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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给5年后的琼姐
姐,我是王新宇,确切的说是五年前的我,五年了,不知道你现在怎么样,应该很好吧,我前一天有点失眠,所以想了很多事情,我想到之后的五年,我们会在哪?都会在干什么,会发生什么事,我在想,我为什么会喜欢你,一夜过去了,我还是不知道为什么,反正就是觉得非常非常非常喜欢你,没什么理由,那时,我觉得只要你能开心,
Jul 31, 2017 · Traveled 5 years
<第99天>你回家了,我在等你啊。
刚刚等到你从机场到家,准备写完今天的邮件再睡觉。今天会有点开心诶,这么半个月来不知道你是因为忙还是因为不知道怎么和我说话,很久没和我说过很多话了。可是今天多说了好几句,心情好像也好很多。这会儿的你离开了北方,回到了你的南方去。可我出生的地方安康市也在秦淮线以南诶,所以我也算是南方人吧哈哈。胃饿坏了没
Aug 4, 2017 · Traveled 3 months 8 days
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我可爱的涂涂刚呀
高考结束了对吧,不管考的是好是坏,看我满怀春心写给最爱的你一些绝对真心的话。现在我们还有在一起吗?做两个假设吧 如果我还和你在一起,那这个时候的感情变成什么样了呢。是越来越好,还是开始有厌烦了?你还记得你的承诺吗:等我幸福你才会幸福。现在还算不算数啊。其实你遵不遵守承诺都没关系,我知道这很难实现,但
Aug 8, 2017 · Traveled 1 year 10 months
<第96天>旅行的意义,就是去异国想你。
这次旅行,把过去所有不开心的事都丢在路上,回来,只剩一个开心的我面对你。旅行的意义到底是什么呢?大概能让我们看到想象之外的世界,看到那些奇妙,惊喜,和意想不到。然后生活的杂碎,眼前的一切,与之相比,好像根本不算什么。或许呢?旅行的意义就是我跑到另一个地方想念你,逃到另一个国度去喜欢你。你会想我吗,答
Aug 9, 2017 · Traveled 3 months 3 days
写给未来的傻瓜
3年后的傻瓜当你看到这封信是不是很好奇圣诞节快乐、很特别的日子现在的你应该成家了,有了孩子不知道你过的是不是比我幸福你一直在我心里,怎么都抹不去我每天想着你生气的样子害羞的样子、闹人的样子请允许我说一句:我想你了
Aug 10, 2017 · Traveled 3 years 3 months
圣诞节快乐
最近好吗?这是4个月前给你写的信,今天是12月25圣诞节,也是第三个圣诞夜,夜里是格外的黑,没有你就没有光,你说过每年都会陪着我,可是你现在陪着他,留下我一个人,孤单又凄凉,我开始讨厌今天,讨厌没有你的纪念日。 圣诞节快乐傻丫头
Aug 11, 2017 · Traveled 4 months 14 days
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给你的
明知道我们不可能,我还是担心你过不好这一生,我知道纠缠是最不酷的一种方式,对不起,我做不到不纠缠,我保证我就纠缠到你有人陪有人照顾的那天。
Aug 11, 2017 · Traveled 2 months 1 day
<93天>我想当你的猫,钻进你怀里。
想当你的猫,在你半夜睡着的时候,偷偷钻进你的被子里,钻进你怀里。阿金真幸福,和你住在一起哈哈哈 我也想 想给你做好吃的东西 想在你怀里和你看一部电影 想一起睡懒觉 一起逛超市 不能再说了 我有点想你这两天旅行有一点点累,不过晚上能和你说几句话也就很开心啦,但我真的不是平胸,但你不喜欢我,这个也不重要
Aug 12, 2017 · Traveled 3 months
<第91天>走到的每一个地方都幻想着和你一起
今天住进了一个超级美的民宿,有三只猫,有好吃的食物,可以骑车环岛玩,想到你。嗯其实今天超级不开心,因为你再次泼了我冷水,还有点冰心被冻了一会,睡了一觉,听了会歌好一点了,然后又满血复活,死皮赖脸的跑去找你说话又换了一盆新的冷水的 .....没关系啦,要喜欢你这么好的一个人,应该经历点难的 ,心累也没
Aug 14, 2017 · Traveled 2 months 29 days
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(无标题)
热恋期过了是磨合期了我很想相信你,但是怕受伤但是我又怕你伤心,不想伤害你哎呀,怎么办啊我姐说我要不理你可是我不想不要骗我啊
Aug 15, 2017 · Traveled 1 year
<第90天>下了一天雨,因为我想大水怪了吗?
想看蓝蓝的海 结果岛上下了一整天雨骑了摩托车10公里 一边淋着雨一边走 快要累死 晚上洗澡 洗着洗着没了热水 满身泡沫 绝望现在全身发冷 你又像冰块疙瘩一样冻我 心累诶不过我盖被子睡一觉就好了 明天醒来又有十二万分力气去喜欢你 嘿嘿正准备睡了 你又发了个奇怪的朋友圈 不开心的样子 我我我我.....
Aug 16, 2017 · Traveled 2 months 27 days
嗨,大傻逼,我只想和你说说话
嗨,大傻逼我还是喜欢这么叫你,分手五周年快乐。而我不知道此时的自己还在等你吗,我是否遵守了等你五年的承诺。年轻的诺言总是那么美好又可笑。我想就算我等你到此刻你也不会爱我了我们也回不去了,但我心里有个位置一定是你。对不起,跟你说了那么重的话,如果你懂我,你知道我又闹脾气了,我只是想让你快点回到你身边,
Aug 17, 2017 · Traveled 2 years 4 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.
A Letter to the One You Love, Sent to Your Future
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