Writing Letters to your Future Spouse?

[Jess7737]

As a girl who loves to journal, even though I have terrible writing habits. Is something I love to do, I've recently been toying with the idea of writing letters to my future husband when God chooses to pop him up into my life. But I don't want him to think it stupid so I might just keep them for my self as an excursive to help with the singleness.

Guys and girls, do you write to your future spouses?

Guys and girls, what would you think if your future spouse gave you letters or a journal that has been written to you? With prayers, letters, journal entrees, etc. as a wedding gift.

Is this a stupid idea to you, or something that seems endearing?

I'm just really curious on what you all think about this Christians or not.

 

[bluegreysky]

Yeah I do that all the time

 

[Jess7737]

Yeah I do that all the time

Yay now I don't feel alone in this. Thought I was the only one here lol!

 

[PersephonesTear]

I don't do that, no. Though I do journal quite a bit. I'm not sure how I would respond if a future spouse presented me with such a thing... It would really depend on the context and the flavor of our relationship. I imagine it could range anywhere from incredibly sweet to uncomfortably creepy, depending.

If it's your style to do it, then do it. Whomever you end up with will want to be with you because of everything that makes you you - including your quirks and your own personal style. So if it's "you" to do it, then go ahead.

One thing that I do actually do is keep a video journal for my nieces and nephews who are all currently under the age of five. I talk about various life issues and challenges that I am facing, or things that our family has struggled through in the past. My intention is to give them the recordings once they reach adulthood. I'm hoping to encourage others in my family to make similar records so that we can create a sort of family archive to pass on to future generations. That way our grandchildren, great-grandchildren, ect. can see us discussing current issues of our day in our own words. And they can also hear our voices and see what our faces were like when we were young.

 

[HighwayMan]

No, but I do write letters to my leprechaun friends who live in the forest beneath my bed and make my cereal.

 

[Jess7737]

I don't do that, no. Though I do journal quite a bit. I'm not sure how I would respond if a future spouse presented me with such a thing... It would really depend on the context and the flavor of our relationship. I imagine it could range anywhere from incredibly sweet to uncomfortably creepy, depending.

If it's your style to do it, then do it. Whomever you end up with will want to be with you because of everything that makes you you - including your quirks and your own personal style. So if it's "you" to do it, then go ahead.

One thing that I do actually do is keep a video journal for my nieces and nephews who are all currently under the age of five. I talk about various life issues and challenges that I am facing, or things that our family has struggled through in the past. My intention is to give them the recordings once they reach adulthood. I'm hoping to encourage others in my family to make similar records so that we can create a sort of family archive to pass on to future generations. That way our grandchildren, great-grandchildren, ect. can see us discussing current issues of our day in our own words. And they can also hear our voices and see what our faces were like when we were young.

That is such a great idea, I'll have to remember that one for future generations in my family.

 

[trentlogain2]

I did something like this on here except most of the letters were for God.

Scripture Letters

 

[bluegreysky]

Well that concept isn't new, it's in a book called "When God Writes Your Love Story" and that book has been around for at least a decade maybe two. At least, that's where I read about it. A year ago.
Now, I had a journal with a bunch of short letters to a future ... well I called him "soulmate".... in it, but that journal got lost along with several other journals and books that were in a bag that I set down in a friend's house and never saw again.
We think it was thrown away by mistake. Oh well, I hadn't said much.
I bought a new journal that is just for writing to people like him but I am trying to formulate this stuff in my head first in case he ever does appear magically in my life and want to read it.

 

[Cearbhall]

Guys and girls, what would you think if your future spouse gave you letters or a journal that has been written to you? With prayers, letters, journal entrees, etc. as a wedding gift.

Is this a stupid idea to you, or something that seems endearing?

The idea has never occurred to me, but maybe now I'll start!

 

[Jess7737]

Well that concept isn't new, it's in a book called "When God Writes Your Love Story" and that book has been around for at least a decade maybe two. At least, that's where I read about it. A year ago.
Now, I had a journal with a bunch of short letters to a future ... well I called him "soulmate".... in it, but that journal got lost along with several other journals and books that were in a bag that I set down in a friend's house and never saw again.
We think it was thrown away by mistake. Oh well, I hadn't said much.
I bought a new journal that is just for writing to people like him but I am trying to formulate this stuff in my head first in case he ever does appear magically in my life and want to read it.

Well I live under a rock, because I've never heard of that book. Sorry to hear that when I lose a journal I freak because a lot of private stuff goes into my journals.

 

[Going Merry]

When I am feeling down I would go out in the middle of the field at night, and write things to god. when i was done i usually felt completely refreshed. But never wrote to anyone else.

 

[twnsrkr]

As a girl who loves to journal, even though I have terrible writing habits. Is something I love to do, I've recently been toying with the idea of writing letters to my future husband when God chooses to pop him up into my life. But I don't want him to think it stupid so I might just keep them for my self as an excursive to help with the singleness.

Guys and girls, do you write to your future spouses?

Guys and girls, what would you think if your future spouse gave you letters or a journal that has been written to you? With prayers, letters, journal entrees, etc. as a wedding gift.

Is this a stupid idea to you, or something that seems endearing?

I'm just really curious on what you all think about this Christians or not.

I think it'd be sweet.

 

[Neve]

Yeah, I would do that, but it says "Temporary Restraining Order" all over it. And I wouldn't put it past him to file one against me.



















lol. Joking.

 

[Jupiter Drops]

Yeah, I would do that, but it says "Temporary Restraining Order" all over it. And I wouldn't put it past him to file one against me.



















lol. Joking.

*wheeze* *wheeze*

 

[KitKatMatt]

It's not something I've done before. I would find it a bit creepy- writing letters to someone I don't know? It seems like I would be making up a person in my head to write about

That's just my opinion though, it might be romantic to someone else.

If the person I was dating told me they did that, I'm not sure what I'd think.

 

[stephanieamber]

i've done that on and off, but ultimately in my mind i'm writing letters to the boy i currently have my eye on haha. so it kind of always feels weird to me.

 

[TwistTim]

If you are a great letter writer and you are able to express that you have been holding on to love and stuff and even if you need to write about things about yourself that would be hard to express with the spoken word, then go for it, write for me.

I have been toying lately with the idea of buying a few moleskin journal books... one for writing a short story in, one for writing random ideas in, but if I were to do this, I would get a leather bound journal and a nice pen and also a crappy journal to toss, to make sure the leather one stays handsome and on track.

It would be a very intimate look into your soul's mate, their mind, heart and soul would be bared to you, a sacred trust, it must be given and received in a special way.

Just the thoughts of a sometimes author.

 

[HisSparkPlug]

No, but I do write letters to my leprechaun friends who live in the forest beneath my bed and make my cereal.

LOL! This was actually quite funny so i had to make a remark about it.. ha!


BUT... I think you gals are sweet with your journals to your future guys.. That's a rather precious sentiment.
Bless yous

 

[Jess7737]

I think its 50/50 on either side here, one half thinks its sweet, the other thinks its creepy. Thanks for your thoughts everyone! Its quite interesting the responses I got here.

 

[TwistTim]

I think its 50/50 on either side here, one half thinks its sweet, the other thinks its creepy. Thanks for your thoughts everyone! Its quite interesting the responses I got here.

It might be possible the divide falls on how romantic the respondants are. I'm in the sweet camp and a self-described(as well as friends) hopeless romantic.