Write an anonymous love letter
Sometimes the hardest thing to say is to someone you already know. Write it here, then send it to them yourself. They read your words; they only learn your name if they ask and you say yes.
Write a love letter
How it works
1. Write it. Up to 1,500 characters. Say where they know you from (college, work, a café, a night out) and, if you like, one small detail only they would recognise.
2. Get a private link. Nobody can find the letter without it. There is no public page, no search and no list of letters anywhere.
3. Send it yourself. On WhatsApp, Instagram, in a text, however you already reach them. You do need a way to reach them: we don't look anyone up, and we never contact anyone on your behalf.
4. They decide. Anyone with the link can read it, with or without an account. If they want to know who wrote it, they reply, and that reply is their consent. Then you choose whether to tell them. Only if you both agree are you named to each other and able to talk.
What stays private
Your letter is never published, never turned into a post and never shown to anyone who doesn't have the link. It is not in search results, and it never will be.
You are never told whether they opened it. A read receipt would let anyone describe a stranger, send a link and confirm where that person had been, so nobody gets one.
The link shows your words, not your name. You can take the letter back any time before they reply, and an unanswered letter quietly expires after 60 days.
What to write
Start with a moment, not a description. The evening they stayed late to help, the joke at the bus stop, the way they talked about a book. A moment is something they can recognise; a list of their features is not.
Say what you'd like, even if it's small. A coffee, a conversation, or simply for them to know. A letter that asks for nothing is still a real letter.
Leave them free to say no. A letter that demands an answer is a weight. One that offers something is a gift.
Write what you'd be comfortable with them showing a friend. Your name stays private, but your words are theirs once they have them, and what you write can give you away.
What this is not
It isn't a way to reach a stranger. If you have no way to contact the person, a letter can't find them, and that is deliberate: a service that tracks people down for an anonymous sender is a stalking tool, however romantic the reason.
Letters are checked like everything else on MeetBefore, you can write five a day, and harassment gets accounts removed.
Do they need to be on MeetBefore?
No. Anyone with the link can read the letter. They only need a free account if they want to reply and find out who wrote it.
Do I need their email address or phone number?
No, we never ask for either. You send the link yourself, through whatever way you already have of reaching them.
Will they know it was me?
Not from us. The letter shows your words and the context you chose to give, never your name, unless they ask and you agree. What you write can still give you away, so write with that in mind.
Will I know if they read it?
No. Nobody is ever told that a letter was opened.
Is it free?
Yes. You need a free account to write, and nothing more. You don't need a finished profile or a photo.
Can I write to more than one person?
Up to five letters a day. It is a letter, not a mailshot.