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叮,来自大半夜的瞎逼逼
现在我的眼前是一面白白的天花板,除了等医生来啥也做不了就突然想到这个如果我们能走过这次那么我们就在一起将近半年了吧如果没有走到这么久,我也依然很谢谢你,让我知道了什么是喜欢,我记得你很好奇为什么我喜欢被叫宝宝吧,因为那样我才有一种真正被宠爱的感觉吧也很好奇为什么我喜欢叫你叫哥哥吧最开始真的是因为怕妈
May 1, 2018 · Traveled 1 day
三年之约到了,不知道我们还有没有在一起
现在是2018年5月5日 你去考护士资格证了先祝你成功算了,啥也不说了吧。我爱你最少,18年的我还爱你
May 5, 2018 · Traveled 2 years 8 months
给董春燕的一封信
燕,也不知道你能不能看到了,或许吧。 也许你看到这封信的时候,早已很幸福了吧,可能已经有了一个很爱很爱你的男朋友,也可能依然独自一人。我想说,我很想你,至少今天是这样的,2018年5月5日。 我其实挺后悔的,对你做的那些事,如果的话,结果可能就不一样了。我很抱歉,但好像已经晚了。 我是一个不会说话的
May 5, 2018 · Traveled 2 years 8 months
我爱的你。。。
田斌冉:分开三年多了,但我总是忘不掉你,大概是爱你爱的太深,记忆时而微弱,时而强烈,忙时是你的面孔,闲时是我们的点点滴滴,梦时更是无比的恐惧。新朋友也好,老朋友也罢,总是会提起你,虽不敢提及你的名字,但聊的都是我们的往事。错在我,当我明白自己的错时已经处在伸手不见五指的黑暗里,好像有千万条寄生虫在腐
May 7, 2018 · Traveled 7 days
你好,王黑黑
不知道这个时间,你还黑不黑?不知道这一年,我们俩是什么样?是不是已经结婚了?还是分开了
May 8, 2018 · Traveled 7 years 1 month
2018年5月8日
乖·····现在是晚上12点07分,我刚刚才到家,今天刚从六盘水出差回来,昨天晚上我一直没睡好,还做了一个梦, 我梦见你带着我们在西昌买的那顶帽子,你的头发好长好漂亮,提着包回来,问我今晚吃什么,我好开心,我以为这一切都是真的,我试着去抱你,但一瞬间我就醒了才发现这是一场梦,我就一直躺在床上思考着,
May 8, 2018 · Traveled 2 months 4 days
2018年5月8日
乖,现在是晚上的12点,我刚从六盘水出差回来,昨天清早我梦见你了,我梦见你带着我们在西昌买的那顶帽子你的头发好长好漂亮,你开门进来回家问我晚上想吃什么,我好开心,我以为这一切都是真的,我走上前想保住你,但是碰到你的一瞬间我就醒了,我才发现这是一场梦,(T T)晚上 忙碌了一整天我回到家刚和你通完电话
May 9, 2018 · Traveled 2 months 2 days
写给未来亲爱的老公吕雷
老公:明天就是我们结婚的日子了,想想时间过的真快,一转眼我们在一起也五年了,曾经我幻想过无数次嫁给你的场景,但是真正到了结婚的时候我反而觉得特别淡定,像是水到道渠成一样。但我还是会对未来的生活充满了迷茫,会不由自主的去想我们以后会怎么样?是会相濡以沫,有一个可爱的孩子,不富裕但是很温馨的家?还是会争
May 28, 2018 · Traveled 9 days
小宇小宇
小宇,你好吗?这个邮箱发出去的邮件,不知道你能不能收到,可能收不到吧,可能会被自动放进垃圾箱。昨天是儿童节。你收到信的时候,已经三年过去了。我只是在写信的时候很想念你,不知道你收到信的时候,我还想不想你,应该不会了。因为如果那时候还想念你,那说明很蠢吧。我写信也只是想把写信这时候的情绪告诉几年后的你
Jun 2, 2018 · Traveled 3 years
Photo letter
周沛写给任岚婷未来的信
你好,任岚婷。记得今天的诺言吗? 2018年6月16日, 我们约好2020年5月20日领结婚证的。今天日子到了,无论今天在干嘛,请早上起来给她打电话,然后去民政局领证吧!
Jun 16, 2018 · Traveled 1 year 11 months
对不起
李依琳,最近你过的好吗?我知道你有对象了,但我还是会想起你。我知道你总是想加我,现在我打算面对你了,不想逃避。以前我们在一起的时候,我对你说过的话都是真的,是我发自内心的,我知道你有两个QQ号,有点时候你会骗骗人,我明白。我吧,身边总会有许多人安慰我,上次我喝酒了,是我第一次喝酒,很难喝,我忍着喝了
Jun 22, 2018 · Traveled 1 day
亲爱的!
我爱你,如果这个时候的我们不在一起了!请不要怪我!其实我很难受!我压力很大,我不能在自私下去了!因为你和我在一起只能吃苦!我现在完全没办法给你一个安稳的家!你跟我在一起只能吃苦!我家境其实不是很好,你的家境也不是很好!所以我目前没办法让你吃喝不愁,不用为了钱烦恼!如果现在我们还在一起,我将生死相依!
Jun 27, 2018 · Traveled 3 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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