Would You Rather: Couple Edition
100 dilemmas with no right answer — and a surprising number of arguments.
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Would you rather…
One phone between the two of you — the card says whose turn it is.
About Would You Rather: Couple Edition
Would you rather for couples works because there is no correct answer to hide behind. Every card forces a choice between two things you both half want, and the interesting part is never the answer — it is the three seconds of hesitation before it, and the argument that follows. These 100 dilemmas are written for two people who already know each other, so they skip the generic party questions and go straight for the ones that reveal how differently you actually think.
Sample questions to get you started
- 1Live in a cabin in the mountains or Live in a beach house by the ocean
- 2Know every thought I have or Have me know every thought you have
- 3Never argue again but never laugh together or Argue weekly but laugh daily
- 4Relive our first date forever or Fast-forward to our 50th anniversary
- 5Have a personal chef or Have a personal cleaner
- 6Travel the world for a year together or Buy our dream home tomorrow
- 7Always say exactly what you think or Never be able to lie about how you feel
- 8Have one long holiday a year or Have one long weekend away every month
- 9Be famous together or Be rich and completely anonymous
- 10Lose all our photos together or Lose all our messages to each other
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- 11Have your partner cook every meal badly or Cook every meal yourself
- 12Move abroad for my dream job or Stay here for yours
- 13Never argue in public or Never argue at home
- 14Share one phone between us or Share one bank account
- 15Have a huge wedding with everyone or Elope with nobody watching
- 16Sleep in separate beds and sleep perfectly or Share a bed and sleep badly
- 17Be the funny one in the relationship or Be the sensible one
- 18Know exactly how we end or Never know anything about our future
- 19Have a partner who never forgets a date or Have a partner who never forgets a conversation
- 20Give up coffee forever or Give up your phone one day a week
- 21Go to every party we get invited to or Never leave the house again on a Friday
- 22Live next door to my parents or Live next door to your ex
- 23Have a big loud family or Have a small quiet one
- 24Win every argument for a year or Never have to apologise again
- 25Only listen to my music forever or Only watch my shows forever
- 26Be able to pause time together or Be able to rewind one day a year
- 27Have unlimited money but only two weeks off a year or Have modest money and endless free time
- 28Get a dog or Get a cat
- 29Have your partner read every text you send or Have your partner hear every thought you have about them
- 30Live in a city forever or Live in the countryside forever
- 31Take a shared hobby seriously or Keep all your hobbies separate
- 32Have a partner who is always honest or Have a partner who is always kind
- 33Never travel again but live somewhere perfect or Travel constantly with no fixed home
- 34Be the one who plans everything or Be the one who goes along with everything
- 35Have every meal out or Have every meal cooked at home
- 36Have an hour a day completely alone or Have a full day alone once a month
- 37Meet each other ten years earlier or Meet each other ten years later
- 38Have a partner who cries easily or Have a partner who never cries
- 39Spend a year apart and then be certain or Stay together and never be certain
- 40Be great at communicating and bad in bed or Be great in bed and bad at communicating
- 41Never see your friends again or Never see your extended family again
- 42Have your partner pick your clothes for a year or Have your partner pick your job for a year
- 43Live somewhere with perfect weather and no friends or Live somewhere grey with everyone you love
- 44Have a partner who snores loudly or Have a partner who steals the duvet
- 45Always know when I am lying or Always know when I am sad
- 46Retire at forty with very little or Retire at seventy with plenty
- 47Have kids early or Have kids late
- 48Be forced to sing every argument or Be forced to write every argument down
- 49Have separate bathrooms or Have separate bedrooms
- 50Be able to teleport but only alone or Be able to fly but only together
- 51Have a partner who is always on time or Have a partner who is always up for anything
- 52Have one enormous fight a year or Have small daily friction
- 53Own a boat or Own a holiday flat
- 54Get a text from me every hour or Get one perfect letter from me a month
- 55Have my full attention for one hour a day or Have my half attention all day
- 56Never be able to say no to me or Never be able to say yes to me
- 57Take a year off together with no income or Work hard together for five more years
- 58Be the reason we are always late or Be the reason we never go anywhere
- 59Have a partner who tells you everything or Have a partner who protects you from some of it
- 60Live in the same house forever or Move every three years
- 61Have your partner's family live with you or Have your own family live with you
- 62Go to bed angry or Stay up until it is resolved
