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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写给媛的一封信

嗨!吴欣媛 可能当你看到这封信的时候我们已经分开了当然没分开是最好不过的今天是23年除夕夜我写这封信的时间是22年5月6日星期五早上的6:08分这时候我还没睡我骗你说我很困和你讲完故事后你睡着了哈哈哈听着你的呼吸声我感觉挺安稳的今天是我们在一起的第35天在这段时间里我们有吵过也有闹过也因为琐事分开过

鱼夫

May 6, 2022 · Traveled 8 months 17 days

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写给未来的傻逼安琪

宝贝,当你看到这封信时,我也不知道自己还在不在你身边,可能,是因为肉眼可见的新鲜感过了,平淡期让我们各自都没有什么话题,刚刚我跟你说我准备写信,我跟你说是活动来着,你说活动嘛,随便写一写就行了嘛,但其实是写给你的吖。为什么要选这一天呢,可能是因为,在一年前的今天,我们加了微信,所以,这一天,算是比较

May 9, 2022 · Traveled 4 months 2 days

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看看就算了

就当上一封不存在吧 毕竟写那封信的时候我是真没想到你是干得出精神出轨烂事还自怨自艾自我感伤起来的人 哈哈

n7983

Jun 2, 2022 · Traveled 7 days

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露露生日快乐!不要不开心哦!XJP

今天是我认识你的第一个生日露露,祝你生日快乐!by爱你的小熊

熊金鹏

Jun 7, 2022 · Traveled 5 months 16 days

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露露生日快乐!

柴佳露同志祝你生日快乐第三个年头希望依旧是我只能是我爱你by熊金鹏

熊金鹏

Jun 7, 2022 · Traveled 2 years 5 months

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柴佳露生日快乐by小熊

(1)ps:这是蜡烛嘿,没错。小露与大熊第四个年头快许个愿吧(ps:愿我们一直都在)我们要好好的在一起

熊金鹏

Jun 7, 2022 · Traveled 3 years 5 months

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好讨厌刚刚已经打了好多字了 一不小心退出去了 我真的要抓狂了 当时收到这封信时 我是在一年前给你写的 也就是2022年6月9号 的晚上 还记得嘛 这天我们吵架了 我控制不住自己的情绪 可能知道你会安慰我 我真的很谢谢你的陪伴 虽说有时候真的会让人抓狂 但是很好了 我很知足 我时常觉得自己很幸运 能遇

刘嘉怡

Jun 9, 2022 · Traveled 1 year

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好讨厌刚刚已经打了好多字了一不小心退出去了我真的要抓狂了当时收到这封信时我是在一年前给你写的也就是2022年6月9号的晚上还记得嘛这天我们吵架了我控制不住自己的情绪可能知道你会安慰我我真的很谢谢你的陪伴虽说有时候真的会让人抓狂但是很好了我很知足我时常觉得自己很幸运能遇见了在我高中时期也完成了我在18

刘嘉怡

Jun 9, 2022 · Traveled 1 year

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生日快乐

致你: 生日快乐,过去的一年你辛苦了。心中思绪万千,落笔却无言。 你真是我见过最特别的女孩。知世故却又不世故,内心还保有独特的天真。那些不被理解独自难过甚至他人随意编排你被你知晓的时刻你总说没关系,其实你比谁都脆弱。你看起来是坚强是乐观,但也不过是个姑娘。姑娘是要呵护的。你喜欢看海,想要去西藏,偏爱

远山悲悯

Jun 19, 2022 · Traveled 4 months 28 days

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不值得

我想这应该是我人生中最后的一次没错分开以后我用了2个月时间对你彻底失望,甚至是愤怒回想起你对我这些我找不出一点你爱我的迹象,但是我想说的就是你欠我的这辈子还不了。我希望你以后遇到的人都不及我万分之一,你不配得到幸福。在离开你的时间里,家里介绍了相亲,我也才第一次知道一个正常男人负责任是什么感觉,你说

爱拍照的叶叶子

Jun 24, 2022 · Traveled 1 year

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写给我这辈子最爱的人

北鼻,时间可真快啊!一眨眼这都毕业了!我不知道我有没有去追回你,我也不知道我们的结局究竟如何。我写这封信只是想感谢遇见了你,感谢有你的陪伴。在有你陪伴的那段时间里我真的很开心。很幸运遇见了你,让我知道被爱的滋味,我不知道你为什么那个时候会想要分开,我也不知道后来的我有没有弄清楚答案。我真的不后悔爱过

n8047

Jul 2, 2022 · Traveled 2 years 11 months

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我的挚爱「帥帥

今天是2022.07.10 凌晨12:27 我想着,日子也在一天一天的过去,那些逝去的不单单是回忆,西北的风一定会吹到你跟我的心里,我们也都该成长一番了。 那天晚上抚摸你脸庞的触感好像现在就在我指尖,温暖又炙热,我尽力的去抚遍你每一寸肌肤,好让那些温度深深的刻在我脑海里,枕头上的温度没有了,衣服上的

爱帥帥

Jul 10, 2022 · Traveled 1 day

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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