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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周末怎么过的?

说好周末带宝宝出去玩的,哦!及时不租车子,最少要去森林公园哦

n1154

Oct 22, 2015 · Traveled 4 days

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阿璐璐

亲爱的璐璐同学:今天是除夕了,这是我在15年十月份发出的邮件。首先祝你新年快乐!希望我们的2016年都可以 更勇敢 更值得 更平安。啊 我不会很多贺词啊,没关系,你都理解的~除夕不知道你陪不陪我一起过呢。感觉你八成是在家出不来的。————————这几天感觉我们总有点小摩擦,小矛盾看起来好像你很不开心

我不过是想你了

Oct 23, 2015 · Traveled 3 months 15 days

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To you

涵哥哥: hello,你好吗?我们还好吗?如果不出意外的话,今天我们在一起三周年了。偶然翻到这个网站,第一反应就是给你写一封信,我知道你又要说我非了,这是文艺好吧。其实我也不知道要说些什么,最主要的就是想知道你看到这封信时的心情,如果我们还在一起,请给我一个拥抱好吗,一个吻就更好了。如果我们不幸的分

没安全感的疯疯疯子

Oct 24, 2015 · Traveled 2 years 11 months

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给也许还爱着她的杨佳回

十年好快啊 不知不觉 当你打开时 你也许已经喜欢了一个女孩(王琼颖) 10年 愿这些年这段情未断 意未了 进往事一杯酒 忆回忆在心头

旧人城离人梦

Oct 28, 2015 · Traveled 2 years

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hi,小愚蠢

Hi 余思诚:今天是2015年10月31日万圣节。现在你刚醒,我问了你邮箱是啥。我们最近出了点问题,你知道问题是啥,毕竟没过多久呢今天给你写了段话,但是我不想发。我怕你觉得我在逼你,而且我觉得用行动来证明自己更重要。如果现在我们还在一起,那就是异国恋终于修成正果啦,谢谢陪我的你,谢谢不放弃我,一起度

tyj小可爱没头脑

Oct 31, 2015 · Traveled 2 months 1 day

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Hi 小愚蠢

Hi 余思诚今天是11月1号,崭新的一个月,你不喊我“老婆”也不和我说“我爱你”的第八天。哎你是不知道,其实我每天都要搜索聊天记录,看看你最近一次说“想你了”“我爱你”“老婆”之类的是啥时候。

tyj小可爱没头脑

Nov 2, 2015 · Traveled 2 months

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11/02/11:20

hi 余思诚:不知道上一封邮件有没有忘跟你说早安。早安啊,想你了。哎还是不知道我们今天在不在一起,所以这封邮件跟上一封只隔五分钟,我的意思是,如果我哪天(可能是每天)想跟你说话,就都把邮件发到你的今天,这样就算我们不在一起了,你也烦今天一天就够了。:(刚纠结了好久要不要找你,其实我知道你要复习,好纠

tyj小可爱没头脑

Nov 2, 2015 · Traveled 2 months

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11/2/23:43

余思诚早:我知道上一封跟你说过了 嘻嘻。这封不会很长的,因为有点困。刚找了你,但是你没回我。你删了几条状态,其中有条是写给我的那个。让我有点难受。唔因为你很少发关于我的东西。我知道是因为你很少发状态,有多喜欢我的时候也不想表现出来。你这种态度很容易失去我的!骗你的。你不会失去我的,除非额,除非你真的

tyj小可爱没头脑

Nov 2, 2015 · Traveled 2 months

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11/04/11:00

早啊余思诚:海边风很大,冷死宝宝了。今天你跟我。。聊的多了几句话。唔不知道你在干嘛 想你。一个人旅行吧,最大的不好就是没人拍照!我这个尴尬恐惧症又。。你懂的。每次你不找我吧,我总是想哼就是不想主动找你,想消失几天,骗你说手机掉海里了(如果我已经这样做了,你现在就应该知道我是骗你的了 嘻嘻 但是我提前

tyj小可爱没头脑

Nov 4, 2015 · Traveled 1 month 29 days

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11/05/13:53

好吧余思诚你今天对我。。有点热情啊。。。居然还告诉我你在干嘛。。。好吧你刚刚跟我讲了许可桢说钱包里有你照片的事。。其实我觉得我并不担心许可桢,因为她跟你在一起的时候都没让你喜欢上她,你现在都跟我在一起了我怕啥?我知道只有我自己作才会让你离开我,哎其实我还是蛮相信你的,反正比你相信我要多。而且你愿意把

tyj小可爱没头脑

Nov 5, 2015 · Traveled 1 month 28 days

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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

Nov 6, 2015 · Traveled 1 month 27 days

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11/08/16:47

余思诚:早,是不是已经被我吵醒了?今天你刚玩完真心话大冒险。其实吧,我有点怕怕的你玩真心话大冒险,你懂的。我刚白跑了一趟机场。饿死宝宝了。不知道你到宿舍没有,还是今天晚上不回宿舍呢?妈的要不要问你呢?好纠结,骰子说不要问

tyj小可爱没头脑

Nov 8, 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.

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