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

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开学寄语

其实一直有很多话想跟你说,也想和你好好聊聊,就是一直没有机会,现在这个方式也还凑合吧。 不要嫌我啰嗦(虽然我觉得自己要变成老太公了),就是最后这个学期要好好读,不管最后你到哪里去,我都会陪你,如果你不喜欢我了那就跟我说吧。既然最后这个学期决定要好好在一起了,那我就会纠缠到底的。我只是不想让自己后悔,

n1360

Feb 13, 2016 · Traveled 1 day

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亲爱的,我们第一单独看电影

老公,我做完听到你要离开我,简直走火入魔,晴天霹雳的消息让我窒息……六年来的每一步很难,估计你已厌倦,一年后的你还是我的吗?还记得咱们犯傻吗?

傻傻鱼

Feb 13, 2016 · Traveled 1 year

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嗷嗷嗷纸豪欧尼酱

哈哈哈哈哈纸豪兄这时候我还在学校,定时发给你的,远在很远的地方还能记着你生日不要太感谢我╭( ̄▽ ̄)╮蒽初中其实你能感觉我喜欢你吧,现在许久不见也倒可以轻松说出口,总之生日快乐啦,也不知道祝福什么就祝你高中即使谈恋爱也不会影响学习吧╮(╯▽╰)╭哒哒哒看我多好~生日哈皮!!!哈哈哈哈哈猜猜我是谁

以巳皿杉爷

Feb 15, 2016 · Traveled 21 days

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我最爱的人

一定要照顾好自己啊,在我不在的时候里啊吃饭要好好吃,有营养的东西要吃啊,眼保健操要每天睡觉前做呀,睡前还要活动活动身体哦,我爱你,罗燕。我相信你,罗燕。

一律

Feb 22, 2016 · Traveled 9 months 2 days

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我最亲爱的

我的 思凡小公主:好久不见了 。首先抱歉,不能当面祝你生日快乐,也不能写亲笔信给你,不能亲手把礼物送到你手上。其实你收到的礼物不是我最初设想的那个,可是忙的焦头烂额,实在没有时间完成。欠你的我记得呢啊。写这封信的时候,离高考还有105天。我开始后悔我的选择,在这些暗无天日的日子里。不断的怀念我们一起

绿子

Feb 23, 2016 · Traveled 9 days

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写给29岁的萌萌

现在是2016/3/1号,希望你能收到这封邮件你刚刚给我讲,看到29岁就感觉好伤感哈哈有什么伤感的,毕竟你已经活了29年你28岁我也是给你寄出了祝福哒哈哈你刚刚说你要把这封邮件打印下来裱起?excuse me?生日快乐。萌。现在这个时候我们还不能像一般情侣那样,约约会什么的。不过我相信你收到这封邮件

n1386

Mar 1, 2016 · Traveled 10 months 2 days

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小瓜贝

哈哈哈,老公爱你~(6/3/2016 6.15am)

EricChia90

Mar 6, 2016 · Traveled 1 day

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亲爱的逗逼……

今天是2016.03.19,昨晚上跟你打电话了,你没接,我不知道还有多少时间了,或许还有很久呢?也说不定。 不知道你会不会看到,也忘了多久了,有你的日子里,真特么也算是开心了,谁让你逗逼呢!这一年这个词还新鲜吗?我都不知道了! 苏京川,这尼玛啥名啊!不过我喜欢!!!我喜欢!!!我喜欢!!! 谁特么我

刘青青

Mar 19, 2016 · Traveled 5 years 9 months

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写给老婆的未来的信

我亲爱的老婆: 这是自我们2016年1月9日结婚以来,作为一个老公给你写的第一封信,也是第三次在这里给你写信。 老婆,自从我们结婚以来,我们之间就一直矛盾不断,基本上每次通电话都是以双方不愉快而结束。我们两地分居本来就不容易,为什么还要闹成这样呢?为什么一切变得和婚前不一样了呢?是我变了?你变了?是

一休哥

Mar 28, 2016 · Traveled 10 years

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这不是广告点开看看

云,我的初恋,不知现在你是否还会记得我,结婚了吗,压力大吗,分开了这么久我依然爱你,就在今天我决定放下了,都过去了,别了我的初恋 李哲涛 2016年三月29日

Zz

Mar 29, 2016 · Traveled 10 years

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你还好吗

今天是愚人节,我写了一份永远发不出去的,你永远收不到的短信,因为你已经拉黑我了,三年后的今天你已经结婚了吧,有了属于你们的孩子,希望这时的我已经忘记你了,土鳖,你过得还好吗,好久不见。

Hyumiao

Apr 1, 2016 · Traveled 3 years 1 month

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HELLO,张队长!

看到这封信会不会有点惊讶?哈哈哈这是一封来自两年前的信~~~~恩,现在是2016年4月,我在你家给你写这封信,第一次来你家~~~~咱俩现在在忙着创业呢,不知道两年后的今天有没有开上路虎揽运呼哈哈~·~ 话说现在咱俩估计快结婚了吧,是不是依旧好幸福?有没有去过很多国家,有没有看过很多风景?好了我忙着写

微雨燕双斐

Apr 4, 2016 · Traveled 2 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.

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