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…
你的第一次是不是我,讨厌òᆺó,死鬼,对我温柔点啦,我怕疼哒
Jan 6, 2018 · Traveled 1 year 11 months
贱人- 玮儿
想你,千千万万遍。前几天,我们争执的时候你一口气跨过了水榭花都的大门,我疼,我很疼,我看到你离去的背影,我是窒息的。我为什么哭,因为不可以看到你消失,不可以,不可以。多想时间拨回几月前,我们一切还好的时候。我最亲爱的人,我怎么可能不爱你呢,你又怎么可能感受不到呢,既然能够感受到,为何还要反复确认这个
Jan 10, 2018 · Traveled 5 months 27 days
最亲爱的你,建
今日收到了你手写的信。你给我的第一封。我既希望于收到这封信(以前想过),又希望收不到。我吻了吻信,好似我吻了吻你。
Jan 12, 2018 · Traveled 6 months
给十九岁的李扩扩
李扩扩,早上好啊!我是你亲爱的媳妇,现在是2018年1月12日20点44分,我正在给即将要满十九岁的小扩扩写信,手好冻哦!好冷,在学校你总是不开心,烦躁,希望你回家能好一点,明天你就要回家了,路上自己注意安全。今天晚上真的是希望能跟你一起多待一会的,可是那么烦躁,恩,回寝室把东西好好收拾一下,晚上早
Jan 12, 2018 · Traveled 29 days
不知道怎么选
我不知道应该怎么办,我爱他 ,但是我不敢再去等了,我好累,怕到时候还是和现在一样让我难过。8年的感情,不容易放下,我真的不知道怎么办了,??
Jan 17, 2018 · Traveled 3 days
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亲爱的你
现在是2018年1月21号 晚上,我在开发区你在花园小区 一眨眼我们已经谈恋爱了102天 在此之前我们见过了双方家长 幼儿园的每个人都知道我们两个人的事情, 遇见你很幸福!真的 不出意外的话 这个时候(三年后)的我们应该结婚了吧,我估计还在幼儿园上班 而你已经换了其他的工作 忙着挣钱 或者我们有了自
Jan 21, 2018 · Traveled 3 years
给我最爱的男孩
你好呀!王大平。数数我们在一起的时间都快四年了。你现在戒烟成功了吗?工作怎样?还是总有那么几个讨人厌的同事吗?你有监督我减肥吗?我们还是像以前一样喜欢互损对方吗?说好的要一起去云南大理、去四川九寨沟、去重庆吃火锅,都去了吗?
Jan 23, 2018 · Traveled 2 years
如此
我知道自己喜欢你,但我不知道将来在哪里,因为我知道,无论在哪里,你都不会带我去,而记忆打亮你的微笑,要如此用力才能变得欢喜。所以,如此,便好
Feb 4, 2018 · Traveled 10 days
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叶子,新年快乐
叶子,新年快乐~~虽然不知道你还是否在使用这个QQ,是否能够看到这份邮件。我收到了你在17年5月所发的时光邮件,很可惜,当时我们已经没有继续联系了,我很好奇2016年5月18日你所写的1300字的邮件,但如今,我也不好意思去问了。自从17年8月份开始,我看到你连空间都关闭了,就怀疑你这个QQ已经不再
Feb 16, 2018 · Traveled 11 months 20 days
写给2019的情人节
希望这一天,如我在2018年的情人节所言:仍然是你和我,仍然是最初相识时温暖的心情。爱上你,无怨无悔。感谢你也有同样的心情。望彼此的感情绵长永久……
Feb 20, 2018 · Traveled 11 months 25 days
嘿,这是我写给你的第二封信。
或许因为时间问题,以及各种未知的问题,你或许在收到这封信之后才会看到第一封信,再或者,你不会收到第一封信。或许你连这封信也看不到。 如果你收到了第一封信,那就请原谅我的冒昧。 如果你没收到第一封信,那这就是第二封信的主要作用。 我喜欢你。 放心,没有第三封了。 让我猜猜你现在此刻的心态,对于这种事情
Feb 23, 2018 · Traveled 4 years 2 months
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莹莹
时间过得真快,我们初中毕业已经3年了,初中那些时光已经不在了,再也没有我们在一起聊这聊那了,我们那时候坐在教室讨论男生哪个长得帅女生哪个长得好看了,哈哈我们现在已经长大了,那些都是不懂事的时候的事了,不说这些了这些时光不复存在,也不可能再回去了。你已经找到了自己的另一半,小伙长得挺帅,人不错,挺实
Feb 27, 2018 · 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.
A Letter to the One You Love, Sent to Your Future
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