Couple Challenges
15 small challenges to do this week, not to answer tonight.
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About Couple Challenges
Couple challenges are tasks rather than questions. Fifteen small things to do over the course of a week — one a day, roughly — most of which take under ten minutes and none of which need planning.
Sample questions to get you started
- 1Say thank you for something you have never acknowledged.
- 2Take one job off their list without mentioning it.
- 3Send a message during the day that is not about logistics.
- 4Ask about something they mentioned last week.
- 5Give a compliment in front of somebody else.
- 6Spend twenty minutes together with no screens.
- 7Do the thing you keep saying you will do.
- 8Ask one question you have never asked.
- 9Cook or make something for them, unprompted.
- 10Say the thing you assume they already know.
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- 11Plan something small for next month, properly.
- 12Go to bed at the same time as each other.
- 13Tell them one thing you noticed them do this week.
- 14Do something they enjoy that you do not.
- 15At the end of the week, each say which challenge mattered most.
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How to play Couple Challenges
- Take one challenge a day for two weeks.
- Both of you do the same challenge on the same day.
- Do it the day you draw it, not later.
- Compare notes at the end of the week.
Why couples love this game
Doing beats discussing. A week of small deliberate actions changes how an ordinary week feels considerably more than an evening of talking about it does, and it costs almost nothing.
Tips to make it more fun
- One a day. Doing five at once is not the same thing.
- Do it the day you draw it or not at all.
- Tell each other afterwards, not before.
- Add three of your own at the end.
Frequently asked questions
What are couple challenges?
Small tasks to do over a week rather than questions to answer in an evening — most take under ten minutes and none need planning.
How long should it take?
Two weeks at one a day. Doing five in an evening is not the same exercise and does not have the same effect.
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