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这是我3年前写给你的一封信 傻狍子 崔佳环
崔佳环 我是房振凌 我还是放不下 我还是喜欢你 心酸 那么久了 我也只能等你今天了 3年了 离我们分手 今 我们俩就都22周岁了呢 不知道现在你是陪在谁身旁 不知道这3年之间我们还有没有缘分遇见 傻子 不知道我有没有忘了你呢 这封信是3年之前我写给你的 也就是距离我们认识10年了吧 快 我还是忘不了
Jun 11, 2017 · Traveled 2 years 7 months
写给三年后的你
南昊: 2020年的你,你好!现在是2017年7月4号下午3点整。 不知道这时候的你和我是什么样子的,还是好朋友么?有人结婚了么?此刻的我在金州这里给你写信,已经差不多三个月没有见到你,鬼使神差的想给未来的你写一封信,也不知道这个网站靠谱不靠谱,写了再说吧,我想跟你说,把所有的感觉埋在心里,即使偶尔
Jul 4, 2017 · Traveled 3 years
Photo letter
答应她今天娶她的
什么都没有 五年 我只想知道你在哪里
Jul 10, 2017 · Traveled 4 years 11 months
给一年后的熊大
Hey不知道现在我是否还用着这样打招呼的方式一次偶然的机会我看到了这个网站记得那时候我们一起看我结(初恋夫妇)里面的时间信箱可是让我们羡慕了好久所以产生了要试一试的想法你看到这封信的时候呢我们已经经历了学考成为了准高三会因为忙碌的学业见不了几面和以往的暑假不同学校组织了统一补课一切都很快并且顺利的到
Jul 14, 2017 · Traveled 1 year
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希望我和你一直好好的,把所有遗憾全都补上,
Jul 15, 2017 · Traveled 1 year
写给现在的你&未来的我@6.company.
秋 秋天来了,想写故事,想说给你听,很简单的愿望,实现起来确实很难。我总是害怕秋天,你可能不清楚。秋天的时候总会有莫名的冲动和情绪或者称呼之为力量(不知道你同不同意?)。其实我不擅长讲故事,讲真,你也知道我平时话不多,对于那种随时能翻动上下嘴皮子的人我是很羡慕啦,不知道你什么看法?虽然很拙劣,但我想
Jul 22, 2017 · Traveled 1 day
给现在的你&未来的我@6.zxm.
颗粒无收的秋天我是一个很渺小的人,你应该一直清楚吧。不是说庸庸碌碌,只是说平凡是平凡人的平凡,而我们都是平凡人,所以逃不过的就是这平凡。其实我也不知道花应该开在哪里,这次我是真的跟你说了实话。我没有超凡的能力,每一点点能作的事与情,都是来自无时无刻的积累和努力。我也经历过那样的秋天,颗粒无收的秋天,
Jul 23, 2017 · Traveled 1 day
给现在的你&未来的我@6.zxm.
欠你的安好。今天不是平淡的一天,但究竟哪里不平淡,我也说不好。姑且列一列。首先,身体越来越柔,近乎有点害怕。太阳让我流汗,月亮让你流泪。想到你,似乎就轻松不少,又有点无赖啦。可是就是喜欢黏你,哪怕你一声不吭,翻白眼(不知道你会不会这样?)。明明害怕孤独,却又文静的近乎羞怯,在人堆里感到不自在,自己觉
Jul 25, 2017 · Traveled 1 day
写给未来的…
谢谢你陪我18年,大学如何,我陪你。我爱你!
Jul 25, 2017 · Traveled 1 day
给现在的你&未来的我@6.zxm.
听风起,听雨落,听云涌。今天,先不慌给你写信,先看会《金刚经》。一看就停不下来,不知不觉11点了。再晚一点,又要到时间了。今天写些什么好啦?短一点吧,总有一天,我会把你给我的痛,一拳一拳,还给你,zxm.完毕。期待相遇。重逢。。。。。。。情爱里无智者。爱情太不公平。哭得像个孩子。死小孩。花公主。土和
Jul 27, 2017 · Traveled 1 day
圈圈
亲爱的圈圈大宝贝,这里很久很久以前的叉叉给你写的 才不告诉你是啥时候写得呢! 当你收到这份邮件不出意外应该是2018年的1月7号,是你21岁生日!!激不激动! 惊不惊喜啊!!哈哈哈!宝宝生日快乐!!么么哒!虽然我不知道你会不会看邮件....但能够有一天你会看到的。我不知道未来的我们是什么样子,但一定
Jul 28, 2017 · Traveled 5 months 10 days
Photo letter
刚刚忘了写名字了
你还记得我是谁吗?应该记得吧,我是你大老公,小月月(陈新月)
Jul 29, 2017 · Traveled 4 years 5 months
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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