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媳妇
媳妇，我不知道我在这一天回去了吗。还是你家里同意你出来了。我的乖宝贝，这天应该是我放假的这天。哦。对了。这封信是我在四月二十六日写的。也可以算是25日，因为刚刚过了12点。我们自己好几个月没见了，想你，真的很想你，真希望暑假我们能见面，希望你有很大的几率出来吧。这样我们就去可以见面。还有去旅游，我其
梦非烟丶
Apr 26, 2015 · Traveled 2 months 17 days
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20150426
老婆，今天下午，你发一条消息，给我急坏了，以为老婆又受欺负了呢，没事就好，老婆没事就好。晚上回来看到天蓝色加我了，我想起来你告诉我我可以登，我登了，看到了你空间的留言板，突然想，你都允许别人叫你老婆了，我还能不能叫呢，心里堵的好难受，我看不见我的留言了，删的漂亮，老婆真听话。没事，也就是难受难受，知
大屁飞
Apr 27, 2015 · Traveled 1 month 20 days
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写给未来的志玮
To志玮： Hi！昨天收到那封信一定很开心吧？是不是有一点点奇怪 ？今天的你又收到了这一封信我在封信里面主要就是想要告诉你我有多爱你～ 我呢觉得我是一个不善言辞的人，然后我也不知道怎样去当面表达我对你最真实的感受，所以呢，想着我们在一起的时间很短所以在这里想要去写封信给你 …我是一个，可以说是脾气不
Naomi不哭
Apr 27, 2015 · Traveled 2 years
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写给未来的志玮
To志玮： Hi！昨天收到那封信一定很开心吧？是不是有一点点奇怪 ？今天的你又收到了这一封信我在封信里面主要就是想要告诉你我有多爱你～ 我呢觉得我是一个不善言辞的人，然后我也不知道怎样去当面表达我对你最真实的感受，所以呢，想着我们在一起的时间很短所以在这里想要去写封信给你 …我是一个，可以说是脾气不
Naomi不哭
Apr 27, 2015 · Traveled 2 years
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20150427
老婆，真恨不能陪在你身边，对不起。事情这么多，还生病，我这心里真的很着急，真想马上出现在老婆身边抱着老婆。现在又怕过去让老婆难受，我真的不知道自己该怎么办了，自己的老婆却要别人陪，自己确不知道该怎么办，脑袋好大。我想老婆开开心心的，却为什么做不到。什么都做不了，觉得自己好没用，全身没有力气，最近记性
大屁飞
Apr 27, 2015 · Traveled 1 month 20 days
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20150428
老婆，记得吃药，好好休息，一定不能有事，把身体照顾的好好的，真的好想好想抱着你。陪着你。
大屁飞
Apr 29, 2015 · Traveled 1 month 18 days
写给未来的你
我们还相爱吗，你还是一如既往的爱着我么，会不会更多的爱呢，
n770
Apr 30, 2015 · Traveled 3 years
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20150503
老婆，我又抗过了一劫，感觉比上次还严重，我都感觉差点不成了，还好有老婆两个月之后的许诺，可能真的撑过来只是为了两个月以后见老婆，貌似没有其他的东西撑着了，一个人躺着心里唯一的想法是不能让老婆难受，一定要好好的撑到老婆回来。话说大难不死，必有后福。这可能真是该经历的吧。两个月，感觉时间好长。没事，我能
大屁飞
May 3, 2015 · Traveled 1 month 13 days
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20150505
老婆，这两天，不知道为什么感觉特别的累，一点力气没有，就想睡觉。好想抱抱你，靠着你。真的好想你，这一辈子都压在你这里了，要是没了你我该怎么办。今天中午看到你发的鱼了，想想当时口袋里就剩10块钱了，自己没吃，给老婆买的三条鱼，知道老婆是个吃货。看到老婆开心，我老知足了。现在看到好吃的，我都不知道怎么买
大屁飞
May 6, 2015 · Traveled 1 month 10 days
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20150512
老婆。。。这几天去了医院。。。吃了些药。。。让我好好调理。。。给我来一句，心里的病没法治，心病还得心药医，你啥都不愿意告诉我，我也没办法。。。是啊，心病还得心药医，可是我的药在哪里，还能回的来吗？。。。我好担心等不到老婆回来。。。如果真的等不到，见不到我的话，老婆一定要好好的，你是我活到现在最大的牵
大屁飞
May 13, 2015 · Traveled 1 month 3 days
来自一个月前的磊磊
亲爱的娇娇 ＠(￣-￣)＠现在是五月二十日零点三十分，此刻你应该在睡觉。自我排遣了两三天，心情和心态也恢复的差不多了。 每个人都有自己最悲哀的地方，我最悲哀的地方大概就在于追姑娘屡次碰壁后不撒手还告诉自己你一定可以吧。 咋感觉说的像生离死别似的。。。。。 额，说正题，对于你谈了个三天以后就没感觉的人
NOspy
May 20, 2015 · Traveled 1 month
写给未来老婆的信
老婆： 也不知道当你看到这封信的时候还可以这样称呼你吗？如有冒犯，还请见谅。 在我写这封信的时候，或许你已经睡了，或许也还没睡（我希望是前者）。今晚，我们又闹小情绪了。原因是你今天心里难受，我没给你关怀和安慰。那么，问题来了：首先，我没想到你昨天的糟糕情绪能影响到今天，但我更相信是因为今晚的雨和停电
一休哥
May 21, 2015 · Traveled 10 years
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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