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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写给wcc的一封信

hello,收到这封信的时候,你都大三了。我也毕业了!想不到吧我会给你这张寄信,其实当时在南京也想给你寄信,但是不确定你家的地址。2022年我都23岁了,但是我们说好了26岁结婚。26岁好远呀,我都是一个老姑娘了。哈哈哈,如果我们24岁的时候还在一起,也没有结婚,那就订婚吧!我很爱你,特别爱你,越来

n5696

Nov 28, 2020 · Traveled 1 year 10 months

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写给未来蕊哥。

你好呀 阿蕊 这是来自5年前的一封信 2025年我们还在一起吗 我们还在一起的话应该快要结婚了吧,哈哈哈哈 如果是这样那我们两个应该吃了很多的苦经历了很多的事情,肯定很累很辛苦,希望那个时候我还牵着你的手,希望这一路再苦再累我们两个都始终不离不弃的走下来了 如果没有 那你也要开心。 来自5年前的刘浩

n5698

Nov 28, 2020 · Traveled 4 years 1 month

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给未来的猪头

生日快乐我的男孩!不知道今年你生日我有没有在你身边呀,你现在去踢球了,我刷抖音看见可以给未来写信,我就想着给你写一封信。如果顺利的话这个时候我应该已经在实习了,我想一直跟你在一起呀宝贝,想嫁给你,给你生两个小孩,我爱你。

孙馨

Nov 28, 2020 · Traveled 8 months 14 days

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写给未来五年的你

亲爱的胖胖3今天是2020年11月28日,我是啊雪,我坐在图书馆突然在抖音看到有时光邮局这个网址,就进来给你写一封信,收信的时间是五年之后,我希望五年之后你能看到写封信,五年之后我25岁,你27岁,不出意外的话应该可以准备结婚了,我希望不要出意外,今天我们大吵了一架,让你生气的点是你说我骂你娘,哈哈

n5709

Nov 28, 2020 · Traveled 4 years 1 month

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谁家那头猪

25岁生日快乐,时间过得很快,但也很慢,不知道现在的我们还好吗?按照我写信时的想法的话,我们现在应该在同一所学校,你硕士在读我也应该读本,不知道是不是一帆风顺。不管结果怎样,有你在身边就好!

n5717

Nov 28, 2020 · Traveled 3 years 4 months

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他知道风聪哪儿来

他朝若是同淋雪,此生也算共白头。 已经刚到了这个约定的时候,也不知道你会不会记起我,之前说好的日子一天天的过去了,我也不知道我回变成一个什么样子,但是我还是记得我说的每一个承诺,不管如何,我还是将玫瑰藏于身后,时刻期盼着与你赴约。还有我用尽一生的运气换来的依旧是最美的你,不管怎么选择,我还是会用尽力

n5727

Nov 28, 2020 · Traveled 3 years 1 month

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王婕你好

今天我无意间发现有一个写给自己未来的一封信、我想有些东西得说出来才不会留遗憾、记得第一次见到你的时候、你还是一个瘦瘦的、矮矮的小女孩、哈哈、现在已经过去了五年之久、都是成年人了、不知道你过的好不好、五年前的今天我在想我能不能把你娶回家、因为我是真的很喜欢你、毕竟你是我的初恋、从你回家上学之后就再也没

大大怪

Nov 28, 2020 · Traveled 4 years 6 months

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给冉冉

今天在宿舍刷抖音,突然看到了时光邮局的视频,于是也落入俗套的想给你写一封信,距离我们分手也有半年了,这几天不知为何老是梦到你,果然还是放不下你。冒昧的打扰十分抱歉,现在的你也已经成年了,有了自己的生活了吧。不知道过得好不好,开不开心呢。不过大概这些也与我没有关系了吧,我经常想如果我坚持不分手结局会不

n5740

Nov 28, 2020 · Traveled 5 years

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写给未来的焦彬彬

我是你最爱的胖胖 两年过去了 也不知道我们是还在一起还是没在一起 虽然一直在闹不愉快 但是我还是想跟你在一起 如果不在一起了也祝你生活愉快!

n5750

Nov 28, 2020 · Traveled 1 year 5 months

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写给未来的乔婧

我猜到你现在应该很懵吧,这是你的狒狒四年前发给你的,这样一想四年后 我们就都毕业了我们会在哪呢 我们会在干啥呢 婧婧 不知不觉 已经暗恋了你三年了我也不知道现在敢不敢给你表白 也不敢想表白后的结果 之前 我一直感觉 我没有一个 合适的身份去 关心你 照顾你 我知道你有男闺蜜 我也没打听太仔细 你们的

用户5529595775

Nov 28, 2020 · Traveled 4 years

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写给未来的我们

肖楠你说如果我们现在在一起会是怎么样的,我承认我真的很爱你,幻想过好多我们以后在一起的画面,可能你收到这封信的时候,已经2025年了,我那个时候就在想了,如果我们在一起,我们应该孩子都有了吧,遇见你真的很开心

n5756

Nov 28, 2020 · Traveled 5 years

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写给李旭晋

不知道你能不能收到,也不知道这一年里会发生些什么,但我还是想说我爱你。

小雪全糖不加冰

Nov 28, 2020 · Traveled 9 months 5 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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