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Parents for couples
For couples raising kids, about the couple and not the children.
- When did we last have a conversation that was not about logistics? TRUTH
- Put both our phones in another room for the next fifteen minutes. DARE
- What did nobody warn you about that hit you hardest? TRUTH
- Arrange a sitter, a grandparent, or a swap for one evening this month. DARE
- Do you feel like I actually see how much you carry? TRUTH
- Tell me one thing I do well as a parent, with a specific example. DARE
- What part of who you were before kids do you miss most? TRUTH
- Pick a night this week that belongs to us and write it on the calendar. DARE
- When did you last feel like a couple rather than a crew? TRUTH
- Take over the morning routine tomorrow without me having to mention it. DARE
- Is there a moment from the early days you wish you had been more present for? TRUTH
- Name three things you loved about our life before the kids arrived. DARE
- What do you need from me on the hardest evenings? TRUTH
- Show me a photo of us from before and say what we did not know yet. DARE
- Which of us is better at asking for a break? TRUTH
- Send me a message right now the way you would have back then. DARE
- What have you been meaning to say when there is never a quiet minute? TRUTH
- Sit down and do not get up for five minutes, whatever happens. DARE
- Do you think we split the invisible load fairly, and be honest? TRUTH
- Write down one task you will take off my plate this week. DARE
- When did you last do something purely because you wanted to? TRUTH
- Plan a date that costs nothing and could happen at home tonight. DARE
- What do you think our kids notice about us as a couple? TRUTH
- Make us both a drink and sit outside with me for ten minutes. DARE
- Is there a kind of evening together you have been quietly craving? TRUTH
- Tell me the funniest thing that happened to you this week, in full. DARE
- What surprised you about me as a parent? TRUTH
- Pick one thing we will stop doing because neither of us enjoys it. DARE
- Do you ever miss how spontaneous the two of us used to be? TRUTH
- Hold my hand for a full minute without saying anything at all. DARE
- What would you do with an entire day alone in this house? TRUTH
- Choose a film we will genuinely finish and start it this weekend. DARE
- When did you last feel properly rested? TRUTH
- Set a weekly alarm for fifteen minutes that belong only to us. DARE
- Is there a part of the routine you wish I would take over completely? TRUTH
- Give me a two-sentence appreciation speech, out loud, right now. DARE
- What was the last thing that made us laugh properly together? TRUTH
- Message a friend you keep meaning to reach and make an actual plan. DARE
- Do you feel supported on the days when you have clearly had enough? TRUTH
- Turn the lights down and slow dance with me for one song. DARE
- Which of our old habits do you want back the most? TRUTH
- Say plainly one thing you need from me tomorrow. DARE
- What do you think I have quietly given up since we became parents? TRUTH
- Swap one of our usual jobs for a week and shake on it. DARE
- When we finally get time alone, what do you actually want to do with it? TRUTH
- List three places we want to go once life gets a little easier. DARE
- Is there something you have been handling alone that you should not be? TRUTH
- Describe our old Saturday mornings in detail and make me miss them. DARE
- What is the hardest thing about being the two of us right now? TRUTH
- Leave something for me to find tomorrow and do not tell me where. DARE
- Do you think we are kind to each other in front of the kids? TRUTH
- Choose the next thing we do purely for us and book it now. DARE
- What would a good weekend look like if we could design it ourselves? TRUTH
- Tell me about the version of me you fell for, in the present tense. DARE
- When did you last feel proud of us as a team? TRUTH
- Take a photograph of just the two of us, right now. DARE
- Is there a conversation the two of us keep postponing? TRUTH
- Decide who gets the next lie-in and say it out loud. DARE
- What do you wish I would notice without being told? TRUTH
- Write down one thing you want to do entirely alone this month. DARE
- Do you ever feel invisible in your own house? TRUTH
- Give me a compliment that has nothing to do with parenting. DARE
- Which of us needs the next night off more? TRUTH
- Order a meal this week that neither of us has to cook. DARE
- What did you imagine our family life would feel like? TRUTH
- Sit on the same side of the sofa for the rest of this game. DARE
- Is there something about my parenting you appreciate but never say? TRUTH
- Plan one hour tomorrow in which you do absolutely nothing useful. DARE
- When did you last flirt with me on purpose? TRUTH
- Name the last five songs you would put on a playlist for us. DARE
- What would help you most in the first hour after you get home? TRUTH
- Apologise for one small thing you never got around to apologising for. DARE
- Do you miss being able to finish a sentence without an interruption? TRUTH
- Tell me a story about us that I have somehow never heard. DARE
- What small change would make your mornings easier? TRUTH
- Agree a rule about phones at dinner and commit to it now. DARE
- Is there a friendship you have let slide that you want back? TRUTH
- Tidy one shared surface with me without either of us complaining. DARE
- When did you last feel like I chose you first? TRUTH
- Pick a weekend next month and block it out entirely. DARE
- What are you most looking forward to when they are older? TRUTH
- Give me a proper hug and count slowly to twenty out loud. DARE
- Do you worry we will not know each other once the house is quiet? TRUTH
- Tell me the nicest thing anyone has said about us as a couple. DARE
- What is the best decision the two of us have made as parents? TRUTH
- Write each other a short note to be read on a hard day. DARE
- Is there something you are scared to admit you find difficult? TRUTH
- Pick one room we will reclaim for adults and move one thing tonight. DARE
- What do you want our kids to see about how two people love each other? TRUTH
- Say what you want the next year of us to feel like. DARE
- When did you last have a whole uninterrupted conversation with me? TRUTH
- Put on the album we used to play constantly and let it run. DARE
- What would you want more of if we had one extra hour daily? TRUTH
- Look at our calendar and cancel one thing neither of us wants to do. DARE
- Do you ever feel like we are just passing each other in a hallway? TRUTH
- Ask me a question you have genuinely never asked me before. DARE
- What is one thing I do that still makes you feel looked after? TRUTH
- Promise one thing you will do for yourself this week and name the day. DARE
- Which part of your old life do you want back this year? TRUTH
- Make a plan for our next night out and send one message toward it. DARE