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Questions to ask your partner

The problem with "let us talk more" is that nobody knows what to talk about. A question solves that in one line, and a good one gives the other person permission to say something they would not have raised on their own.

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What makes a question worth asking

Specificity. "What is your favourite food" produces a word. "What is your comfort food at two in the morning" produces a story about a particular night, which is what you were actually after.

Almost any dead question can be revived by adding one constraint. Not "what do you like about me" but "what is something about me you would never change, even if I asked you to". The constraint is what forces a real answer instead of a polite one.

Every question here has been through that filter. If it only produces agreement, it did not ship.

How to use them

You do not need a special occasion. These work best in the ordinary gaps — the drive home, the hour after dinner, the part of the evening where you would otherwise both be on your phones.

Ask one, and then do the harder thing: do not answer it yourself straight away. Let the silence sit for a moment. Most interesting answers arrive second, after the first tidy one has been given and dismissed.

Skip anything that does not suit the mood. The skip is built into the game deliberately — knowing you can pass is what makes people willing to attempt the bolder cards.

Choosing the depth

The intensity slider goes from gentle to bold, and the categories change the subject rather than the temperature. Romantic is warmth and appreciation. Deep is the harder material — things people rarely say out loud. Compatibility is about how you actually want to live, which is quieter but often the most useful.

Start gentler than you think you need to. A conversation that warms up beats one that opens too hot and makes someone defensive for the next ten minutes.

20 truth questions

  1. 1.Which song do you think of as ours, even if we’ve never said so?
  2. 2.What’s a private joke of ours you’d be embarrassed to explain to anyone else?
  3. 3.What’s a word or phrase of mine that you’ve started saying too?
  4. 4.What’s the most ordinary moment with me that you secretly love?
  5. 5.What was the last thing that made you think of me during the day?
  6. 6.Which photo of us would you save first if you could only keep one?
  7. 7.When did you first tell someone else about me, and what did you say?
  8. 8.What did you think the first time you saw me — the honest version, not the polite one?
  9. 9.When did you realise you were in trouble with me, in the good way?
  10. 10.Which of my habits did you find odd at first and now quite like?
  11. 11.What did you assume about me early on that turned out to be completely wrong?
  12. 12.What’s a small thing I could do more often that would mean a lot?
  13. 13.What’s something about me you’d never change, even if I asked?
  14. 14.When did you last feel proud of me and not say so?
  15. 15.When have you been most relieved to see me walk in?
  16. 16.What’s something you find easier to say to me than to anyone else?
  17. 17.What would you want me to know on a day you’re struggling?
  18. 18.What’s a moment with me you replay when you’re on your own?
  19. 19.What have you never told me because you were scared of how it would sound?
  20. 20.What’s a compliment you got years ago that you still think about?

15 dares

  1. 21.Draw me in thirty seconds with your eyes closed. I keep the drawing.
  2. 22.Do an impression of me when I’ve just woken up.
  3. 23.Give me a new nickname based on something I did this week, and explain it.
  4. 24.Choose our first-dance song, even if we never dance to it, and hum the chorus.
  5. 25.Write our initials inside a heart on anything nearby, like you’re fourteen.
  6. 26.Describe our relationship in three words, then defend each one.
  7. 27.Tell the story of how we met as if it were the trailer for a film.
  8. 28.Guess my favourite memory of us. I’ll tell you how close you got.
  9. 29.Give a thirty-second speech about why I’m great. No stopping, no sarcasm.
  10. 30.Find the oldest photo of us on your phone and say what you remember.
  11. 31.Write me a one-sentence note you’d leave on the kitchen table.
  12. 32.Name three things I did this week that you noticed and appreciated.
  13. 33.Do your best impression of me telling a story I tell too often.
  14. 34.Pick a song that describes this year for us and play thirty seconds of it.
  15. 35.Recreate our first photo together, right now, as closely as you can.

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Common questions

How many questions should we do in one sitting?

Fewer than you expect. Six good ones with real answers beats thirty skimmed. The round lengths are there so you can stop while it is still enjoyable rather than grinding to the end of a set.

What if a question makes things tense?

Skip it and say why, or do not say why — either is fine. The pass rule exists precisely so that no single card can turn an evening. Tension usually means the question was right but the timing was not.

Do these work for a new relationship?

Yes, at a lower intensity. Early on, the icebreaker and funny sets do more for you than the deep ones — you are still establishing that talking to each other is enjoyable, which has to come first.

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