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Two truths and a lie ideas: 150 examples to borrow

150 ready-made statements in six sets, plus how to pick truths that sound fake and a lie that sounds true. Borrow the shape, then swap in your own details.

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How to pick two truths and a lie

The best truths are strange but real: things that happened to you and sound made up. “I have a sister” gives nobody anything to doubt. “I’ve been chased by a goose, twice” does. One sentence, one fact. Save the story for later.

A good lie is the opposite: plausible, with one concrete detail. An age, a number, a place. “I broke my wrist skateboarding at twelve” beats “I’ve been skydiving,” because nobody thinks to question it. Keep it as short as your truths.

Three beginner mistakes. One: the lie is the most exciting of the three. Two: the lie gets extra detail, which is a tell. Three: the lie always goes last. Mix up the order.

On EasyTo.love you play on two phones. Each of you writes three statements and marks the lie privately. Then you see each other’s three and pick the one you think is made up. The answer opens right after your guess.

Funny two truths and a lie ideas

Small, silly, and hard to call. Funny works best when it’s a little embarrassing and entirely possible.

  1. I’ve been locked out in a towel.
  2. I once clapped when a plane landed. Nobody joined in.
  3. I named my vacuum.
  4. I’ve lost an argument to a toddler.
  5. I told a waiter “you too” after “enjoy your meal.”
  6. I can’t whistle, snap, or wink.
  7. I’ve fallen asleep standing on a bus.
  8. I brought a casserole to the wrong party and stayed.
  9. I still count on my fingers.
  10. I’ve been chased by a goose. Twice.
  11. I practiced my autograph, just in case.
  12. I walked into a glass door at a job interview.
  13. I’ve cried at a cereal commercial.
  14. I’ve faked a phone call to dodge a survey.
  15. I ate dog treats thinking they were cookies.
  16. I can recite an entire infomercial.
  17. I’ve been kicked out of a library for laughing.
  18. I got stuck in a kiddie slide as an adult.
  19. I texted “love you” to my landlord.
  20. I wore two different shoes to work.
  21. I’m scared of butterflies.
  22. I won a hot dog eating contest by accident.
  23. One of my plants has a last name.
  24. I tripped onstage at my own graduation.
  25. I hid in a closet to skip singing “Happy Birthday.”

For couples

For two people who know each other well. These reach back before you met, or into things that never came up.

  1. I rehearsed our first phone call out loud.
  2. I still have the receipt from our first date.
  3. I had a crush on a cartoon character until twelve.
  4. I studied your favorite band before our second date.
  5. I’ve never said “I love you” first.
  6. I mailed a love letter to the wrong address.
  7. I got dumped by text during a movie.
  8. I still know my first crush’s phone number.
  9. I reread our early messages.
  10. I pretended to like sushi to impress a date.
  11. I learned one guitar song just to impress someone.
  12. I’ve never been on a blind date.
  13. I planned a surprise, and a group chat spoiled it.
  14. I practiced kissing on my hand.
  15. I cried at the last wedding I went to.
  16. I’ve had the same celebrity crush since fourteen.
  17. I took a dance class before a date.
  18. I have a playlist that’s secretly about you.
  19. I went to prom alone and had a great night.
  20. I wrote someone a poem and never showed it.
  21. I knew your middle name before you told me.
  22. I took the long way home to pass a crush’s house.
  23. I’ve saved a voicemail from you for a year.
  24. I got my first kiss on a dare.
  25. I’ve fallen asleep on a first date.

For friends

Skills, records, and odd habits. Friends think they’ve heard it all, which makes them fun to fool.

  1. I’ve never broken a bone.
  2. I can solve a Rubik’s Cube in two minutes.
  3. I was an extra in a TV show.
  4. I rode an elevator with a celebrity and said nothing.
  5. I hold a school record in a sport nobody remembers.
  6. I ate the same lunch every weekday for a year.
  7. I can juggle three oranges.
  8. I got a tattoo and told no one for a year.
  9. I alphabetize my spice rack.
  10. I own more than forty houseplants.
  11. I’ve never seen a single Star Wars movie.
  12. I can name every U.S. state capital.
  13. I won concert tickets from a radio call-in.
  14. I’ve been on camera in a game show audience.
  15. I cut my own hair.
  16. I ran a half marathon in a banana costume.
  17. I’m allergic to kiwi.
  18. I have a twin nobody here has met.
  19. I’ve had the same phone number since thirteen.
  20. I can say “thank you” in twelve languages.
  21. I got a hole-in-one at mini golf, eyes closed.
  22. I lasted two days at a silent retreat.
  23. I collect hotel key cards.
  24. I’ve donated my hair three times.
  25. I rode a bus four hours for a sandwich.

For work and icebreakers

Safe for a team meeting or a first day. Nothing here you’d regret saying to a manager.

