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
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你和那个人在一起了吗

嗨,虽然未来之后的你只有三个月,但是你和他在一起了吗,或者说你有没有去勇敢和他讲,告诉他,同学其实很喜欢你,时间不长也就两年多一点,或者说,我侄子很可爱,不知道你愿不愿意以后做他们姑父,噗好吧说太远了,开玩笑的,未来太长,我不敢说一辈子,但是我会努力做到一辈子,不知道你愿不愿意,如果你不愿意,我就只

月同学

Jun 26, 2020 · Traveled 3 months

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杨文龙,我错了

今天2020年七月2号下午十点四十六,我写了一封信送给你。收件时间是明年一月一号晚上二十三点五十九。 明年的这个时间段可能我们已经分手了吧!当初接近你,除了喜欢,还是因为你的学历。对不起,我道歉。我今天和你提了很多次无夜夜。或许你不明白,但是你现在在我心里的分量是真的不如无夜夜。 你曾在空间说,你妈

n5068

Jul 2, 2020 · Traveled 5 months 30 days

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致3年后的张胡洋

亲爱的羊羊: 不知道三年后我还能不能再继续叫你羊羊(希望能一直叫),但此时此刻你正坐在我对面,在写稿子,在我家,在餐桌上。现在的我很幸福,家庭稳定,有你陪着我。截至今日,咱俩已经在一起372天了。好不容易噢,咱俩一路磕磕绊绊打打闹闹,没想到能和你携手那么久,希望以后还能有你在身边,在我最窘迫的时候用

一位神秘富婆

Jul 4, 2020 · Traveled 3 years

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温家谊

温家谊 你是我写在日记里 藏在梦里放在枕头下的梦 怕半夜醒来疯狂回忆 怕突然窒息坠入海底 怕找不到你。

n5100

Jul 9, 2020 · Traveled 10 months 12 days

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联系方式

QQ:2950293704电话号码17602866306,记住,这是你最爱的女人

爱叶晓凤

Jul 12, 2020 · Traveled 3 years

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新年好呀

早上好!起床了吗?现在是2020年7月15日,我刚刚过了银盛通信的试用期。最近我们开始越来越多地讨论起结婚和买房的事了,说不定年底就结婚了吧,偷偷和你说,我和我的朋友都说,我年底就会结婚了。你给我做的银戒指我一直戴着呢,我妈还问我这样就算订婚戒指了?反正你没说,我就当它算是哈。回到买房和结婚的问题,

你的大可爱

Jul 15, 2020 · Traveled 2 years 6 months

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写给未来的我们,新华

希望在六个月之后我们一起考上同一所大学的研究生,然后一起生活一辈子

一抹风度020

Jul 25, 2020 · Traveled 6 months

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爱一个人是藏不住的,喜欢就去追啊

今天是2020年7月26日,子棋,我爱你,现在的你只是认可我而并没有喜欢我,我也不会追小姑娘,今天,写下这封信 最近的我挣扎的好久,不知道怎么办,不知所措,但是,经过一步一步的肯定,我确定了,继续,因为我爱你,不追求何来的幸福纵使失败,我也不后悔,2022我们高考,两年之后,我要和你在一起

你的糖糖被我吃掉了

Jul 26, 2020 · Traveled 1 year 11 months

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谢非

要一直跟爽爽宝贝在一起要努力工作好好赚钱好好存钱家人 都要好好的身体健康

我们会更好

Jul 31, 2020 · Traveled 1 year

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写给未来的她

你好啊 21年的李爽 不知道这个时候我们还会不会在一起 可能是我比较敏感吧 老是患得患失 所以我就提前把一些话写在这里了 今天刚刚好是我们认识的一周年 没出意外的话也是我们在一起一周年把 还是挺开心的 我们已经在一起49天了哦 短短的49天我们已经发生了很多的故事 一起去旅游 一起过生日 可是还有很

我们会更好

Aug 1, 2020 · Traveled 10 months 12 days

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3541508365 许馨悦的QQ加她 我喜欢的女孩

n5162

Aug 1, 2020 · Traveled 5 years

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写给未来的婷婷

当你收到这封信,已是半年后了。现在的你应该状态更好了,人也越来越漂亮了。这半年里的每一天,我都十分的想你,当然,也没有忘记爱你。想你爱你已经成了融入生活的一件事,虽然依旧会伤感难过,但我依旧不后悔。爱你依旧,初恋你时如此,现在如此,往后亦如此。不知道那时的我,有没有勇气再次跟你表白,或许也很困难吧。

TT8023

Aug 2, 2020 · Traveled 6 months 12 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.

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