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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给两年后的你

生日快乐啊,不过你应该睡了吧。2022年啊,不知道那时你有没有考研成功,有没有来到上海,我们是不是还在一起,未来总是充满了不确定。不管怎样,很开心我的人生中有你,也希望一直是你。看到这封邮件的时候,不知道你是否会想起当年青涩的我们,是否会记得那几年漫漫时光?到时候是遗憾,是感伤,还是开心 幸福呢?时

n5329

Nov 27, 2020 · Traveled 1 year 2 months

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大傻子别忘了我

傻瓜,你说现在的你还会记得我吗,那个曾经喜欢你的我,在这个后青春期时代,用心去喜欢一个人也是挺值得怀念的,喜欢了五年都没有在一起,那么五年后会不会在一起啊,如果在一起,那我们也应该已经结婚了吧,如果五年后还是个遗憾的话,你猜那时的我是不是还在喜欢你,那时真是太不勇敢了。 现在应该挺冷的了吧,戴好小手

n5333

Nov 27, 2020 · Traveled 5 years

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写给未来的我们

嗨!我的小公主,我们现在已经在一起一年零两天啦,五年后的我们应该结婚了叭,当你收到这封信的时候其实是我五年前写的啦,哈哈哈哈。 五年后我23,你20,我们会过得很幸福一直在一起叭,和你在一起的日子我很开心,虽然有时候我很气人,嘿嘿嘿虽然我词不达意,但我很开心生活中有你,我会一直把你宠成小公主的,超级

遇然心安

Nov 27, 2020 · Traveled 5 years

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写给未来的我们

嗨!我的小公主,我们现在已经在一起一年零两天啦,五年后的我们应该结婚了叭,当你收到这封信的时候其实是我五年前写的啦,哈哈哈哈。 五年后我23,你20,我们会过得很幸福一直在一起叭,和你在一起的日子我很开心,虽然有时候我很气人,嘿嘿嘿虽然我词不达意,但我很开心生活中有你,我会一直把你宠成小公主的,超级

遇然心安

Nov 27, 2020 · Traveled 5 years

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烨崽

小陈烨呀 我想我真的很喜欢你,我想我真的很依赖你,想和你有很长的未来,想把好的东西都给你,肆无忌惮的爱你。想每天给你拥抱,想你生气的时候可以哄你,想和你每天腻在一起,想在你不开心的时候陪在你身边,想跟你一起做浪漫的一切事,我会口是心非,我生气也好,冷战也好,我会故意气气你,这只能证明我超爱你!我会粘

n5342

Nov 27, 2020 · Traveled 1 month 5 days

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写给未来的小金

在你收到这条消息的时候,我们可能已经幸福的在一起了呀,但也可能没有那么幸运,可能也会分开的,我也想和你一直在一起,一起打游戏、一起逛街、一起吃饭、一起睡觉觉。时间会见证一切,好与坏我看不到,但是我可以一直陪着你,保护你,宠着你。爱着你。如果不幸运的和你分开了,看到这封信的时候,如果还记得我,那就笑一

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Nov 27, 2020 · Traveled 4 years 1 month

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写给毕业后的我和你

这时候我们俩可能在一起3个月了 嘿嘿嘿 我要去当兵了 现在是 11月27号九点55分 虽然 现在学专业也很累 我每天都在想你啊

n5347

Nov 27, 2020 · Traveled 9 months 5 days

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写给倪哥哥

二十五岁的宝贝生日快乐,希望我们还在一起现在是2020年十一月二十七号祝福五年后的我们身体健康家庭美满耶斯莫拉天天开心 幸幸福福在一起 我是你的宝贝小丁

n5362

Nov 27, 2020 · Traveled 4 years 11 months

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写给未来的老公

嘿嘿嘿嘿嘿,想不到吧想不到吧,来自一年前的我给你写的信,今天我们刚吵过架,你说你会向我走来,会来到我的城市,我好开心呀,已经在期待你来的那天的。现在我们应该同居在一起了吧,不知道一年后我们会不会还是一样的努力走向对方,我只知道我会一直爱你,你永远也是我心里的第一呀老公。希望我们一直都有好好沟通不怕问

n5363

Nov 27, 2020 · Traveled 1 year

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晨桑生日快乐

记不记得今天是啥日子,你应该换手机了,备忘录没了吧,中考结束了,我相信你肯定进二中了,毕竟我对象是谁嘛bwb,咱俩不会还是就牵过手吧,咱俩可一定要进同一所大学,结个婚啥的,最后今天是你生日,生日快乐!希望我这时在你身边呢

n5379

Nov 27, 2020 · Traveled 9 months 29 days

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2019年12.04

没想到吧,我在你上次过生日的时候寄出的这封邮件。你说我们现在还在一起吗,如果在一起我们现在在做什么呢应该挺开心的。如果没有在一起了肯定是我的问题在这里对你说一声对不起啦,下次不要遇到我这个的男孩子什么都不懂也什么都给不了你不过遇到你我真的很开心哈哈哈哈其实没有谁会一直陪着谁的,我会尊重你未来的选择的

n5388

Nov 27, 2020 · Traveled 7 days

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希望三年后的自己还爱着她

现在的她,依旧在和自己每天聊天,也只是网络上的聊天罢了,见了面还是不敢说话,现在是2020年11.27日11.00点,我依旧喜欢着降温洗,不知道三年后会是什么样

n5392

Nov 27, 2020 · Traveled 3 years

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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