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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老公,我爱你

老公,写这封信的时候,还不知道你到底是谁,现在身在何处,突然发现可以给未来的人写点儿什么,第一想到的就是你。我的感情路很波折,不过也让我成长了许多,知道怎么去爱,怎么去理解,我现在非常珍惜来之不易的爱情,我无数次在心里想象你的样子,你让我等得好辛苦呀!!不过你放心,我会很乖,不会学坏,会安心的等你来

我就是孙俪纱

Apr 17, 2013 · Traveled 2 years

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可惜不是你~

可惜不是你,陪我到最后。Z先生,其实我真的想贴你的照片,但为了保护你的隐私~呵呵,我真的好想问自己,我是不是真的喜欢你?那我又喜欢你什么?喜欢你小孩子样?喜欢你的聪明?每天跟你一起上课,工作回学校~但感觉我们的感情只停留于同学情上~能不能有进一步的发展?Z先生,我该喜欢你么?我该继续么?好想听你的感

W小姐吴佳佳

Apr 18, 2013 · Traveled 1 day

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Happy birthday !My baby~

亲爱的,生日快乐!

Flying_Vivian

Apr 19, 2013 · Traveled 1 month 8 days

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写给未来的刘同学

刘同学: 你好! 展信佳:我是即将毕业的郭慢慢,我写这封信的时间是2013.04.09,O(∩_∩)O~但愿你qq号和qq邮箱还在,能顺利收到这封信件~不知现在是不是真的是2018年呢? 之所以写这封信是刚刚(2013年的4.19下午五点半)发现了这个网站,觉得不错,在我给给自己写了一封信之后 ,想

音乐安静a

Apr 20, 2013 · Traveled 5 years

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写给未来的刘同学

刘同学: 你好! 展信佳:我是即将毕业的郭慢慢,我写这封信的时间是2013.04.09,O(∩_∩)O~但愿你qq号qq邮箱还在,能顺利收到这封信件~不知现在是不是真的是2018年呢? 之所以写这封信是刚刚(2013年的4.19下午五点半)发现了这个网站,觉得不错,在我给给自己写了一封信之后 ,想着

音乐安静a

Apr 20, 2013 · Traveled 5 years

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写于2013.4.20

去年的今天和他在一起了,你喜欢他,所以投入一切的去爱,现在你们还深爱彼此吗,如果是,那要继续爱下去,要相信他爱你,就像你爱他一样强烈。

每一个Zymo_你都爱吗

Apr 20, 2013 · Traveled 9 months 14 days

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写给三年后的郭思琪。

亲爱的,我现在写的时间是2013年4月20号,正在看这封信的你已经高考完了吧,祝贺你,高中毕业了。而我,正大一准备升大二了。 记得你今天在电话里哭得撕心裂肺吗,傻瓜,听到你的哭喊,我心里就像刀绞那般疼痛,你我都明白,我们今天的决定令我们都很痛苦,但是没办法,现实无法改变,我们不得不做出这般选择。如果

n105

Apr 20, 2013 · Traveled 3 years 2 months

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未来的我们

时光信箱,听到这个你会不会觉得有点穿越的感觉。当你收到这封信的时候,我们已经摆脱了高考,已经毕业了。6月21号,你会在哪里,我会在哪里?今天(04月21),心情特糟糕,然后你不在身边,然后因为离毕业时间也差不多了,就不敢叫你出来,其实多希望你能在。今晚问你毕业后有什么打算,你说跟朋友去打工。。其实,

Simple

Apr 21, 2013 · Traveled 2 months

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给未来的我们

亲爱的,前几天我在准备最炫小品风的节目,你刷微博说1000天后就结婚。昨天看完分手合约,你说等我五年,五年后换结婚证。你说喜欢龙凤胎,你问我结婚后想和你父母一起生活么?你说暑假,等我支教结束的时候去你家休息。今天你叫我一句宝贝儿,我发了个傻笑的表情,你说这就能开心半天。因为是你叫的,所以开心。我一直

我是倍儿胆大

Apr 21, 2013 · Traveled 5 years

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其其写给GaryLaw 2

好快阿,又满一年了,臭老公又多一条皱纹了!去年收到那封信是不是很意外阿!呵呵!好快又到你生日了!祝愿猪猪生日快乐,永远健康!永远爱臭宝!永远不能欺负臭宝!连你都欺负我,就没人爱宝了!

Phoebe_Baby

Apr 21, 2013 · Traveled 1 year 8 months

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其其写给GaryLaw 3

臭老公,看到我附上的那张龟宝宝照片了吗?不知道它现在长多大了!不知道现在你过的开心吗?晚餐还经常应酬吗?有没有乖乖的!还有有没有想我的?你老是不理我!讨厌!自己身体得顾好!!生日有没有人安排阿!希望给你庆祝的人是我!如果可以的话!好吧,祝福先送上!健康最重要,因为要陪我过日子的嘛!!

Phoebe_Baby

Apr 21, 2013 · Traveled 2 years 8 months

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写给未来的他

我没有很特别,因为我还没遇到那个觉得我特别的人!我没有很无情,因为那个会让我有情的人还没出现!我没有很任性,因为我的任性是要留给未来的那个他!我没有很期待,因为我知道我们都在互相的等待!不知道我的那个他现在在哪里,做着什么,是个怎样的一个人! 我只知道会遇到那个对的人,因为他也在等着跟我相遇! 不用

Peiling佩玲

Apr 21, 2013 · Traveled 1 year

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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