- 63Be able to speak every language or Be able to play every instrument
- 64Have a partner who is very ambitious or Have a partner who is very present
- 65Watch a film we both like or Watch a film only one of us loves
- 66Give up sweets forever or Give up alcohol forever
- 67Be praised in public and criticised in private or Be criticised in public and praised in private
- 68Have one big shared dream or Have two separate ones
- 69Never lock your phone again or Never delete a message again
- 70Do a road trip with no plan or Do a trip planned to the hour
- 71Have a partner who remembers every anniversary or Have a partner who surprises you randomly
- 72Be able to undo one thing you said or Be able to say one thing you never did
- 73Live on a boat for a year or Live in a van for a year
- 74Have my worst habit doubled or Have my best habit halved
- 75Always host or Always be a guest
- 76Have a partner who challenges you or Have a partner who comforts you
- 77Be together and broke or Be apart and comfortable
- 78Give up your career for the relationship or Give up the relationship for your career
- 79Have a house full of people or Have a house that is always quiet
- 80Do all the driving or Do all the navigating
- 81Know how many people I dated before you or Know nothing about it at all
- 82Be the one who says sorry first or Be the one who forgives fastest
- 83Spend our anniversary somewhere new or Spend it somewhere meaningful
- 84Have a partner who is very funny or Have a partner who thinks you are very funny
- 85Split every bill exactly or Never discuss money again
- 86Have three months apart every year or Never be apart for more than a night
- 87Learn something new together badly or Do something we are both already good at
- 88Have your partner's approval on everything or Have your partner's honesty on everything
- 89Fall asleep first every night or Wake up first every morning
- 90Have a partner who never gets jealous or Have a partner who gets a little jealous
- 91Spend a fortune on one perfect holiday or Spend the same on ten small ones
- 92Be right about the big things or Be right about the small ones
- 93Have a partner who talks through problems or Have a partner who needs time alone with them
- 94Give up one shared memory or Give up one shared plan
- 95Always be a little late to bed together or Always be well rested apart
- 96Have a relationship everyone envies or Have a relationship nobody understands
- 97Get advice from my mother or Get advice from your ex
- 98Have every argument recorded or Have every compliment recorded
- 99Spend the last day of your life with me and nobody else or Spend it with everyone you have ever loved
- 100Do this again from the beginning or Skip straight to the best year and stay there
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How to play Would You Rather: Couple Edition
- Open this page on one phone and hold it between you.
- Read the two options out loud, then both answer at the same time.
- If you picked the same option, move on. If you did not, explain yourself.
- No abstaining and no "it depends" — you have to commit to one side.
- Keep score if you want: a point every time you correctly guess your partner's pick before they say it.
Why couples love this game
Couples get very good at agreeing. You settle into shared positions on the big things and stop testing the small ones, and then one day a trivial preference turns out to be a real difference. Would You Rather pokes at those unexamined corners in a format that is impossible to take seriously, which is exactly why people answer honestly. Ten cards in, you will have found at least one thing you assumed you agreed on and do not.
Tips to make it more fun
- Guess your partner's answer before they say it. Being wrong is more interesting than being right.
- The follow-up question is always "why?" — that is where the actual conversation is.
- Play in the car. It is the one game that works perfectly with no eye contact.
- Shuffle before you start so you never get the same run of cards twice.
- If a card sparks a real conversation, stop playing and have it. The other 99 will still be here.
Frequently asked questions
What are good would you rather questions for couples?
The good ones force a genuine trade-off. "Would you rather be rich or happy" gets a reflex answer; "would you rather have a huge wedding or elope" makes both of you actually decide something. Every card here is written as a real dilemma between two things you both partly want.
How do you play would you rather with two people?
Read the two options out loud and both answer at the same time. When you disagree, explain why before moving on. A common variant is to guess your partner's answer first and score a point every time you get it right.
How many would you rather questions are on this page?
100, all free and all written for couples rather than for a party. You can shuffle them so the order is different every time.
Is would you rather a good game for a first date?
It is one of the best, because it removes the pressure of talking about yourself directly. You are just picking between two options, and your reasons tell the other person far more than an interview question would.
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