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

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小朋友你失约了吗?

高考已经过去2年了 小朋友这几年过的开不开心?好不好啊?有没有乖乖长大啊?有没有失约啊? 你可千万不能失约啊 这样我们就不算异地了就可以从早到晚在一起 真正做情侣能做到事 失约了也没关系啊 现在的我真的真的好爱你呀

n5580

Nov 28, 2020 · Traveled 1 year 7 months

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写给未来的老公王钦民

今天是2020.11.28我们两周年纪念日,当你收到信的时候是不是已经是这一天啦,爱你哦

张牧恩

Nov 28, 2020 · Traveled 1 year

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啊哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈毕业了吧毕业快乐,现在你在篮球训练,大二上学期的最后一次了刚刚写了一封结果手滑了一下,点没了,果然是辣鸡QQ,也不知道这个能不能发出去,但是万一呢,万一你能看见呢,不知道未来两年会发生什么,都是好事吧,不是也是哈哈哈哈哈哈那在一起四年了吧,很久了,我的脾气就那样,希望不会气到你~~

n5606

Nov 28, 2020 · Traveled 1 year 7 months

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欧阳琪666

哈哈哈,懵逼吧,我猜这个时候我们应该已经分开了吧,算算时间这时候我应该在国外了吧,写这封信,没有什么目的,就是在想,三年后,我们应该已经各奔东西了吧,遇见你真的很开心,我的抑郁症恢复的很快,我有很多缺点,我很爱生气,但我会改的,可惜我的家庭不允许我有自己的人生,希望你有更好的结果吧,哈哈哈。最爱周敏

n5615

Nov 28, 2020 · Traveled 3 years

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给臭宝的信

臭宝,今天应该是我们结婚的日子吧,我现在躺在你家里给你写写封信,想着如果成为你的新娘,我应该穿什么样的婚纱,好可惜,十几天后我就离开了,真的好舍不得你,不知道以后我们的人生是否还会继续,如果你收到这封信时候我没有嫁给你,也不要难过,我永远觉得你是我最可爱的臭宝宝,我也会把你放在心里好好珍藏,但是 此

噜噜噜酱

Nov 28, 2020 · Traveled 3 years 10 months

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猪猪❤️崽崽

猪猪,这里是2020年11月28日相信猪猪和崽崽依然相爱遇见你很开心,你是个超级温柔的人,包容我的坏脾气和不讲道理谢谢你,我爱你还有平安夜快乐

崽崽

Nov 28, 2020 · Traveled 1 year

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来自五年前的信

老婆同志,哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈,这是一封来自五年前的信,我写给你的,惊不惊喜,刺不刺激,哈哈哈哈。你说五年后我俩应该都25了,是不是应该已经结婚了呀,我俩是在哪呀,上海?西安?还是北京?我这个人也憨的很,谢谢你一直以来体谅我,爱你宝贝(◍˃̶ᗜ˂̶◍)✩祝我的宝贝永远开心顺利,mua我爱你杂技 木事

李矿

Nov 28, 2020 · Traveled 4 years 10 months

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写给小苏

一年已经过去了嗷!不知道我们还有没有在一起,但我真的很喜欢你,今天是约定一起去长沙,去云南的日期了,一定要吃长沙臭豆腐,喝茶颜悦色,还要一起爬玉龙雪山,一起住名宿。 太多太多了,现在还是2020年11月28号,我记得我们没有分手的理由,我们也要这一天官宣,我们是努力了许久的,好多话都不能通过手机这小

n5641

Nov 28, 2020 · Traveled 1 year 1 month

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写给未来的yjh

在吗在吗嘻嘻,也不知道这时候我们还会不会联系呢,我好像,就真的挺喜欢你的叭,谈了那么多,心里也就只能装得下你一个人,记得那次你家人发现了,然后咱们分了哈哈哈哈哈哈哈,一开始我在想,是你不够爱我吧,后来是我觉得自己太无能,没能让你真正爱上我,我真的喜欢你好久啦,好像现在五年了,你收到的时候,是喜欢你六

n5648

Nov 28, 2020 · Traveled 1 year 1 month

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给我的女孩子

哈哈哈,看到这封信你肯定会很懵吧,你的然然三年前给你发的,想不到吧嘿嘿。我今天突然在想,三年后,我23,你21,我们那个时候都在哪里呀,都在干嘛呀,如果一切顺利的话,我们应该结婚了,遇见你真的很开心,如果我们真的因为什么分开了,我也不会后悔,至少我是一直爱你的。我爱你,徐意晴

小黄不黄77

Nov 28, 2020 · Traveled 3 years

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来自五年前的信

老婆同志 生日快乐,哈哈哈哈想不到吧,我猜你收到这封信肯定很懵(◍˃̶ᗜ˂̶◍)✩嘿嘿嘿,你收到这封信的时候咱们应该已经结婚了吧,我们是在上海呐还是在西安呐,还是在北京呀?不晓得我这个人憨的很,谢谢你这么长时间来一直体谅我,爱你祝我的宝贝永远开心,永远爱我,嘿嘿嘿(๑❛ᴗ❛๑)我爱你杂技 木事

李矿

Nov 28, 2020 · Traveled 4 years 10 months

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王鹏宇

今天是第五十五天嗯......又过去两年了顺利的话,你应该又陪了她两年你们在一起了吗?你放下了吗?那个憨憨她有回来吗?可能那个时候你们已经在一起了,也可能真的老死不相往来。如果还放不下,就再勇敢一次叭那个憨憨可能也在等着你呀,赌了这么多次,也不差这一次了吧你也知道的,她没有安全感,她心里一直是一个孤

Vigour_Wang

Nov 28, 2020 · Traveled 1 year 7 months

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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