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来自十年前的王雨欣
今天是2015年12月10日。我写下了这封邮件。曾经那么幸福的我们,两个月前,缘分尽了。不要把一切归罪于异地。异地只是很小一部分原因。你,我,都有错。那些错对于那段感情都是致命的。我们爱的太偏激了。让对方透不过气。我们占有欲太强了。强的对方的世界里,只允许自己的存在。我们如此的相像,像的不适合做情侣
Dec 10, 2015 · Traveled 10 years
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来自十年前的王雨欣
现在是15年12月10日。已经十年了。你应该结婚了吧。你已经三十了~哈哈,三十岁的你是什么样呢~在我眼里没有配得上你的女生。不过呢,你幸福就好。如果你还没有结婚,别叫我了。我想让定格在那一刻的你。把你定格在那里。这样你就不会再走了。还记得高中我问你生日,你告诉我了一个我生日之前的日期。后来才知道其实
Dec 10, 2015 · Traveled 10 years
辞掉手中的工作,和我一起旅行去把
辞掉手中的工作,和我一起旅行去吧我在等你却不敢找你在你面前我太自卑了如果工作不好,以后我养你,不想你这么累辞掉手工的工作,和我一起旅行去吧说走就走
Dec 13, 2015 · Traveled 2 months
12/14
余思诚我讨厌你 真的讨厌你 真的很讨厌很讨厌你我真想打爆你的头 想你在路上被车撞死 想狠狠折磨你 想诅咒你以后不能和心爱的人在一起five stages of Kubler-Ross是骗人的。不管我再怎么接受我们已经分手了 这个他妈的铁板钉钉的事实,还是很他妈的疼死老子了。真的很疼。很疼。宝宝我讨厌
Dec 14, 2015 · Traveled 19 days
老婆,还是老同学?
琦琦,我没让你伤心吧?别离开我,我,很爱你,发自内心!三年转眼即逝在高中有没有男朋友啊,有的话原谅我控制不住情绪揍了他!我爱你!让我们笑着看完,不要离开我,执子之手恩爱永远。好吗?我爱你,嫁给我。
Dec 15, 2015 · Traveled 2 years 5 months
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给滕月的一封信
哈咯滕月月我是陈登宏,你2015年的男朋友~新的一年开始啦。有没有什么新年愿望呢~升职加薪?还是保持身材?还是什么呢。吃好多的薯片,酸奶,肉松面包?哎呀你真的太喜欢吃肉松面包啦,上大学的时候每天早上都想吃肉松面包呢。还经常和我去吉大的618买面包。我忘不了你看到面包的样子哦你还记得有一次我和你去修电
Dec 16, 2015 · Traveled 2 years
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给滕月的一份信。来自陈登宏
滕月,我是陈登宏,这是一封来自七年前的信。先祝你生日快乐。这时候你已经快奔三啦!一朵花!这时候的我应该三十岁了。现在的我才22岁。我正在模仿30岁的我说话呢。22岁的我,你总是嫌我太幼稚,太傻逼。不知道30岁的我是不是变得成熟了呢。先答应我件事,无论如何,都要把一封信发给30岁的我看。我也想回忆一下
Dec 16, 2015 · Traveled 7 years
期望
第三次给你写时光信了,感觉它就像叮当猫的时光机能把我带到未来的你的身边。 习惯每天总是在幻想跟你结婚的那天是怎样怎样好,现在又突然开始害怕结局没我想的那样完美。你说结婚的时候你就拉我去民政局领证都不跟我求婚的,刚认识你的时候你有时像个孩子有时又像个外国人一样浪漫自由,虽然三年过去了你变了很多很多但唯
Dec 17, 2015 · Traveled 11 months 25 days
无题
我之前以为这一天我会在一河北,跟你过着情人节,完了连场过两周年。。。。然而我其实已经失恋了,两个月前失恋了。一个人在马路上,并不想回家,天气非常冷。手指不是很灵活。鼻子酸溜溜的,眼睛也涩得疼。在这之前的昨天,我刚刚以为一切回来了,老爸给我打了电话,于是,闹了一架。这是我爸第二次给我打电话,都是因为你
Dec 18, 2015 · Traveled 1 month 28 days
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致最爱的人
明天上午你就要考科目二了,下午还要考六级。这一段时间里,你有时候下午要练车,但是我的一个短信和一个电话,你都会陪我一起去图书馆。你知道吗?每次在图书馆的你困了,我都很过意不去,我知道你可能是不太喜欢图书馆(我猜的)但是为了我还要在陪着我。最喜欢看你困了,想睡觉的样子。最享受和你在一起的时光。总是觉得
Dec 18, 2015 · Traveled 1 day
梁苑彤亲启
乱乱乱,自相矛盾,前后颠倒,本末倒置,这个药多吃点能不能增强效果,我想恨你,可是一切都是因我而起,你现在对我所做的都是我计划好的,我算无遗策,连自己都破不了题,我亲手把你赶走,有什么理由反悔。恨你就是恨自己,我不被任何人需要,多余,多余。我在你眼里什么都不是。呵呵。求仁得仁,求仁得仁。没理由反悔,我
Dec 24, 2015 · Traveled 8 days
老婆
老婆你好,我是你未来的老公。额,不是,我是你过去的未婚夫。离写这封信已经第十个年头啦!咱们的孩子还没起床呐?哎你起来没呀?写信之时我坐在出租屋内,憋着一泡尿。十年后,我的心中你依然貌美如花。你是我的初恋,是我一辈子的老婆。我很期待十年后咱们的样子啊!!想想心理有点小激动呢!!!唉不知道在这十年里我对
Dec 27, 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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