Anniversary Games for Couples
15 prompts for the evening itself, not the present you forgot to buy.
15 questions · Free
What is your single best memory from this year?
One phone between the two of you — the card says whose turn it is.
About Anniversary Games for Couples
Anniversary games for couples exist to solve a specific problem: you have booked the restaurant and bought the card, and now you are sitting opposite each other having the same conversation as every other Tuesday. These 15 prompts make the evening feel like the occasion it is meant to be.
Sample questions to get you started
- 1What is your single best memory from this year?
- 2What was the hardest month, and what got us through it?
- 3What did I do this year that you have not thanked me for?
- 4What did you do this year that you are proud of?
- 5What did we do this year that we should do again?
- 6What did we say we would do and never did?
- 7When did you feel closest to me this year?
- 8What surprised you about us this year?
- 9What have you learned about me?
- 10What is one thing you would change about the last twelve months?
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- 11What are you most looking forward to about the next twelve?
- 12What do you want us to do differently?
- 13What do you want to have done by this time next year?
- 14What do you predict will happen before the next anniversary?
- 15What do you want to say to me tonight?
Tap the game above to play through all prompts.
How to play Anniversary Games for Couples
- Open the deck when you sit down, one prompt per course.
- Both answer every prompt.
- Write down or record the answers to the last three.
- Keep them and read them back next year.
Why couples love this game
An anniversary is a reason to look back deliberately, and almost nobody does. Fifteen prompts turns a meal into a proper review of a year, and the years accumulate into something you will want to have.
Tips to make it more fun
- Record the last three on a phone. Future you will be glad.
- Read last year's answers before you start, if you have them.
- One prompt per course is the right pace.
- Do the same thing every year and it becomes the tradition.
Frequently asked questions
What are good anniversary games for couples?
Ones that look back on the year deliberately. An anniversary is a reason to review and almost nobody does — a set of prompts turns the meal you already booked into the occasion it was meant to be.
Should we keep the answers?
Yes, at least the last three. Record them on a phone and read them back the following year — that is where the whole value accumulates.
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