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写个我最爱的女孩 致朱睿
亲爱的老婆大人 你还好吗 如今你已是大姑娘了 现在你应该为了高考还在抓紧学习吧 离高考还有79天哦 加油 我相信老婆可以的 如果在你旁边陪着你的人还是我的话今天也是我们在一起两年零一个月了 两年的异地恋也就要结束了 今天是2017年3月19号 我们在一起一个月了 你妈妈很不喜欢我 以后会喜欢我嘛 我
Mar 19, 2017 · Traveled 2 years
亲爱的宝仔
你收到这封信的时候我大概在和室友给陈雅婷过生日吧^_^她说这周五晚上和我们一起吃饭~只是突然有了给你写这个的冲动,应该到你收到的时候,我们会好很多,或者说恢复如常吧^_^今天看到很多地方(微博、豆瓣、知乎)都在转这件事情,不知道你有没有看见https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/2
Mar 22, 2017 · Traveled 2 days
对了,我忘记说
借用最近的流行语,此时我们的经历,分开和经济的一点紧张,就算是为了在一起而历的劫。宝仔你不必太过自责,你看我现在已经好好吃饭啦,我相信两年后的你会有能力守护我们,我相信两年后的你会和我在同一间小屋里经营我们的生活,我们都会有能力的。❀你很棒,亲爱的别自责❀
Mar 22, 2017 · Traveled 2 days
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写给未来的女朋友
我会好好珍惜你
Mar 24, 2017 · Traveled 7 days
~沈水之南浑河岸边~你可还记得我
今天发现了这个app还挺神奇的! 给自己写了一封 也给你写一封~你还记得两年前15年的4月~我们在大连猫空写下的么~我记得我写的我要为日本努力~我现在写的时候是在努力的 不知道你收到的时候我在哪里~你又许了什么愿 你还记得么~我们的爱情在17年的3.7号结束了呢~ 没坚持到约定的时间~虽然有一点遗憾
Mar 25, 2017 · Traveled 2 years
大哥大哥我是你的欧豆豆
你在哪里在做什么 现在八点呦 你下班了么~有男朋友了么~ 我在哪里呢~ 快来给我发个微信~春风十里不如你~ 我最喜欢你~
Mar 25, 2017 · Traveled 2 years
未来的我们--王清垚和温幸桥
看着寄出时间,十年不敢想十年之后是怎样的光景,那就只能定到半年吧。好像就是这个时候吧我也在西安的医院住院了,四年的时间你也去了。你看分开后大家果然没有太多的交流。你得气胸第二次了,也是因为你要还钱我才知道的。谈着当天晚上宾馆有人打电话说要不要小妹(可能我比较习惯叫小姐吧)其实我印象最深的是咱们向宾馆
Mar 25, 2017 · Traveled 6 months
写给未来的你邹港宇
嗨 邹港宇 当你收到这封信的时候你在干嘛?一年之后你是怎么样的?可能你是一个很优秀的健身教练吗?不知道你会不会收到还是想把心里的话告诉你和你相遇我挺后悔的挺难过的 但是又是我人生中最快乐的时光 后悔太幼稚的时候遇到了后悔我没有长成你喜欢的类型 如果我有168就好了哈哈你改正了我很多坏毛病 我自己看不
Mar 26, 2017 · Traveled 1 year
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100 days with you
亲爱的:今天是与你相识的第100天100个日日夜夜的相识相伴已使我认清自己的内心你是我一生相携手的伴侣
Mar 26, 2017 · Traveled 1 month 9 days
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写给未来的我的大臭臭
我是你的大宝贝路人 这是我17年3.28给你写的一封信 不知道这个时候我们还在不在一起 是爱人是朋友 还是陌生人…… 我不敢寄太长时间 我害怕如果时间太长那么不确定的感情等你收到这信的时候我们真的分开了 如果我们现在在吵架的话 我希望你能过来抱抱我 如果我们现在感情很好的话 我还是希望你能抱抱我 如
Mar 28, 2017 · Traveled 1 year
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对不起,留你一个人
我爱你,很爱很爱。我们还没好好相处啊,怎么就分开了
Apr 8, 2017 · Traveled 1 day
希望你一切都好
你猜猜我是谁?好吧,我是蠢,能做出这么蠢的事恐怕也就只有我一个吧。 现在是4月22日,晚上就要去参加华侨城的海选了, 我没有告诉你我去参加了吧。前几天我问你周六有没有时间,其实就是不想你过来。我不想见到你,因为这样,我会狠不下心,都已经打算忘记你了,却还是那么期待你会来。其实我想去黄培艺的新歌声的,
Apr 22, 2017 · Traveled 1 month 17 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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