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指程赋所恋,遇虞不遑歇
虞渊,见字如面: 当你收到这封信时,我可能已经不在了。现在的我才18岁,可是命运捉弄人,我去年查出肺癌,最近在化疗。我说我去了部队当兵,在你18时我就回来,我说我们以后一起去海边看日落,现在我好像都做不到了 我每天走在医院长廊回头发现这里就是最忙的地方,有人忙着生有人忙着死,有人忙着生不如死,有人忙
Jun 5, 2021 · Traveled 2 years 8 months
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指程赋所恋,遇虞不遑歇
虞渊,见字如面: 当你收到这封信时,我可能已经不在了。现在的我才18岁,可是命运捉弄人,我去年查出肺癌,最近在化疗。我说我去了部队当兵,在你18时我就回来,我说我们以后一起去海边看日落,现在我好像都做不到了 我每天走在医院长廊回头发现这里就是最忙的地方,有人忙着生有人忙着死,有人忙着生不如死,有人忙
Jun 6, 2021 · Traveled 2 years 8 months
给我最爱的小乖乖
乖乖,希望这个时候我们还在一起,如果在一起的话,我希望我们已经去过对方家,见过对方的父母
Jun 11, 2021 · Traveled 5 years
写给林
这天是25年的儿童节,收到这封信你应该快毕业了吧,也许还在实习。宝在我看来你依旧是我的小朋友。可能这时候我们已经互相见过家长了,顺利的话咱们就等着结婚,不顺利的话咱们晚点结婚,反正都得是你。你是我非常重要的人,谁也比不了。明天会发生什么无从知晓,我只希望咱们好好的,能一直走下去,不管有什么困难我都会
Jun 13, 2021 · Traveled 3 years 11 months
4年
今天是2020/12/1号呐,今年的我21岁,曾启瑶同学20岁了呢,想必十年后,你收到这封邮件的时候已经结婚了吧,我对你的第一次印象还是在高二的时候呢(思源高中)。某个下雨的晚上你和我搭上了话,可能是因为我们学生会同一组。每周都一起集合过,之前的我对你毫无感觉,后来慢慢久了,总感觉越来越喜欢的呢,我
Jun 14, 2021 · Traveled 3 years 5 months
写给未来的可爱多的老婆
不知道现在的我是不是和可爱多在一起,但是今天这一刻的我好像是喜欢上了可爱多。 我从来都不相信突然出现的爱情,我甚至觉得和陌生人恋爱是件不可思议的事,但是可爱多出现了,即便我们是社交软件上认识的,但他却给我不一样的感觉。 他说恋爱是从一束花开始的,十八号他会来上海找我,有点小小的焦虑哈哈哈哈,虽然现在
Jun 16, 2021 · Traveled 11 months 30 days
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写给未来的可爱多的老婆
不知道现在的我是不是和可爱多在一起,但是今天这一刻的我好像是喜欢上了可爱多。 我从来都不相信突然出现的爱情,我甚至觉得和陌生人恋爱是件不可思议的事,但是可爱多出现了,即便我们是社交软件上认识的,但他却给我不一样的感觉。 他说恋爱是从一束花开始的,十八号他会来上海找我,有点小小的焦虑哈哈哈哈,虽然现在
Jun 16, 2021 · Traveled 11 months 30 days
一封迟到很久的道歉信
哈喽哈喽,你好啊。我想你应该知道我是谁,哈哈哈哈我感觉你都不耐烦了,可能烦死我了。我也不想烦你的,但是就是又想着。我也不知道怎么说,那次找你是想和你好好谈谈的,谈崩了也是我的不对。我当时说话没对,就好像你后来说的那些话,从来都是我对不起你,你从来没有对不起我。分了以后我对你好像是喜欢像是不甘又好像是
Jun 16, 2021 · Traveled 7 days
张凯锋宝贝
张凯锋宝贝,其实我之前给你写了一封信,这是第二封,但是我怕你收不到,我查不到我的信,所以打算再给你写一封,我觉得这挺有趣的,当时让你下载QQ邮箱就是有目的的哈哈哈哈哈哈,上一封信大概内容我其实也忘的差不多了,那时候还是挺怕分手的,就跟你讲了万一分手就打死你这种话吧,好像是有的如果你收得到的话,嘿嘿
Jun 21, 2021 · Traveled 5 days
小曾
其实吧 你一直都没有错。我的问题,老是自卑,家庭原因,当然自身原因肯定要多得多。好像怎么看都配不上你,我脾气又大,有什么事也不喜欢说。喜欢看你为我着急的样子,感觉这样我就对自己,对未来有信心。那天叫你帮忙刷单,看到你很嫌弃很不耐烦的样子我很不是滋味,似乎你对别人的时候好像热情多了,帮别人忙的时候也不
Jun 23, 2021 · Traveled 2 years
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写给未来张先生的一封信~
好久不见喔~我是2021年6月29日的韩宁宁,今天突发奇想突然想给未来的你写一封信!不知道你是继续当兵还是要退伍了呢,有没有要娶我呀嘻嘻!我很坚定我还在等你!我们昨天晚上聊了好多好多,关于你关于我关于未来。我相信我们有未来!我真的很喜欢很喜欢你,第一次有一种很想跟一个人过一辈子的感觉。 生活不容易,
Jun 29, 2021 · Traveled 2 years 3 months
致我亲爱的老婆
亲爱的老婆(黎彦庆): 宝,拖拖拉拉想给你写一封未来的信,今天才好不容易偷个时间,最近工作确实挺忙的,不过我的宝肯定能理解。 我们的认识其实挺巧合的,可是我感觉巧合里有必然的因素。因为我是第一次真的爱上一个傻孩子,凑巧的是这个傻孩子也爱我。我们在一起时间不算长,不过我感觉我们可以一直走下去。或许是因
Jul 6, 2021 · Traveled 3 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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