Love Letter Templates You Can Fill In
A love letter template gives you a few opening lines and a structure, so you can spend your effort on the part only you can write: the details. Use the ten templates below as drafts. Fill the blanks, add a memory, change the words until they sound like you and then copy the result onto a card or into a message.
If you want a step-by-step method first, read how to write a love letter.
Template 1: Gratitude
Dear ____, Something you do that I notice and don't thank you for enough is ____. When you ____, I feel ____. Thank you for ____. I appreciate that you ____. With love, ____
Template 2: The first time I knew
Dear ____, I still remember the moment I knew I cared about you. We were ____, and you ____. I felt ____. Since then, I've learned ____ about you, and it makes me ____. Always, ____
Template 3: A promise
Dear ____, I want to tell you what I'm committed to. I promise to ____. I promise to keep ____. When things are hard, I'll ____. Because I love ____ about us. Yours, ____
Template 4: An apology
Dear ____, I've been thinking about ____. I know it hurt you, and I'm sorry. I should have ____. What I want to do differently is ____. I love you, and I want to make it right. ____
Template 5: What I see for us
Dear ____, When I picture our future, I see ____. I look forward to ____. I'd love for us to ____ together. I'm grateful we get to ____. Love, ____
Template 6: Your strengths
Dear ____, I want you to know what I admire in you. You are ____. I saw this when you ____. It inspires me to ____. Never doubt that ____. With love, ____
Template 7: Getting through hard times
Dear ____, Remember when ____? It was hard, and we got through it by ____. I learned that we ____ as a team. I'm proud of us. Whatever comes next, ____. Yours, ____
Template 8: Birthday
Dear ____, Happy birthday. This year, I've loved watching you ____. My favorite thing about you right now is ____. I hope this year brings you ____. I'm lucky to ____. Love, ____
Template 9: A note for the morning or the night
Good morning (or good night), ____. I hope today (or tonight) is ____. Before you go, I wanted to say ____. I'll be thinking of ____. See you ____. ____
Template 10: Across the miles
Dear ____, I miss ____ most when ____. Something small I think about is ____. When we see each other, I want to ____. Until then, know that ____. Counting the days, ____
Tips for filling in templates
| Do | Avoid |
|---|---|
| Use names, places and details | Using only general phrases |
| Keep one or two main ideas | Cramming in every feeling |
| Read it aloud | Sending without a second look |
| Add a small closing wish | Ending with a request or a demand |
| Choose a delivery moment | Handing it over while rushed |
Ways to deliver a letter
- Slip it under a pillow, in a lunchbox or into a coat pocket.
- Mail a card, even when you live together.
- Read it aloud on a date night. See couples questions to ask each other for a follow-up conversation.
- Seal one to open on your next anniversary.
- If you're apart, send a photo of the handwritten page, and read about long distance relationship activities for other ideas.
More templates with room to write
Closer — The Couples Workbook includes a gift called 20 Guided Love Letter Templates, each with four starter lines and room to write. The topics include gratitude, a memory of the first time you knew, a promise, an apology, the future, appreciation of your partner's strengths, hard times you got through, birthday, anniversary, a letter for morning, a letter for night, travel, encouragement, parenthood or family, home, forgiveness, humor, dreams, courage and why you choose them. It also comes with 120 appreciation and love note cards, a planner for anniversaries and special dates that has a page for a letter to your next anniversary and the full workbook of conversation tools described in what's inside the couples workbook.
