Journal Prompts for Couples
15 prompts you both write answers to separately, then swap.
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What I want you to know about how I am doing at the moment.
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About Journal Prompts for Couples
Journal prompts for couples work differently from question decks: you both write your answers separately, then swap and read. Writing gives you time to find the accurate answer instead of the quick one, and reading gives your partner time to react before responding.
Sample questions to get you started
- 1What I want you to know about how I am doing at the moment.
- 2What I find hardest about my life right now.
- 3What I appreciate about you that I do not say.
- 4What I am afraid of.
- 5What I want the next year to look like.
- 6Something I have never told you.
- 7What I need from you that I struggle to ask for.
- 8The moment I knew about you.
- 9What I think you do not realise about yourself.
- 10Something I am still carrying.
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- 11What I would change about us if I could change one thing.
- 12What I hope you would say about me.
- 13What has been the hardest year of my life and why.
- 14What I want us to be like when we are old.
- 15What I would want you to know if I could only tell you one thing.
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How to play Journal Prompts for Couples
- Pick one prompt. Both write for ten minutes, separately.
- Swap what you wrote and read in silence.
- No responding for five minutes after reading.
- Then talk, if you want to.
Why couples love this game
Speaking rewards the fast answer; writing rewards the true one. Couples who find live conversation difficult — because one of you processes slowly, or because it escalates — often do considerably better on paper.
Tips to make it more fun
- One prompt per session. This is not a deck to work through.
- Handwriting works better than typing for this.
- The five minutes of silence after reading is not optional.
- Keep what you write. Reading it back in a year is worth the effort.
Frequently asked questions
How do journal prompts work for couples?
You both write on the same prompt separately for about ten minutes, swap what you wrote, read in silence, and wait five minutes before responding. The delay is what makes it work.
Why write instead of talk?
Speaking rewards the fast answer; writing gives you time to find the accurate one. It also helps couples where live conversation tends to escalate before either person has finished thinking.
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