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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谢谢你给我的回忆,

亲爱的: 不能亲口对你说生日快乐,对不起。 我知道回来后的我,让你很失望,很伤心。给你带来一段失败的婚姻,我很自责,并非我本意,我不知道到底是直接没信心了,还是不了解后来的你,没能找对方向去给你想要的,我真的有做,最后一天交谈中,是我心里的大实话,我在乎你,我愿意为你付出我的生命去保护你的一生,我不

朱浩

Oct 8, 2016 · Traveled 5 months 6 days

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To傻宝宝顺顺:满月快乐

宝宝: 恭喜我们熬过了第一个实习月【鲜花掌声】!!!虽然没有在同一个区,不能及时分享彼此的快乐忧愁,吐槽也只能隔着屏幕,但是至少我们还拥有彼此,我们还是很好的朋友。我当然不会忘记去见你的路上的那一份欣喜,像是每次回家,离家越近心里就多一分期待,也像是去见一个恋人,我们在谈恋爱,分开许久重逢那样;每天

木南

Oct 8, 2016 · Traveled 5 days

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生日快乐

亲爱的生日快乐,现在是2016.10.10日,在写这封邮件的时候我们刚刚经历过争吵,说了放弃也说了再见 。 感谢上天让我遇到你,带给我那么多美好的回忆。人生中第一束玫瑰,第一件情侣服,第一个有意义的情人节,第一次滑雪,第一次大荔……,你带我去看房子,小小的毛坯房,你给我说着家居摆设,装修风格,你说房

Smile_Zzing

Oct 10, 2016 · Traveled 5 months 10 days

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我不知道我用什么自称可以不让你讨厌我

宝宝,我很想你,我想你。再也回不去了吗,我怕这一生就这么孤独的走下去了。我手里拿着你的梦想在看书,你还记得是什么东西吗?晚安wanan

CNM

Oct 11, 2016 · Traveled 1 year

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宝宝

你都开始不回我,不理我了,我真的好想你。我不应该喜欢发脾气,对不起。

CNM

Oct 11, 2016 · Traveled 5 months 9 days

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宝宝

今天你把我手机拉黑了,QQ也拉黑了,为了永久保存记录,会员没有断过。感觉天黑了,这下全完了,本来想一个人受不了的时候翻看看。我明白你对我为甚么这么决绝了,你在深圳生活压力大,拼命工作学习,而我还在儿女情长,不去拼命,你失望。你说创业期间根本没有时间谈恋爱,我现在明白了。我也不是想烦你,你毕竟是我的初

CNM

Oct 12, 2016 · Traveled 3 months 22 days

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不要讨厌我

这样写给你是怕你心烦,对不起,在你工作学习还这么累的时候,让你心也累,我还在因为感情的事情这个样子烦你。我恨我自己,控制不住,可是除了学习工作只有想你。你压力大,防止肿瘤,还有宫寒,我给你买了,阿娇膏,你自己照顾好自己,身体好才是真的好,不要讨厌我,我会听你的话。

CNM

Oct 12, 2016 · Traveled 2 days

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你还记得今天是什么日子吗?

致——亲爱的你高考结束。现在的你,身在何处呢。现在是2016年10月22日,明天就要回学校了。回去之后的考试结果,想必你也已经淡忘。现在一整天都在下雨。今天写给zxm的两页信已经装在了信封里。封面是一只兔子。那封信,是交给了他,还是被你弄丢了,还是到现在依然安静的放在书桌的抽屉里?你和四夕去过青岛了

椋儓

Oct 22, 2016 · Traveled 2 years 10 months

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写给骆静

今天是2016-10-23。很普通的一天。意大利语学校老师又打电话来催我。我也知道,大二还不去学语言,等大三再想出国就为时过晚了。我再一次拒绝了他。不是因为家庭条件,不是因为父母反对。这一走就是两年。两年整,不见面。这对我们来说已经意味着不可能的事情了。虽然不愿意,但我还是要做出选择了。是选择更好的

n1727

Oct 23, 2016 · Traveled 9 months 14 days

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梅梅

不知道这时候的我们是不是还在一起,不知道你是否还记得我。如果还在一起,那么我想养两条狗,一条叫兜兜,一条叫转转,纪念我们兜兜转转还在一起的这几年。如果已经分离,祝你快乐。2016.10.25

泓三三

Oct 25, 2016 · Traveled 2 years 7 months

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如果回不到过去,那就过好现在,如果我们现在没在一起,那也请你不要忘了我。

荼蘼花开

Nov 5, 2016 · Traveled 6 months

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写给未来的老公

亲爱的老公,当我再次看到这封信是是一年后,不知道在这一年里我们会怎样,也不知道那时你是否还在身边,老公,我真的很爱你哦

森林梅果

Nov 11, 2016 · Traveled 1 year

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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