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写给未来的…
这是我回来的第三天，我觉得薛之谦的《你还要我怎样》里有句歌词特别适合我现在——我后来都会选择绕过那条街，又多希望在另一条街能遇见。你说说看，我怎么还是那么作？！ 我好想你啊，是啊我好想你啊。现在我整个人瘫在我家沙发上，又伤心又委屈，真的好想立刻马上把沅陵县翻个底朝天，掘地三尺把你找出来，然后什么也不
cancer
Jul 27, 2016 · Traveled 1 day
可惜再遇见我那天你并不快乐
这是我回来的第三天，我觉得薛之谦的《你还要我怎样》里有句歌词特别适合我现在——我后来都会选择绕过那条街，又多希望在另一条街能遇见。你说说看，我怎么还是那么作？！ 我好想你啊，是啊我好想你啊。现在我整个人瘫在我家沙发上，又伤心又委屈，真的好想立刻马上把沅陵县翻个底朝天，掘地三尺把你找出来，然后什么也不
cancer
Jul 27, 2016 · Traveled 1 month 25 days
给未来的我们
你好15岁半的吴汉琴，我是16岁的张智睿。这封信寄给两年后的你。可能那个时候我们已经分开了，哎呀好烦我家里人全都要我去当兵，说是为了我好可她们根本不知道离开你我会有多想死！当然只是可能，如果我没去我们肯定还在一起，我还是你的爱耍帅爱耍流氓的张智瑞，你还是我的迷人可爱的吴汉琴。那一辈子吧。哎呀我到时候
大帅比
Jul 31, 2016 · Traveled 1 year 9 months
男神宝宝
嗨！我的宝宝男神！现在时间是2021.8.1了 也就是五年后了我们在五年前的四月份认识了当初认识你给我印象最深刻的就是你的声音让我听起来很有男人味的粗犷的声音其实你的性格也差不过一样 都那么大男人主义然后五月份的中旬 我们拍拖了记得当初四月份刚认识的时候你要我跟你交往我一开始是不同意 让你给我一个月
小丑姑娘y
Aug 1, 2016 · Traveled 5 years
嘻嘻，我喜欢你，不知道你知不知道
一年前的今天，突然想起你给我发了时光邮件，嘻嘻，有很多话想要说，可是却都不知道从哪里说起来然后呢
如初见ice
Aug 17, 2016 · Traveled 1 day
希望你一直好，不被任何困难所绊倒！
嘻嘻，我在想两年后的你会是怎么样的，两年后你考上了那里的大学，过得怎么样，我们的关系又会变成什么样子了，正在想象着呢！嘿嘿，你说你想去好多地方玩，去五座城市看看，我一直都记得，都记得，但好希望以后陪着你的人是我呀
如初见ice
Aug 17, 2016 · Traveled 1 day
现在今天十年之后
对，这个夏天，我的高中时代划上句号。这个夏天我们重新有了联系，甚至，刷爆了聊天记录。我们谈及了未来的日子，还有你所计划的你的一生和我的生活。我问你会不会十年之后我也会忘了你的样子，只记得你的名字。你没有回答我，想到这里不禁唏嘘感叹，我们终将会把这一切在脑海中冲淡。想问你你喜不喜欢我，从初三到现在，不
MayCa
Aug 23, 2016 · Traveled 10 years
写给未来我喜欢的人，
Rain 也是啊，其实如果你把第一封信早点给我，或许我醒悟的更快，只是你没机会送出去，我很想知道你当初的时候就边折边扔了。其实，今年打算送你了棕色泰迪熊，你说喜欢棕色，没想到却被惨拒。你说过晚安＝我爱你爱你，你给的承诺，若你爱上别人你亡。我今天看到就想哭了。当初喜欢上你的时候还不懂感情，现在爱上懂了
Zero丶
Aug 27, 2016 · Traveled 5 months 1 day
给未来一个月后的爱人
未来一个月后的爱人，知道我们的爱情是否还好好的，我喜欢快乐的你，我喜欢带着笑容的你，我喜欢我们在一起你那宠溺我的爱意，我希望在今后的日子里你要为自己而活，只为自己快乐和幸福，我希望从此以后你会幸福快乐的过完一辈子，只要你快乐，如果你妥协生活与家庭只要你需要我就离开，只要你能幸福，或许我的婚姻注定不能
萍儿在海边
Sep 13, 2016 · Traveled 7 days
你好吗？来找我吧
hello，一年后的赫桓 你好啊我是一年前的张小千，现在的我们是什么样子的？还在一起吗？或者。。。分开了吗？我也不知道，可是在一年前的我，是很希望可以和你走一辈子的。 我们相知的时间并不多，对你 我也是一见钟情。我们现在差不多谈了三个月了。每一天都有很甜蜜或者很纠结的事情发生。可是，我很爱你。至少，
我就是1000宝宝啊
Sep 20, 2016 · Traveled 1 year
后来的我们
瑶瑶，感谢你让我的那一年是彩色的。我知道你不会喜欢我，没关系，我永远是你这位公主殿下最忠诚的骑士，直到你找到你自己的王子。
iceKnight
Sep 21, 2016 · Traveled 7 days
国庆快乐之二
Without you?I'd be a soul without a purpose. Without you?I'd be an emotion without a heart I'm a face without expression,A heart with no beat. Without
小铭123456
Sep 26, 2016 · Traveled 5 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.
A Letter to the One You Love, Sent to Your Future
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