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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小白白写给未来的小胡
又失眠了,脑子里都是你昨晚说过的话,我未来的计划里不是没有你,毕业以后到底去哪里我也说不准,我现在唯一确定的是就是我真的真的好爱你,我不能想象失去你会是什么样。再过五天就是我们在一起两周年纪念日了,希望还能和你一起过五年,十年,不不不,一定会!希望你看到这封信的时候好好夸我,突然困了,晚安。爱你的小
Nov 29, 2020 · Traveled 6 months
写给马上是我老婆的老婆
我马上就要追到你了吧哈哈哈,或许你已经是的了呢
Nov 29, 2020 · Traveled 11 months 8 days
写给未来的你
不知道现在我们还在不在一起,但我觉得应该能坚持5年吧,其实很多时候我想了很多未来的事,爱情不只是爱,需要金钱的,需要生活,或许我们可能没有走过一些困难然后分开了 ,但我希望的是我们会一起读这封信。5年不多不少,爱的够多,我觉得如果努力了的话,如果我们一起在读这封信,那我们就结婚吧。认真的,没有开玩笑
Nov 29, 2020 · Traveled 4 years 8 months
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现在的你应该和他见面了吧~很幸福吧
未来的阿霞,你好!我是二年前的你,今天是2020年11月29日。距离小唐去服兵役已经三个月了,在这三个月里我很想他想他的拥抱想和他一起散步想握住他的手不再放开。现在的你还爱着他对吗,不管怎么样现在的我很爱很爱他,我自己都没有意识到我会如此爱他我以为我的爱比我想象的要少其实我爱的很深很深,我期待他拿着
Nov 29, 2020 · Traveled 1 year 10 months
写给一个月后的鱼饺小朋友
宝宝,这是我一个月前写给你的信,不知道这个时候我俩怎么样了,应该是甜甜的继续在一起了,还是没有坚持到最后,继续吵架,分开了。你知道吗,我其实真的很喜欢你的,我从来从来没有这么用心的对过你,因为你是我的小宝贝,你在我生命中的意义,真的很不一样。当然,假如我俩分手了,我也希望你能好好的照顾自己,我不在了
Nov 30, 2020 · Traveled 29 days
2021的张译心
如果没错的话,今天应该是2021年的第一天!新的一年,我们一定还会在一起!新年快乐哦,宝贝子!
Nov 30, 2020 · Traveled 1 month 2 days
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写给我未来的老婆
嘻嘻,写封信是你最最最最最爱你的老公在5年前写给你的,我想你收到写封信以后一定是很惊喜吧,如果我没猜错的话,现在这个时候你应该正躺在我的身边偷偷看这封信吧,现在你到了25岁,你说的你最早25岁才会结婚,我现在的身份,应该是你名正言顺的老公了吧嘿嘿,在这中间过去的五年里我们一定经历了许多的分分合合,吵
Nov 30, 2020 · Traveled 5 years
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写给我未来的老婆
嘻嘻,写封信是你最最最最最爱你的老公在5年前写给你的,我想你收到写封信以后一定是很惊喜吧,如果我没猜错的话,现在这个时候你应该正躺在我的身边偷偷看这封信吧,现在你到了25岁,你说的你最早25岁才会结婚,我现在的身份,应该是你名正言顺的老公了吧嘿嘿,在这中间过去的五年里我们一定经历了许多的分分合合,吵
Nov 30, 2020 · Traveled 5 years
赵诗涵
今天是2020.11.30也是我的生日,和你哥一天,两年后,也就是今天,我们都要准备毕业了,很遗憾好了三年的我们就这样结束了,真的很遗憾那种,你说因为爱情不要把你忘了,我忘不了,真忘不了,这辈子都不可能,曾经那么甜蜜,好到极致,我一直放不下,跟你说放下了也是假的,直到现在都没有,一直都在想你,那些图
Nov 30, 2020 · Traveled 2 years
卢泫好啊
21年的冬天冷吗,月底来姨妈有肚子还是疼吗,有人在你身边了吗。这个我也不知道真的假的,不知道能不能送到你那边,不知道你会不会去看。现在是2020.11.30号,凌晨2:37分。还是很难过,睡不着的一天。我其实之前写过一封,定在了三年后,后面我觉得时间太久了,我等不到,世事无常,以目前这种状态来看,我
Nov 30, 2020 · Traveled 1 year
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写给在未来的我的大宝贝
嘿嘿嘿(º﹃º )收到这封邮件是不是特别奇怪呀我的大傻瓜,这是我无意间发现的地方哦,想着第一封信就写给你哦☺️☺️☺️ 今天是2020.11.30我们在一起的第154天呢,这个时间说长不长但也不短哦。这是写给六年后的你哦,六年后,我们会在哪里呢,我们又会怎么样呢,应该是结婚了的吧,这个时候我也应该是
Nov 30, 2020 · Traveled 5 years 5 months
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一封三年前的信
菜园子你好啊,三年已经过去了哦,也不知道你长高没,头发应该长长的吧,你应该还是那么喜欢吃面包、巧克力、蛋糕吧,还有哦你送的柠檬很甜的,也不知道我这个时候在不在你身边。如果我们现在还在一起的话我希望我们能一直走下去,我们在一个敌视早恋的时代,也许没有人相信学生时代的恋爱能坚持多久,当然我们也不知道,我
Nov 30, 2020 · Traveled 2 years 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.
A Letter to the One You Love, Sent to Your Future
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