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
1521 public letters
真的还能不能等着老婆回来。。。
老婆,这段时间发生的事情太多了,真的好累,身体各种不舒服,而且好多乱七八糟的事情,好累,真不知道自己还能抗多久,不知道还能不能等到老婆回来。想一个人好好的静静,好好的养养身体,我不想万一老婆真的回来了,看到我现在的样子。不知道能不能养好,这几天不打扰老婆了,可能这几天没我烦老婆会
致我曾经的爱人
这是你和提分手后的第6天,我告诉自己不要难过,可是心底还是会难过的吧。我知道你很坚决地和我分手,我不知道我做错了什么,后来想想不是我做错了什么,而是你不想而已。你说你很烦,不想谈恋爱,我还纠结于为什么你变了,为什么不愿联系我,其实我知道不联系就是不联系,没有原因,只是你不
写给未来的…
亲爱的: 我不知道是哪里又得罪你了,今天一早你就说出那样的话,今天想了一天也没想明白。 可是我想说,对于这段感情,我从一开始就是有顾虑的。因为自己身患乙肝,我对你是排斥的,也曾建议你应该找个条件好的,最好是找个吃皇粮的。我相信你应该还记得吧,因为我清楚地知道自己的病情
给最爱的你
我已经无法抑制我自己只想我们爱着爱着一辈子不要分离遣去你不在身边的空寂没有争吵时间应该拿来更好的爱你不怕你以前的人生我来不及参与幸好我没有错过了太多回忆可不可以就这样凝视彼此的眼睛十指紧扣不离不弃
写给3年后的老公
亲爱的老公,猪猪,你好~这封信是我三年前写给你的,记得我刚想写的时候我就发QQ消息问你,要写几年后的事情,现在是我们相识相爱相恋后的第8年,也是我们结婚后的第二年,我们的结婚纪念日相信你还记得吧,2014.2.14很特殊的日子。老公,三年后的你在工作上应该已经在职务上得到晋升了吧
错不了
段子说女人永远不要做十件事第十件事——永远不要相信男人会爱你一辈子很遗憾的是 我信了我相信你是我的真爱老公 我也会爱你一辈子的
孟辰
亲爱的:还是我,别问我为什么一起给你写那么多信,只是因为我一口气为你拍了三张自拍,不都发给你我怎么甘心~~你看看,我人生前两次的情书都给你了,或许还有更多次,但我目前是不晓得的。会好好在一起的吧!Love You❤❤未完待续
亲爱的老公 生日快乐
亲爱的哥哥 这是我偶然间发现的时光信箱 我在一年前为你许下的生日祝福 。现在是2015年五月的最后一天 我们还是异地 希望明年的我们 已经结束异地 哥哥我爱你 我会一直爱你 直到我们一起老去生日快乐 我的宝贝☺
写给未来的齐德昭
今天是2015年的6月1日儿童节我是陈颖晖偶然找到这个网站 想应该写封信给你现在的你一定很开心吧 高考结束的第一天 让一切都他妈滚开吧出去约约约我有多久没有心平气和的和你说话了 逼着自己能用一个字回答你的就不回答 要两个字的就一个字 这并不好玩 每天想着过去不好玩 可我怕 我放不
给我很爱的姑娘
傻妞,现在的你在干什么呢,马上就是你的生日了吧,希望我没有记错。你知道的,我时间观念比较淡。不知道现在咱们都怎么样了,我有没有成功的把你推倒呢,哦,应该是成功的法办了你呢,如果是的,那我会继续爱你,比以前更爱的和你一辈子,如果还没有,那我只能先伤心一会了,未来的路,太长了,真害怕
送给高中那个纯洁的姑娘
你会不会不知道是谁给你发的呢,╮(╯▽╰)╭,不管你知不知道,我就在这里。
写给两年后的公主
菲,两年后的我可以这样叫你了吗?我们那时在一起了吗?真的很想知道呢,如果我们在一起了,一定很幸福吧。但是如果那时的我们还没在一起,是什么原因呢,是不是我的努力还不够,还是真的你心中不会有我,一年,两年,三年,会多少年呢,我跟你的命运会如此纠缠,到2017年,我喜欢你
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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