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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写给未来的…

我相信,总有一天,你会出现在我生命惯有的轮回中,也许是我生命一个不留心的角落。我们的偶然认识或许只是因为一次交谈,或许会是因为一份帮助,或许又是因为一种支持,或许还是因为我们要在一起学习,以及工作。你就是那样出现了,出现得让我或许开始留心你,或许并没有如何在意。如此的或许,使你的出现,成为了期待中的

zzzzzzz

Dec 10, 2020 · Traveled 2 years

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写给未来的…

我相信,总有一天,你会出现在我生命惯有的轮回中,也许是我生命一个不留心的角落。我们的偶然认识或许只是因为一次交谈,或许会是因为一份帮助,或许又是因为一种支持,或许还是因为我们要在一起学习,以及工作。你就是那样出现了,出现得让我或许开始留心你,或许并没有如何在意。如此的或许,使你的出现,成为了期待中的

zzzzzzz

Dec 10, 2020 · Traveled 2 years

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写给未来的…

我相信,总有一天,你会出现在我生命惯有的轮回中,也许是我生命一个不留心的角落。我们的偶然认识或许只是因为一次交谈,或许会是因为一份帮助,或许又是因为一种支持,或许还是因为我们要在一起学习,以及工作。你就是那样出现了,出现得让我或许开始留心你,或许并没有如何在意。如此的或许,使你的出现,成为了期待中的

zzzzzzz

Dec 10, 2020 · Traveled 2 years

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写给未来的…

我相信,总有一天,你会出现在我生命惯有的轮回中,也许是我生命一个不留心的角落。我们的偶然认识或许只是因为一次交谈,或许会是因为一份帮助,或许又是因为一种支持,或许还是因为我们要在一起学习,以及工作。你就是那样出现了,出现得让我或许开始留心你,或许并没有如何在意。如此的或许,使你的出现,成为了期待中的

zzzzzzz

Dec 10, 2020 · Traveled 1 day

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写给未来的…

“你是我眼都不眨就喜欢的人 我却是你头都不抬就可以放手的人.”

zzzzzzz

Dec 11, 2020 · Traveled 2 days

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美丽陈露给呆瓜陈妍

我依旧一直一直喜欢你,嘿嘿。黑皮牛一尔,bb

n6211

Dec 11, 2020 · Traveled 21 days

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徐总

今天是2021的12.12日 你说我们现在都在干嘛呢,如果不在一起了 你能找我复合吗

n6219

Dec 12, 2020 · Traveled 1 year

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亲爱的小姜,这些话我细细的写给你,希望你能慢慢的看完。

亲爱的: 关于我的性格,我向你道歉。我多疑,我小心眼,我爱吃醋,我爱胡思乱想,我总是揣测你是否会离开我。但关于我的爱,你得向我道歉,我对不起所有人,唯独对得起你。你永远不知道,一个为你胡思乱想的人有多爱你。越是人声鼎沸的时刻,我越觉得你应该待在我身边,你以为热闹的时候我没空想你,其实不然,身边越嘈杂

Solitude

Dec 13, 2020 · Traveled 3 years 1 month

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写给小

有被自己蠢到,辛辛苦苦讲了好多话突然就没了我吐了。不出意外的话,我们现在已经在一起一年啦撒花撒花撒花

n6228

Dec 14, 2020 · Traveled 11 months 14 days

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你2020年的小宝贝给你写的信到啦

哈喽,哥哥,生日快乐哦!!!嘿嘿嘿,一时间不知道该跟你说些啥 emm,特地选择在你生日这天把信送到你手里哦,这个时候我应该在你身边,记得偷偷看,我可不想看自己5年前说的啥,可能会羞死人。是不是很好奇我为啥会给你写信,你肯定想不到是我在刷抖音刚好想到的,其实之前就准备写但是一直没找到机会,好叭,其实就

小迷糊

Dec 16, 2020 · Traveled 4 years 8 months

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黄小姐你过得好么?

你是不是很惊讶会收到这封信?为什么我还会打扰你的生活,但是请你浪费几分钟时间看完吧,也算是我最后拜托你的一件事了。 很抱歉这段时间对你的打扰,原谅我的出现对你生活造成了困扰,我很抱歉。原本我以为我们分手后已经一年过去了,怎样大家都释怀了,现实却是,无论是我还是你,好像大家都心里还有疙瘩,我以为能在部

Haven

Dec 18, 2020 · Traveled 2 years

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黄小姐你过得好么?

你是不是很惊讶会收到这封信?为什么我还会打扰你的生活,但是请你浪费几分钟时间看完吧,也算是我最后拜托你的一件事了。很抱歉这段时间对你的打扰,原谅我的出现对你生活造成了困扰,我很抱歉。原本我以为我们分手后已经一年过去了,怎样大家都释怀了,现实却是,无论是我还是你,好像大家都心里还有疙瘩,我以为能在部门

Haven

Dec 18, 2020 · Traveled 2 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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