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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写给未来的…

见字如面 终于下定决心给你写这份信,喜欢你很久呢,但最终没有认真的给你说出来,我想五年后的我们都有了彼此的家庭,真是应呢得之我幸,不得我命这句话,在这里,我也相信你最终嫁给了爱情,衷心的愿你“愿得一人心,白首不分离”

n6719

Feb 19, 2021 · Traveled 5 years

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猜猜我是谁

首先呢.猜猜我是谁!hhhh你应该也猜出来了吧.你最近是不是过得挺好啦.如果不好那我就祝你要好好的!然后啊.你一定要看下去嘛.我从来没有想过失去你之后会怎么样过.原来是这样的啊.睹物思人我知道是什么意思啦.好像你的痕迹无处不在.又好像哪里都没有你的痕迹了.你有没有好好吃饭啊.有没有暗示睡觉觉啊.好想

kloi

Feb 24, 2021 · Traveled 1 day

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如果我和你还在一起的话请看这封

亲爱的老婆大人 你好啊,这两个多月的时间里我有没有兑现我对你的保证啊。嘿嘿,假如有一点点没兑现的话你要原谅我哦,毕竟你那么爱我,对不对,爱可以包容一切,嘿嘿。我们很长时间没见面了,在视频里我也看不出你长胖没有长胖,不知道这两个多月我有时间回来陪你过没,不管你有没有长胖,我也不会嫌弃你,因为你是我最爱

黎天飞

Feb 24, 2021 · Traveled 2 months 26 days

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如果我们没能在一起了请看这封

我最怀念的黎天飞 你好。当你看到这封信的时候,我们可能已经断了很长时间的联系了,虽然没有联系了,但我还是会想着你,我永远也忘不了你。 最近学习怎么样,对高考有没有信心,在高考期间千万不要紧张,好好放松下来,好好考,马上就要高考了,我相信你应该对自己很有信心,加油,看好你。如果考上个好大学了别忘了给你

黎天飞

Feb 24, 2021 · Traveled 2 months 26 days

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如果我们没有在一起了请看这个

我最爱的黎天飞 你好,我们已经分开四个多月了,你最近过的好吗?不知道你是否已经忘记了我,这四个多月我过得很不好,不知道你是否为我担忧过。 这些月你应该没有哭过了吧,他应该对你很好吧,这些个月我非常想你,自从跟你断了联系开始,我心麻木了,不知道该怎么做,可能到了5.20号这天我过的一直不好吧。我还在傻

黎天飞

Feb 24, 2021 · Traveled 2 months 26 days

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对你,不管阴晴圆缺,也不变。

至少我知道你的名字 听过了你的声音 也跟你近距离聊过天 也感受过你的温柔 我们就这样遗憾收场吧

n6739

Feb 27, 2021 · Traveled 1 day

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我一直心疼的乖乖

不知道这封信你会不会收到,三年后今天你会不会已经谈男朋友啦,但我希望你一直开开心心,一定不能委屈自己,要是男朋友欺负你,你就和我说知道吧,我肯定绕不了他,我的乖乖有没有一直好好吃饭呀,上大学交朋友了会不会忘记我啊。不管咋样,我都一直希望你变得更好,爱你的黄豆豆

n6750

Feb 28, 2021 · Traveled 3 years

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本文章所有内容都没在祈求你的可怜谢谢理解我们没有好好的相爱很久是我最遗憾的遗憾真的到了说再见的时候啦 我应该还是很难过 没办法啦真的再也见不到了说真的如果有下辈子的话 可以的话还是再谈一次吧哈哈哈 这次久一点 久到我们都老的掉牙哈哈哈哈 求求了下辈子让我长得好看点在放弃你的这条路上我走的太慢了所以就

n6753

Mar 1, 2021 · Traveled 3 months 8 days

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宝宝,我爱你

宝宝,我好爱你啊,不知道该说些什么,这是我在2021.3.3日凌晨惊醒两次后的决定,本打算QQ告诉你的,但是想想还是以这样的方式吧……今天我们睡得很早,但是中途我惊醒了两次,两梦见你好像要离我而去……我真的好害怕,好害怕你的突然离开,我知道,这段时间我确实做了很多不对的事情,我自己也觉得我挺对不起你

n6761

Mar 3, 2021 · Traveled 7 days

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写给未来的你

TO 亲爱的蔡主任 现在是2021年3月3日,是我们在一起的第340天。直到现在还是觉得我们在一起是一件很神奇的事情,两个认识了3年有余的人,中间快一年多两年的时间没怎么联系,竟然因为一个无意的微信群我们又重新聊回来,这一切好像一场梦一样,但是抱着你的时候又让我意识到这是真实存在的。说实话,我一度对

WONGSIAOCHING

Mar 3, 2021 · Traveled 2 years

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给三年后的陈科宇

23岁的陈科宇:你好!这一封信是从2021年寄来哒~在你20岁的时候,18岁的我,是你的女朋友。所以我写了这封信,写给你的23岁。我不知道此刻,21岁的我是否还在你的身边。18岁的我希望,现在,我是在你身边的,我希望在你23岁的时候,我还在你的身边。最好我们已经见了父母,已经有了结婚的计划,甚至已经

18岁的我

Mar 6, 2021 · Traveled 2 years 10 months

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100天啦

如果我们没有意外的话,应该已经100天了。现在才在一起48天嗷,谁知道以后会发生什么,100天的话应该已经3个多月了吧,好像只要撑过了三个月就可以一直在一起了嗷,徐潞婷,我不知道我们有没有到这一天,肯定能到的!如果你收到这封信的时候,我们依旧在一起,那说明我们不会分开了。徐潞婷,我喜欢你嗷!同时我也

用户7388642173

Mar 6, 2021 · Traveled 1 month 27 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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