  1. My first job was wearing a mascot suit.
  2. I’ve worked in five different industries.
  3. I replied-all to the whole company by mistake.
  4. I type with only four fingers.
  5. I’ve never missed a flight.
  6. I was a spelling bee finalist in fifth grade.
  7. I can write with both hands.
  8. I’ve eaten lunch at my desk all month.
  9. I interviewed in a language I barely speak.
  10. I keep a paper planner and color-code it.
  11. I had a paper route at eleven.
  12. I presented with my shirt inside out.
  13. I speak three languages.
  14. I read my school’s morning announcements.
  15. I’ve never had a cup of coffee.
  16. I fell asleep on a video call, camera on.
  17. I type over a hundred words a minute.
  18. My degree has nothing to do with my job.
  19. I’ve lived in four countries.
  20. I spent a summer on a fishing boat.
  21. I have a perfect attendance award.
  22. I fixed the printer once and became “the printer person.”
  23. I’ve been to every continent except Antarctica.
  24. I play in a band on weekends.
  25. I wake up at 5 a.m. without an alarm.

Travel and childhood

The two richest sources: places you’ve been and the kid you were.

  1. I’ve slept in an airport on purpose.
  2. I found my hotel by following a bakery smell.
  3. My plane once turned around mid-flight.
  4. I’ve never seen the ocean.
  5. I once hitchhiked across a state line.
  6. I’ve ridden a camel and a very angry donkey.
  7. I’ve been to a country that no longer exists.
  8. I missed a ferry and watched my bag leave on it.
  9. I’ve swum in three oceans.
  10. I got my passport stamped at the wrong border.
  11. I camped through a thunderstorm in a broken tent.
  12. I ate something I couldn’t identify, and had seconds.
  13. I took my first flight at twenty-five.
  14. I had an imaginary friend named Mr. Button.
  15. My lemonade stand turned a real profit.
  16. I was afraid of the bathtub drain until nine.
  17. I grew up in a town with one traffic light.
  18. I got my head stuck between stair railings.
  19. I was in a diaper commercial as a baby.
  20. I skipped a grade.
  21. I had a pet chicken that slept in my room.
  22. I believed in the tooth fairy until eleven.
  23. I won a science fair with a potato.
  24. I broke my arm falling out of a bunk bed.
  25. I was a county chess champion at ten.

Good lies for two truths and a lie

Twenty-five believable lies, each with the reason it slips past. Borrow the trick and change the details.

  1. I broke my wrist skateboarding at twelve.An age and an injury sound remembered.
  2. I’m allergic to cilantro.Hard to check, easy to believe.
  3. I played the clarinet for six years.Too common to question.
  4. I’ve been to Portugal twice.“Twice” is the convincing part.
  5. I failed my driving test the first time.A small embarrassment reads as honest.
  6. My middle name is my grandfather’s.Family facts rarely get questioned.
  7. I worked at a movie theater one summer.Everyone knows someone who did.
  8. I’ve never had a cavity.A boring brag hides well.
  9. I was born three weeks early.Too dull to invent.
  10. I can’t stand the texture of mushrooms.Food opinions feel personal.
  11. I had braces for two years.Plausible for almost anyone.
  12. I met our mayor at a ribbon cutting.Small fame beats a celebrity story.
  13. I ran track in high school.Vague enough to survive a follow-up.
  14. I have a knee scar from a bike crash.A detail nobody will check.
  15. I lived in Ohio until I was six.Early childhood is hard to check.
  16. I’m the oldest of three.Works if they haven’t met your family.
  17. I got a B-minus in chemistry.People rarely lie downward.
  18. I’ve seen one movie eleven times.An odd number sounds counted.
  19. I taught swimming lessons at sixteen.A first job with an age attached.
  20. I’ve never been stung by a bee.“Never” is hard to disprove.
  21. I sang in the school choir.Half the room did too.
  22. I’m left-handed, except with scissors.The exception sells it.
  23. I lost a baby tooth in an apple.One small picture does the work.
  24. I’ve kept a journal since I was fifteen.Private habits can’t be verified.
  25. My first concert was with my dad.A warm detail lowers suspicion.

Two truths and a lie: common questions

What are good two truths and a lie examples?
Specific ones, all about the same size: “I’ve been chased by a goose, twice,” “I’ve never had a cup of coffee,” “I spent a summer on a fishing boat.” Any of the three could be the lie.
How do you come up with a believable lie?
Start from something true and change one detail: the year, the place, or the ending. Or use something that almost happened. Add one concrete detail and stop there.
Two truths and a lie for couples who know everything about each other: what works?
Go back before you met: school, first jobs, childhood fears. Or go small: a habit they’ve never noticed, a thought from your first date.
How many rounds should we play?
Two or three is plenty. Stop while there are still stories to ask about. Here, a round is three statements each, and you can start another.
Can we play over text?
Yes. Send three statements in one message and wait for the guess. On two phones here, the lie you marked stays hidden until the other player guesses, and you can answer hours apart.

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