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
1475 public letters亲爱的宝贝
小宝贝，今天又上班了，下定决心了么？小宝贝可能在培训喽。加油哦，永远爱你的敏哥
2018年的敏哥
Jul 1, 2018 · Traveled 4 days
老婆110
时光飞逝，领证都110天了！过的还好吧？对喽，都上十几天班了，累死喽！还坚持几天就要培训喽！加油↖(^ω^)↗！一周前的敏哥
2018年的敏哥
Jul 12, 2018 · Traveled 6 days
写给未来的阿诺
嘿，你还好吗？两年前今天，你跟我提出了分手。对，我是贾鹿驰。在当时经过一个晚上思索，我觉得要重新追你，毕竟我们没有经历过这个过程，在那一天你跟我说，我没有了解过你，这次追你我会去了解你的。或许我忽略你当时的感受。对的，你没有想错，这是一封来自过去的信。我不知未来有没有追上你，也不知道会发生什么。我想
鹿
Jul 13, 2018 · Traveled 1 year 11 months
Photo letter
写给未来的…
嘤嘤嘤 终于开学啦 想死你啦 迎迎，可能吧期望我的驾照已经过科二 嘿嘿 然后在家里就一直想周你啦 现在开学啦很开心 开始新的学期啦 我们又可以在一起玩耍啦 激动/ 然后这一学期好像要比上两学期任务更重 总之先把那些抛开一边 重要的是我很爱你的啦 现在的你肯定瘦的让我怀疑人生的啦 然后等着我夸你 然后
鄙人唐僧Y
Jul 14, 2018 · Traveled 1 month 18 days
Photo letter
写给3年后的李昶江和刘娜
如果我们还在一起 你没有走掉 我没有走掉那 我们这辈子都不要分开了
清风徐来星人
Aug 1, 2018 · Traveled 3 years
Photo letter
写给4年后的嘉嘉
这个时候，我们都要毕业了，真希望我们现在还在一起，我对我们真的充满了信心，我爸妈也很喜欢你，嘻嘻嘻，只希望你爸妈也喜欢我。未来真的很捉摸不透，但是我唯一确信的我想要的未来，是有你的未来，你终会成为我的新娘的❤嘉嘉，我爱你，胜过于爱我自己❤
迦俪
Aug 5, 2018 · Traveled 3 years 9 months
给李贤
在正夏给你寄出这封信，今天到现在我们俩说的话不到十个字，前几天你和妈妈吵架了，但是对我也跟着变了，这样忽冷忽热的我到底能坚持多久呢？算啦，我的初衷不就是希望你能幸福吗，虽然不太想看到你和别人幸福。。。不知道这时候的我们怎么样了呢，，如果我们今天还在一起的话就687天了吧
lizzzzzz
Aug 14, 2018 · Traveled 11 months 18 days
亲爱的，爱你呦
我天天思恋的人就在我身边，我真是太幸运了！！时光过的太快了，这都四点多了，马上就要起床了！幸亏我们还年轻，能够静静的体会这甜蜜的二人世界！想着老婆正在车上阅读我的思恋，这滋味！！！每次到节日总想着咋给小宝过呢，今年总算多了个这个还不错的办法呀！这两年来感谢小宝的勤俭持家呀！小宝就是我的幸运星！相信明
2018年的敏哥
Aug 15, 2018 · Traveled 2 days
Photo letter
给最爱的
亲爱的，我想告诉你一句话年有四季，月有旬分，日有朝夕，我想有你
独坐西窗7
Aug 16, 2018 · Traveled 1 day
现在是2018年8月21日22:27
我又给你写信啦 现在你在吃鸡 嘻嘻 我跟你说哦 我一点都不想开学 开学一个礼拜后你就不在我身边了 每次想到这个总是忍不住想哭 虽然我平时任性的狠 但是啊自从上学期期末和好以来 我就舍不得和你吵架了 因为给我们的时间已经越来越少了 现在是22:31分 我很难过 眼泪一直流 我希望一年后我们还是在一起
汤桦榕
Aug 21, 2018 · Traveled 11 months 27 days
很抱歉,我欠你一句真诚的对不起.
哈喽,你或者已经忘记我是谁了,没关系,一直以来我都以为我自己不会走到这一步,或者很多事情是注定的,就像以前我说因果论也是一样,对的,我还是那样子认为因果论,难道不是吗?现在的时间是2018/09/22早上七点,今天我睡了四个小时就自然醒了,大概在这半年来第一次这么正常的一次睡眠吧,我通过以前不用的微
Roman
Sep 22, 2018 · Traveled 3 months 3 days
谢谢你，嘻嘻怪
小通通你好啊。收到这封信的时候我可能已经结婚了噢。不知道呢，我其实不太想结婚。在你出现以后。 我觉得我是有点喜欢你的，但是我们是不可能的啦，因为我已经没有耐心再去谈一段好长的恋爱了。从开始到现在，是我对不起你。 像你这么好的男孩子，以后一定有一个很爱你把你当宝贝的女朋友。但是我想说，如果她做了不好的
搞闺密
Oct 3, 2018 · Traveled 11 months 29 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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