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你还好吧!!
2018年12月21日,今天今天是我上班的第十五天,刚刚半个月了感觉过的挺快的,也就是一眨眼的功夫,今天我这方下雨了,不知道你那方怎么样,成都不知道冷不冷,我不知道这信i能收到,如果能收到的话,我时间都是三年后,也就是2021年,三月十二号这天,应该这天是我们在一起的时间。我在这方挺好的,不知道你过
Dec 21, 2018 · Traveled 2 years 2 months
清晨的光
2018年12月22日,今天是我工作的第十六天,今天是冬至不知道你今天吃的是啥,反正我今天和平时,为什么区别,昨天知道你感冒了,我不在你能不能把自己照顾的好一点,该吃药就吃药,别托行吧。今天晚上回去我想和你视频,但是又害怕你在外面吃饭忙。我真的不知道该怎么做了。你的脾气我真的是一清二楚的,我嗯是拿你
Dec 22, 2018 · Traveled 2 years 2 months
别来无恙啊
2018年12月23日,今天是我上班的第十七天,三哥,今天过得怎么样,我猜你今天应该没有想我吧,反正我是想你了,你对我的态度其实我都知道,要是我拿你对我的态度来对你,你可早就走了吧,其实我为什么不愿意放弃你,有很多方面的原因,我觉得遇见你真的特别不容易,我以后也难得再去遇见其他人了。浪费时间浪费精力
Dec 23, 2018 · Traveled 2 years 2 months
寒冷的夜晚
2018年12月24日,今天是我上班的第十八天,今天是平安夜不知道有人送你苹果没有,可惜这个人不是我,我不能陪你一起过圣诞节和平安夜了。其实有有个大胆的想法,就是晚上回去我们一起开始视频一起吃苹果,想想都觉得好幸福。不知道你愿不愿意呢?我今天公司发一个苹果等会带回寝室吃吧。希望你在成都过得一样好。三
Dec 24, 2018 · Traveled 2 years 2 months
圣诞节的你好吗
2018年12月25日,今天是我上班的第十九天,今天也刚好是圣诞节,这方的嗯过年了。他们今天晚上都可以和家人一起吃饭度过愉快的一晚,结束一年的疲劳,在明天就是新的一年了。我挺羡慕他们的,但是我不是他们。三哥,昨晚你说你一个人真的好累,我确实不在你身边,什么事都要靠你自己,我也不忍心让你承受这一切,但
Dec 25, 2018 · Traveled 2 years 2 months
七.
致2019.10.25: 今天是2019.1.1。无意间想起时光邮局这个网站,又突然想起两年前我玩过,现在想重新写一封信,给你,给最喜欢的你。时光飞逝,怎么说呢,在高中遇到你真的是我的荣幸,是我的福气,是我的命中注定。从16年11月末遇见你,到十二月份每次下课几乎都很巧合的能碰到,再到17年的各种时
Jan 1, 2019 · Traveled 9 months 24 days
试一下
冰雪聪明的暗夜精灵邬西西我是五年前的芦笑瑜,不知道你还记不记得我呀O(∩_∩)O哈哈~。发这封邮件呢,主要是纪念一下你刚刚结束的神魂颠倒的期末…从最初的工数“不慌”(你原话哦)再到数电模电魔鬼速成。。。弄得我都很有压力(帮你找资料、逗你开心),看你天天通宵复习,也挺心疼哒!希望之后的你,真的能做到你
Jan 9, 2019 · Traveled 7 days
执念太深
大概你都想不到吧!这已经是你喜欢他的第四个年头了。每个人都以为你不爱了的时候,其实你还在夜里痛哭。 我想你是难过的,是不得不向现实屈服的难过;是夜里绝望的呜咽着“我不能再想你了”的难过;是假装放弃了的难过…… 昨天我又梦到伯贤了,你说有没有可能是他想我了,还是我太想他了呢?我梦到他说娶我,我多么开心
Jan 14, 2019 · Traveled 3 months 17 days
记
今天到南京了 是她生日 你的专辑到了但是口红还是没到 你还是不会聊天话题终结者 还是她主动说打游戏 你和她打游戏你还被吊打 考试也要加油
Jan 21, 2019 · Traveled 4 months 17 days
Photo letter
爱着你
深夜里饿和想你都得忍着但 我更想你❤️夜已深,你的梦中是否有我?
Feb 19, 2019 · Traveled 1 day
给你的
唉还记得我吗,你说时间会消散一切现在呢?额...我还忘不了希望你快乐哈
Feb 23, 2019 · Traveled 4 years 11 months
00:00点的小超超收
嘛,现在是2019.2.27.4:40在这之前算是跟你商量了一下给你买什么生日礼物,哦!先祝你生日快乐嘻嘻嘻。我纠结了很久,虽然很想很想给你买情趣大礼包,但是我最后还是决定给你买杜蕾斯,毕竟看起来挺好吃的样子咯咯咯
Feb 27, 2019 · Traveled 4 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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