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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苗,我的老婆

我爱的老婆 谢苗苗: 嘿,亲爱的宝贝老婆,你好呀,不知不觉中,我们已经携手走过了十年的生活了,现在的妳是否还是那么傻傻的喜欢我的那个人呢,我很希望妳一直是我的老婆,从过去到现在,再到未来,嘿嘿,这些年不知道有没有让你生气伤心难过的时候,但是我还是爱着老婆的哦。 老婆,我很感激命运让我们走到了一起,让

aiq小丑鱼

May 5, 2013 · Traveled 10 years

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如果七月你回来

如果七月,你回来我是否还会一如当初的爱你如果七月,你回来我是否还会歇斯底里的想念你如果七月,你回来是否还会一直念着我的名字如果七月,你回来是否还会一如当初的珍视我如果七月,你回来是否我还会惦念着曾经的你如果七月,你回来身边已经有了深爱的她我是否应该忘记了你

蓝刺猬闻闻

May 18, 2013 · Traveled 2 months 3 days

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写给我爱的臭雅雅

Dear 雅雅: 生日快乐! 这是我在半年前写给你的,你看,我在很早以前就想到你的生日了,有木有很开心呢?不开心你就死定了! 时间真快啊,不知不觉我们已经走过四年半了。不知道是不是被你影响,我对你的第一印象总是停留在那次篮球赛。嗯,雅雅真是个又2又可爱的傻瓜。你对我这么好,这直接导致了我在大学里很长

野麦儿香

May 18, 2013 · Traveled 7 months 16 days

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写给未来的…

天鹏:最近我们怎么了?经常吵架,我也不知道为什么一丁点的小事我总是喋喋不休,我知道这其中大部分的错误在我,可是我的自尊心很强,我不愿低头像你认错,我总是习惯着你去哄着我,呵护着我,从背后用力抱着我。昨天晚上你又对我发火了,我承认一开始是我的错,但我还是很伤心,你的一句"我爱你你是我宝贝,我不爱你你什

JJ饺子

May 23, 2013 · Traveled 1 day

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这一个月!

Whatever you do and whatever you don't do,time flies.Time doesn't care about who you are and what you have done.Almost a month ago,you and me had a re

圆梦流星D坚持奋斗

May 25, 2013 · Traveled 2 months 1 day

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小笨蛋 你还要快乐.

笨蛋 不管结果怎样 未来还有很长的路要看一看 你曾经现在也是一样地阳光 要好好努力 不管如何. 最爱你的千.

Conscience

Jun 8, 2013 · Traveled 1 year

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写给未来的她

2020年的今天,我已经是30岁了,不管这个时候有没有结婚,我相信至少我已经遇见你了,因为我觉得我的运气不至于那么差对吧。哈哈,其实你真的应该早点出现,这样我们就能多在一起很多年。我爱你,几辈子不嫌多。我是一个不容易变得人,我希望一个人,一件东西,一只宠物,都会陪着我到生命结束。所以一旦选择,就希望

凭什么遇见你

Jun 11, 2013 · Traveled 7 years

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我等你很久了

我一直在这里等你啊。所有的等待我知道都会是值得的。不辜负流年,只为等到你。为此,我愿意用那么多年去等待,不轻浮,不妥协。我一直相信,当你出现的那一刻,我一切的等待都会是值得的。等你那么久,希望能一直久下去。一直久到我们都不记得。亲爱的,我知道你也在等我。

人来疯与你无关

Jun 15, 2013 · Traveled 5 years

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扇子收

我是八年前的扇子。2013年6月21日,六点起床花了两个小时写下了我所幻想的八年后和椅子在一起的生活。不知道自己看到这封信的时候这一切是不是已经变成现实了呢?希望如此~我会是个老师,你是医生。我们有自己的房子,是个安静而且很有爱的小区。每天早晨我们在彼此的怀抱里醒来,微笑着对对方说一声“早上好,亲爱

稻穗沉默的积淀

Jun 21, 2013 · Traveled 8 years

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两周年

两年的时光是很快就过去了 现在应该已经过了毕业季了吧! 此刻的我和你是不是还在一起呢!或许已经相距两地 你回了福建 我留在天津 我们有没有 “两年” 这个时间的约定呢?现在的我不知道一年前的那封信有没有带给我惊喜,因为那是对于现在我这个时间一年后你才能看见的东西。这封信可能会给你带来更多的回忆。两年

VszB

Jun 23, 2013 · Traveled 1 year 11 months

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写给未来的于琴琴

于琴琴,我是6月28号的施松嵩,今天晚上睡不着觉, 又 让我想了很多,有时候我在想我们是不是出了问题,事实上就是这样,时间和现实真的是很可怕的怪物,我很想和你回到那时候的生活,生活中充满了快乐和笑声,但是不知道怎么了不管我怎么努力不管我怎么做我看不到以前的那个你了,那个天真烂漫的于琴琴,我不知道那一

我是施松嵩施松松施嵩松施嵩嵩

Jun 28, 2013 · Traveled 13 days

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兮兒小姐

陳先生你還記得今天么今天是我的生日也是我們的約定你還記得約定么如果現在的你身邊有個她那就告訴她你愛她哈哈哈

兮兒小姐_

Jul 3, 2013 · 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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