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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11/25

余生计划:每天早起给赛赛做早饭每天爱赛赛多一点每天对赛赛说一句爱你因为赛赛是老婆所以爱她不是因为老婆是赛赛Ŀ

n7552

Nov 25, 2021 · Traveled 1 day

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From your PUPPY♥

爸比: 早安午安晚安! 写信此刻,是凌晨四点半。我们在广州,你正在我对面加班工作。这是你来广州的第三个月,也是我第二次来广州和你见面。(哈哈我写到这里的时候,你还因为叫我名字没回应而弹了我一个脑瓜崩!好痛!) 我也不知道什么时候你会收到这封信,但希望你收到的时候,我们还在一起,还互相相爱,此刻如此,

_CYNTHIA

Nov 27, 2021 · Traveled 3 months

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2024

今天是2021年12月7日,今年是咱俩一起的第二年了。我不知道,以后还会不会一起。如果,好的话,可能我们俩已经准备结婚了吧。也可能在明年,我们俩就分手了吧。毕竟你父母也不会去接受一个,没房没车的男朋友吧。你在镇江,我在徐州。距离这么远,连房子也没有。分手也在我预料之中吧。或许你也想过。银行的工作,一

春嵬

Dec 2, 2021 · Traveled 3 years

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写给未来的陈慧文

即使以后我们没有联系,但是,在这最好的青春年华,你给我留下了最意外的风景,,但我更希望余生都是你,你在我生命里何止三五年,即使三五十年后,相信我们依旧会联系,毕竟,你是惊艳了我十八岁的女孩啊。那个我最爱的人啊,在生命的旅程里,遇见你真好。

離53925

Dec 2, 2021 · Traveled 1 day

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写给未来的陈慧文

即使以后我们没有联系,但是,在这最好的青春年华,你给我留下了最意外的风景,,但我更希望余生都是你,你在我生命里何止三五年,即使三五十年后,相信我们依旧会联系,毕竟,你是惊艳了我十八岁的女孩啊。那个我最爱的人啊,在生命的旅程里,遇见你真好。

離53925

Dec 2, 2021 · Traveled 1 day

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在干嘛!记得看信

宝,我滴宝 这大半年时间可真是辛苦你啦 考研从某些角度来看没有之前想象中的那么苦,要熬夜坐在路灯底下看书或者什么的,也还算是比较平淡,一天一天就从3月到了12月。但这个过程确实也很煎熬,对喜欢新鲜事物的你来说,每天十个多小时坐在同样的地方看着类似的但又没有完全把握的内容,看着朋友圈微博里的各种五光十

n7583

Dec 10, 2021 · Traveled 1 year

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李登成!!

大笨蛋 2024年啦 我这边是2021年哦 现在是北京时间2021年12月11日晚上十一点三十分 你刚刚说你好困 哈哈 大笨猪 精灵 现在的我们已经复合了吧 还有见家长了吧 上大学啦精灵 我家宝宝都成年了 亲一个哦 要是你现在没有和我在一起 但是你还喜欢我 请一定要来找我 我说过的 我不想让你成为遗

lky

Dec 11, 2021 · Traveled 2 years

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2022会收到的第一封信

Hey,三月的你:看了上一封信,觉得未来这种事确实摸不准、猜不透,你跟谁一起也无法保证对方会不会变,但如果真的喜欢,把握当下,用心经营,就好了。最近真的压力很多,明明可以放松心态只专注一件事,各种来自家人亲戚的压力、不理解、甚至不支持,压得我好累好累。好消息是,有可能省考会推迟,多一点时间准备,也许

R_Moku

Dec 16, 2021 · Traveled 2 months 26 days

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dear:(写自一年前)终究纸短情长,我不愿道未来,不愿道承诺,我怕给不起,我怕如果我们分开你会难过,我不想你难过,当然,我不想和你分开,我我也不会想和你分开,但是未来终究是未知的,我只能说,现在,此时此刻,写这封信的我,很爱,我现在面对的你,一年后到底怎么样,我不知道,但是我会努力,努力让你看到这

n7610

Dec 19, 2021 · Traveled 5 months 2 days

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可?

如果明天的路你不知该往哪儿走就留在我身边做我老婆好不好

n7610

Dec 19, 2021 · Traveled 1 day

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樱樱宝贝:今天是我跟你认识的第105天,emm…我宝太累啦,已经在我的监督下休息了哦,有好多好多话想跟你说,但是真当我写下的时候,又有点不善言辞啦。距离2022年还有两天哦,26号那天晚上,我猜我一定是最最勇敢的人,可能是因为群里那些小伙伴整天宝吖宝的叫,一开始我们就有特别的缘分,所以显得格外亲昵叭

n7641

Dec 31, 2021 · Traveled 1 day

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李纪芳

李纪芳,新年快乐,谢谢你的喜欢,但也跟你说声对不起,我那时候的幼稚,和一些坏毛病也给你带来了不开心,也给我们两个人都整的很累,但都互相真心的喜欢过,也许我的喜欢实在是太沉重了,喜欢的太紧了,对不起啊,今天也是失眠的一天,我也希望是最后一天失眠。终于要释怀了,真的轻松了许多。遇见你,付出过全部,也爱到

用户6455698117

Jan 4, 2022 · Traveled 28 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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