Open when letters
25 open when letters for Valentine’s Day
A Valentine’s card says it once. A stack of open when letters lets you say it all day, and keeps saying it after February 14. Use these as starting points and make them yours.
A few tips
- Give them the night before, with the first one marked for the morning.
- Write a few for after the day, so February 15 feels good too.
- If you’re apart, post them early and agree on a time to open them together on a call.
For the day itself
Letters to open from the first coffee to the last light.
Open when you wake up on Valentine’s Day
Tell them the first thing you’d say if you were lying next to them, and what you hope today feels like.
Open at breakfast
Write the menu for your perfect Valentine’s breakfast together, even if today’s is toast.
Open on your lunch break
Tell them one thing they did this week that made you smile.
Open when you’re getting ready tonight
Tell them what you noticed the first time you saw them dressed up.
Open at dinner tonight
Write a toast to the two of you: one thing from this year, one hope for next year.
Open when the day didn’t go to plan
Tell them a ruined plan is still a story you get to tell together, and that the best part of the day was them.
Open when you want your real present
Make one small promise for the year ahead, like a walk together every Sunday, and sign it.
Open when it’s our first Valentine’s Day
Tell them where you were last February, and how different this one feels.
Open before bed on Valentine’s Day
Write your favorite moment from today, and one you’re still looking forward to.
About us
For remembering how you got here.
Open when you want to remember our first date
Describe it from your side: what you wore, what you worried about, the moment it got easy.
Open when you want five reasons I love you
List five reasons, at least one of them small and oddly specific.
Open when you want to know when I knew
Tell the story of the moment you knew, with every detail you remember.
Open when you want to hear our story
Write your story as a fairy tale, starting with once upon a time.
Open when you need a Valentine’s compliment
Write three: one about how they look, one about how they think and one about how they love.
Open when you want to slow dance
Name the song, and promise them a dance in the kitchen the next time it plays.
Open when you want to plan our next date
Write three date ideas, one easy, one fun and one a little ambitious, and let them choose.
Open when you need a cheesy Valentine’s joke
Write the cheesiest pun you can find, then one real line about why you love their laugh.
When you’re apart
For a Valentine’s Day spent in different places.
Open when it’s February 14 and I’m not there
Tell them exactly what you’d be doing together right now if you were, down to the snacks.
Open when Valentine’s Day reaches you first
Tell them they’re the first person you wanted to say happy Valentine’s Day to, even before it reached you.
Open on our Valentine’s video call
Write one question for each of you to answer on the call, and a toast for the end.
Open when the call ends
Tell them the call ending isn’t goodbye, and what you’ll do on your first night together again.
Open when you’re celebrating on your own today
Plan their evening for them: a meal, a song, a show, and a time to call you.
Open when your flowers arrive
Tell them why you chose these flowers, or which ones you’d send if flowers could travel.
Open when next Valentine’s Day is ours
Describe how you’d like to spend next Valentine’s Day in the same place.
Open when we celebrate Valentine’s late
Tell them a late Valentine’s still counts, and how you want to celebrate when you’re together.