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三年前
三年前的今天,我在武汉,或许发生了不好事儿,也或许这些并不算什么。三天按自己想好的一样突然的出现在机场。还记得还没转不过来的她头靠胸前,不敢抬头。后来,后来我带她回宿舍,到了汉街时我们一起坐在凳子上,吃她带过来的东西,有鸭蛋,有馕饼。吃完了你投靠我,我们就这样坐着,后来身体向前,慢慢接近,你慢慢麻醉
Mar 3, 2019 · Traveled 2 years 11 months
写给未来的…
你好: 先送你一句生日快乐吧,我也不知道自己为什么会喜欢你,也不知道以后的自己是不是还在喜欢你,对于你来说我可能就是一个陌路人,可是你对于我来说是很重要的默契吗现在是这样的,你觉得我从未走进过你的生活,觉得我不理解你,或许是对的,但是就是这样朦胧的喜欢我已经四年了,以后或许也是这样。 对于我的出现你
Mar 6, 2019 · Traveled 2 years 2 months
Photo letter
我想要带你去所有的地方,把全部幸福都藏在你身上
我以为我们可以永远在一起的,然后我们分手了。还是你提的分手,你不觉得在临近高考跟我分手很过分吗,就不怕毁了我吗,不怕我走不出来嘛,你知道我是什么样的人啊。你真的太狠心了,一点都不爱我,我都不忍心伤害到你太多,哪次我提分手没有跟你复合。好吧,那是我作,就当我是我作吧。 可是我现在还是喜欢你啊,所以我决
Mar 19, 2019 · Traveled 2 months 20 days
写给未来的…
我发现自己真的好可笑,前两天发现你发的短信我第一反应居然是删除都没看清楚发的是什么,我有一个心结就是,我在当兵时,为什么你会去说你领导,你办公室里的人对你多理解和好,而我匆忙的时间里却来说我,分手过了两天就发了和别人吃饭的照片,虽然我预感到会分手,可还是不喜欢这方式,你能告诉我么,在和我谈时有没有已
Mar 29, 2019 · Traveled 2 years 1 month
亲爱的宝贝
你好呀,我的小公主。现在是十点三十三分,还有不到一个半小时,我们就相恋一百天啦。好开心啊,不知说些什么好了。有点语无伦次哈哈。一百天只是开始,这是我所坚信的,未来还有两百天、三百天、、一千天、一万天、、嘿嘿,感觉自己有点贪心了嘿嘿。嘛~总之,我会继续努力,一直一直爱你,一直一直陪伴你走下去亲爱的,我
Apr 9, 2019 · Traveled 1 day
可乐+百事
2019.04.17hi 我的蜀黍,这是我们即将迈入三周年,也是你公历年生日的前一天。很忧伤的是,这又是我失眠到天亮的时刻,看着在我身边熟睡的你,又觉得不那么忧伤了。除了谢谢,还是谢谢吧。感谢你这么久对我的包容,对我们感情的坚持,一开始真的没有想到原来你对我是这么的喜欢。但是日久见真情吧,你也真的成
Apr 17, 2019 · Traveled 1 year
毕业后的我们
这是三年前的陈银业写给你信,现在的她是个爱哭鬼,爱撒娇,害怕你的冷漠,却始终没有说过,在没成为你女朋友前的自己大概是个直女吧,别人约总是拒绝,因为脑筋比较死,做不到不是因为喜欢的在一起,2018年3月,很幸运的在大疆遇到了你,然后更幸运的是你也喜欢我,这辈子最幸运的事情就是在大疆发生的,我很感激它。
Apr 19, 2019 · Traveled 2 years 11 months
嘤嘤嘤小饼干
这是我写给你的未来的一封信 这是第一封信,之后会有第二封,第三封 你会陆陆续续收到,但你不知道是什么时候,不知道今天我们有没有吵架,51放假了 我应该在我家 你也在你家,我们现在应该也是连着麦,和现在的我们一样,只不过现在的你看着小说,不理我 哈哈哈,但是只要能听见你的动静,我就前所未有的安心,我相
Apr 30, 2019 · Traveled 1 day
劳动节快乐
熙熙,最近过得还好吗?当初还不敢叫这个称呼,也永远不敢叫这个称呼。这个时间算算,你应该和五年后的我一样,读大学的时间了吧,是心仪的大学吗?是喜欢的的大学吗?有喜欢的人吗?或者和他,过得还好吗?哈哈,我像查户口本一样。嗯,我喜欢你,按照五年后的时间来说,我喜欢过你。仅仅是高一,没错,这个时候的我得知,
May 2, 2019 · Traveled 5 years
Photo letter
不知道今天对你来说还会不会有意义
有可能。在好久的未来你才看得到这封信,不知道我们还在不在一起。今天是我们在一起的第89天,可能没有因为你已经跟我分手了,我等着你所说的复合你说在今天你会给我一个蛋糕没有也没关系只要这个时候我们还在一起就是给我最好的生日礼物真的很喜欢你,不知道你是否还如此-----写于等你消息的漫长时光
May 31, 2019 · Traveled 1 month 12 days
那时
你还爱着她吗,那个曾经让你奋不顾身的女孩,也是第一个让你留下眼泪的女孩,你还恨她吗。
Jun 4, 2019 · Traveled 1 year
加油
亲爱的 宝版波比,要考数学了,数学很简单,细心,细心 胜利在眼前加油
Jun 26, 2019 · Traveled 8 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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