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
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20150422.....

整整的三年了,我不知道该说什么,看着你躺在身边,心里有太多的说不出的苦与累,太了解你,比了解我自己都了解,不愿意让你难受,不愿意你不开心,搞得自己不知道该说什么,该做什么,真的不知道我还能抗多久,如果收到这份信的时候我还活着,我一定在来南京的路上,我心大,我天生的小心眼一这么久你还不知道,可是太在乎

大屁飞

Apr 23, 2015 · Traveled 1 month 24 days

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20150423....

老婆。。。感谢你昨天晚上陪我。。。让我还能抱着你。。。感受你的温度。。。抱着你心里好踏实。。。真希望以后能天天抱着你。。。

大屁飞

Apr 23, 2015 · Traveled 1 month 24 days

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20150423。。。

一个人回到这个屋里,感觉好空,眼泪一下就憋不住了,老婆,就剩我一个人了,就剩我一个人了,想抱都没得抱了,感觉好空。哭的抽抽,哭过心情好多了,老婆要好好的,我打电话的本意真的只是想你喜欢他,让他对好点,不要惹你不高兴,不许说你,不许骂你,就算怀疑你也自己憋着,不能让你不开心,我是这么做的,他他妈一个小

大屁飞

Apr 23, 2015 · Traveled 1 month 24 days

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20150423

老婆。。。我得回去好好调整了。。。这两天你给我说的最多的就是你对他有感情,放不下,毕业一切就都结束了。。。太了解你。。。这两个月随你吧。。。真不知道能不能撑两个月。。。还是那句话。。。如果我还在。。。我肯定在来接老婆的路上。。。

大屁飞

Apr 23, 2015 · Traveled 1 month 24 days

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20150423

老婆。。。这次去北京我怎么感觉是我这么久心里最忐忑最没低的一次。。。你这会在哪。。。我心里很清楚。。。下午送你走之后我知道依你的性格肯定去找他。。。其他的我不管了。。。我只希望你好好的。。。安安全全的。。。这是我唯一的期望了。。。

大屁飞

Apr 23, 2015 · Traveled 1 month 24 days

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20150424

老婆。。。这么多吃的。。。你知道我稍微有点好吃的都会给老婆留着。。。你买这么多叫我怎么办。。。看着好吃的就想老婆。。。想到老婆吃好吃的那种满足感。。。回来感觉屋里好空。。。好想老婆。。。好吃的都给老婆留着。。。去接老婆的时候给老婆带着。。。和大美妞一起吃。。。

大屁飞

Apr 25, 2015 · Traveled 1 month 22 days

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20150524..

老婆。。。刚登扣扣发现我的情儿里面就剩一个人了。。。这是真的吗。。。我一直以为不会删。。。心里好痛。。。删了也好。。。你高兴就好。。。这两个月你们高兴就好。。。删了吧。。。删了吧。。。我不在乎。。。心里好难受。。。我还能撑到去接你嘛。。。真不知道。。。没事没事。。。老婆高兴就好。。。现在你一直说是你

大屁飞

Apr 25, 2015 · Traveled 1 month 22 days

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一年前的时光信。原谅我文笔不好

首先呢告诉你一个不好的消息、我要开始追你了。认认真真的追你、前年我和你打赌、你说在七夕之前追到你做什么都可以。那时候你跟我说了很多秘密。哈哈、当时我有一种莫名的自信、后来和你聊的多了、自信磨没了我开始渐渐的退缩 后来你开始不理我了 有一次我问你为什么不喜欢聊天。你说你只是不想和我聊天而已 然后我很长

今夜好酒

Apr 25, 2015 · Traveled 11 months 30 days

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一年前的时光信。原谅我文笔不好

首先呢告诉你一个不好的消息、我要开始追你了。认认真真的追你、前年我和你打赌、你说在七夕之前追到你做什么都可以。那时候你跟我说了很多秘密。哈哈、当时我有一种莫名的自信、后来和你聊的多了、自信磨没了我开始渐渐的退缩 后来你开始不理我了 有一次我问你为什么不喜欢聊天。你说你只是不想和我聊天而已 然后我很长

今夜好酒

Apr 25, 2015 · Traveled 11 months 30 days

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写给我家宝宝的

祝贺祝贺哦啦啦 今天是我们在一起一周年 写这封信的时候是七个月 时间不长也不短了吧 我也不知道你收到的时候我们还在不在一起 但是有你很好啊 我们没有放开彼此的手啊 给你写封信的时候我正在感冒!!刚刚收到你的消息你说你几乎每天都在感冒 看到之后有点心疼 但你身强体壮~~小病没事 哎呀扯远了 想想你可能

一茹既往吗

Apr 25, 2015 · Traveled 5 months

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Hi,亲爱的

嗨~女神,最近还好么?嘿嘿,我好想你啊,不过当你收到这封信的时候,我已经离开了吧,很高兴你陪我度过的每一天,也好开心你昨天陪我的最后一天。 呐,我说我心里有好多话有给你说,以后我都会告诉你的,现在我觉得时机到了,我就把心中的话都给你说了吧,不过你看到这里,我允许你再任性一下,那就是不要继续往下面看了

n764

Apr 25, 2015 · Traveled 8 days

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20150425

傻丫头,我怎么可能不找你,怎么可能不等你,说说气话,你还记上了,这么久了,不知道我是什么样,早就把你当成了全部。。。。叫我怎么不找你,不等你,有没有想过没有你我会是什么样,我都不敢想。。。放心吧,老头一直在。。。

大屁飞

Apr 25, 2015 · Traveled 1 month 22 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.

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