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杨帅
陆陆续续也写了几封,也许是我心血来潮吧。(@ ̄ー ̄@)我们认识应该有六年了,或许我认识有些人远不止六年,但我还是只想给你写这封信。首先高考结束,也问一下你的估分,毕竟还是可以帮你参考一下大学的,✧٩(ˊωˋ*)و✧考撇了也要问(毕竟直男也不是一两天了),高考并不是终点,而是起点。(ง •̀_•́)ง
Aug 13, 2021 · Traveled 9 months 26 days
杨帅
陆陆续续也写了几封,也许是我心血来潮吧。(@ ̄ー ̄@)我们认识应该有六年了,或许我认识有些人远不止六年,但我还是只想给你写这封信。首先高考结束,也问一下你的估分,毕竟还是可以帮你参考一下大学的,✧٩(ˊωˋ*)و✧考撇了也要问(毕竟直男也不是一两天了),高考并不是终点,而是起点。(ง •̀_•́)ง
Aug 13, 2021 · Traveled 9 months 26 days
亲爱的胡小黑
小黑,等你看到这封信的时候,已经是两年后了,我是在2021.8.14七夕情人节❤刚过了零点就开始写的,你说两年后的你看到这封信会是什么样的心情,你说两年后的我如愿考上专升本了吗?如果考上了是不是这时候我已经在上大三了?那么你呐?是不是已经当了两年兵了?是退伍还是继续在部队里?还会继续上学吗?能来我在
Aug 14, 2021 · Traveled 2 years 2 months
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写给一年以后的我们
哈喽,未来的翟心愿你好呀,我是一年前的李嘉宁,你看看今天是什么日子讷,今天是我们在一起一周年啦,哈哈哈哈哈,不知道以后是不是每年都过这样的日子讷,我觉得会哒,你觉得呢最后你猜猜今天你的男朋友会给你送啥礼物呢/坏笑你看你男朋友有心了吧嘻嘻嘻嘻嘻
Aug 14, 2021 · Traveled 1 month 17 days
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写给一年以后的我们
哈喽,未来的翟心愿你好呀,我是一年前的李嘉宁,你看看今天是什么日子讷,今天是我们在一起一周年啦,哈哈哈哈哈,不知道以后是不是每年都过这样的日子讷,我觉得会哒,你觉得呢最后你猜猜今天你的男朋友会给你送啥礼物呢/坏笑你看你男朋友有心了吧嘻嘻嘻嘻嘻
Aug 14, 2021 · Traveled 1 month 17 days
生日快乐!
亲爱的,不知道我们是否还在一起,这是在你人生中陪伴你的第二个生日,祝亲爱的永远十八岁,年轻漂亮! 日复一日,年复一年!又是新的一岁,哈哈哈
Aug 18, 2021 · Traveled 3 months 3 days
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to小曹
收到这封信,应该是26年了,也不知道你这小笨蛋在不在用QQ了,还是否留意QQ邮箱。然后顺利的话,我们在一起六年了,应该规划结婚了叭,宝宝。过来这一年,和你经历了许多许多,不知道小笨蛋你现在还记得吗,不知道这时候你身边的那个人,照顾你的人是不是我了,是的话,你妈妈应该不反对我俩了叭。哈哈不知道这一刻,
Aug 24, 2021 · Traveled 5 years
to小曹
收到这封信,应该是26年了。也不知道你这小笨蛋在不在用QQ了。还是否留意QQ邮箱。然后顺利的话。我们在一起六年了。应该规划结婚了叭。宝宝。过来这一年。和你经历了许多许多。不知道小紫蛋你现在还记得吗。不知道这时候你身边的那个人。照顾你的人是不是我了。是的话。你妈妈应该不反对我俩了叭。哈哈不知道这一刻。
Aug 24, 2021 · Traveled 5 years
to小曹
收到这封信,应该是26年了。也不知道你这小笨蛋在不在用QQ了。还是否留意QQ邮箱。然后顺利的话。我们在一起六年了。应该规划结婚了叭。宝宝。过来这一年。和你经历了许多许多。不知道小笨蛋你现在还记得吗。不知道这时候你身边的那个人。照顾你的人是不是我了。是的话。你妈妈应该不反对我俩了叭。哈哈不知道这一刻。
Aug 24, 2021 · Traveled 5 years
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给五点后的宝宝
宝宝o(≧v≦)o五年啦,也不知道我们现在在干嘛哦,是不是还像现在这样天天吵架啦,哈哈哈哈可能想想我们现在会不会觉得可幼稚了,2021年的曹立茹很喜欢很喜欢李锐啊,只不过不知道该怎么表现自己而且不想自己受委屈呜呜呜就只能让宝宝受委屈了,宝宝啊现在我应该已经24你已经25咯都到了要结婚的年纪了吧,也不
Aug 24, 2021 · Traveled 5 years
是不是还在一起呀
曾经的约定是不是已经实现了呀,她现在还是你的老婆嘛,你要好好对她呀,你要是欺负她我会心疼的,学习成绩还好吗,你可是自己说过要为了你老婆努力的,不要后悔呀,不管怎么说,千万不要让自己老婆失宠呀,她那么爱你,你舍不得吧,要加油工作带她去曾经说过要带她去的地方呀,你们是不是亲亲了呀,多好,她的生日是12.
Aug 25, 2021 · Traveled 3 years
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给宝贝唯的一封信
亲爱的宝贝唯唯,现在是2021年8月25号 9点43分,因为疫情我还在外边隔离,算下来我们已经一个月没见面了吧,真的好想你好想你,我都快忘了你长啥样了哈哈哈哈,笨宝,这一个月也发生了很多,也闹了一些矛盾,但是感觉没开始那么严重了吧一天一吵,现在起码比之前好点了应该是这样,应该好点了嗯嗯嗯,不知道为什
Aug 25, 2021 · Traveled 6 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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