Ideas and tips for two
Every guide by topic: what to ask, what to do together, and how to understand each other a little better.
Questions and conversation
- Icebreaker questions that are easy to answerQuestions for those first conversations, whether you’re texting, meeting up, or playing a game. Each one can be answered in a few words, or turn into half an hour of talking.
- Long-distance games and things to do togetherYou’re in different cities and still want to hang out. Here are online games for long distance couples and friends that don’t need a shared hour on the calendar, and things to do over a regular call in any app.
- Texting games you can play hours apartOne of you texts in the morning, the reply comes at night — and the game still works. Below: six games for any chat, and one you send as a link.
- Truth or Dare for two: 24 questions and daresTruth or Dare with two people isn't the party version: nobody's watching, and nobody loses. Here are 24 questions and dares you can use as they are.
- 30 Would You Rather questions for couplesAn either-or question is easy to answer: you just pick. The good part starts right after “why?”
- Yes, no, maybe for couples: finding shared wishesSaying “I'd like…” can be hard, even with someone close. A yes/no/maybe list is built so that only the things you both want get said out loud.
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Dates and ideas
- Date night at home: plans with a first stepSeven at-home plans: what you’ll need, how long each takes, and how to scale it down.
- Winter date ideas: 25 cozy plans for cold eveningsTwenty-five plans for when it’s dark by five: eight outside, eight somewhere warm, nine at home. Each one says what you’ll need, how long it takes, and where to start.
- Indoor date ideas for rainy days and lazy weekendsTwenty-two plans that don’t care about the forecast: eight for a rainy day at home, seven for a weekend with no energy, and seven for getting out without getting wet.
- Cheap date ideas: 30 plans under $20 (and many free)Thirty plans in three price bands: twelve that cost nothing, ten under $10, and eight under $20. Prices are for two people unless a line says “each.”
- Long-distance date ideas: 20 ways to have a real date apartTwenty plans for two people in two places: ten for a video call, four out in your own cities, and six that work across time zones with no call at all.
- Couples bucket list: 50 things to do togetherFifty ideas in five groups of ten. Go through them separately, each mark your own yeses, then compare. Whatever you both picked is your list.
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Relationships and quizzes
- The 5 love languages: what they are and how to find yoursOne of you says “I love you” in words, the other in a bowl of hot soup, and sometimes neither message lands. Here are the five love languages with examples, and a way to find yours.
- Relationship compatibility: what actually matters“Are we compatible?” People ask it on the third date and in the tenth year. Here's what couple compatibility is really made of, and what you can do about it.