆相见,相识,相爱的每一个场景在眼前不断的闪过,和放电影是的,刚醒来看到了老婆发的好多消息,我想回,又不知道怎么回,我给老婆说过多少次,老
Apr 19, 2015 · Traveled 1 month 28 days
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给未来的老婆。。。
老婆。。。不知道睡了多久了。。。一直是和老婆在一起的片段在眼前晃过来逛过去。。。不知道是醒着还是睡着做梦呢。。。感觉还晕晕乎乎的。。。不过感觉好多了。。。好想老婆。。。好想这会有老婆陪在我身边。。。看到老婆发的消息了。。。也看到了老婆的未接。。。嗓子好难受。。。不知道怎么给老婆回电话。。。怕老婆知道
Apr 19, 2015 · Traveled 1 month 28 days
潇潇你的要求
你要求的我潇潇,小健:你好,这是你两年前寄出去的信。潇潇你说的:两年之后的我,要有自己的房,就嫁给我。从寄出信的这一刻起,我就为之而努力,两年之后,我们来看看,今天的我。今天的我,是不是达到你要的要求?今天的我是不是,有资格,可以给你想要的安慰的生活?今天的我是不是,可以站在你的面前,对你说句,亲爱
Apr 20, 2015 · Traveled 1 year 11 months
写给一月后的萍萍
亲爱的,这个时候不知道还能不能继续这样叫你,对不起, 我的不作为,不改变对我们不好,让我们闹到了今天,谁也不怪,只怪我自己,我爱你,早!会永远在我心里。
Apr 20, 2015 · Traveled 1 month
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给老婆的一份信
老婆,还有大概2个小时就到南京了,真心不知道见到我你会是什么反应,或者说你到底在不在学校,我真的不知道。我只是特别的想见你。特别想。。。尤其经历了这两天。。。真怕自己醒不来。。。还好我扛过来了。。。第一件事就是想第一时间见到老婆。。。昨天麻麻做了肉饼,带鱼,土豆丝。。。我一点胃口都没有。。。全带过来
Apr 21, 2015 · Traveled 1 month 26 days
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羊城有雨 少年有侍
我想想蛤 嗯~~一夜无言 我又浮想联翩 哎 就是又胡思乱想 我总跟我妹妹说想多了会脑残 自己又总乱想!跳过 0。0 我看了,听了好多次雨 今晚的雨又好像那里不一样 好像格外清晰,像是你的流水在我眼前滴答滴答下个不停 我虽然喜欢雨 又不喜欢你流泪 第一次想让这雨快点停!快点停 我看着窗 听着雨 脑里想
Apr 22, 2015 · Traveled 2 days
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老婆,今天是在一起整整三年了,这会心里好难受,为什么要这么对我,让我一个人躺在这空空的大床上,憋得慌,心里好难受。。。
Apr 22, 2015 · Traveled 1 month 25 days
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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