Hypothetical questions for couples
Hypotheticals are a safe way to have a real conversation. Nobody's actually won the lottery; everybody's answer to what they'd do first is still true.
Guess your person's answer before they say it. On Games we Play the guess is scored.
1.You're offered your dream job. It's in another country.
2.The moon landing.
3.One of us wins a life-changing amount. It's legally only theirs.
4.Bigfoot.
5.A parent needs to move in with us.
6.What's actually in Area 51?
7.My closest friend and you can't stand each other.
8.Elvis.
The other 42 are better with your person.
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9. We lose most of our money overnight.
💪 Fine. We start again · 📦 Downsize fast and quietly · 👨👩👧 Ask family for help · 😔 It would strain us and I won't pretend otherwise
10. Birds aren't real.
😄 It's a joke, and a good one · 🐦 The pigeons specifically are suspicious · 🗣️ I will argue this at a party · 🫥 I don't know what this is
11. I've been keeping something from you. Not an affair — something else.
⏱️ Tell me right now · 🕊️ Tell me when you're ready · 🔍 I'd want to guess first · 💭 I'd mostly want to know why you didn't
12. Denver airport.
🎨 Just extremely bad public art · 🕳️ There is definitely something underneath · 🐴 The horse killed its sculptor, so, fair · 🛄 Never been, no opinion
13. We disagree about having children.
🗣️ Keep talking until one of us moves · 💔 It's a dealbreaker, kindly handled · ⏳ Give it a couple of years · 🚧 Neither of us should compromise on this one
14. The Loch Ness Monster.
🐍 A very large eel · 🦕 Something prehistoric is down there · 💷 The Scottish tourist board's finest work · 🥺 It'd be sad if it were true. It'd be lonely
15. We're given one year with no work and no obligations.
🌍 Travel until the money runs out · 🛠️ Build something together · 🛌 Rest. Properly rest · ↔️ Half together, half apart
16. Which of these turned out to be completely true?
💊 The CIA dosed people with LSD for years · 🚬 Tobacco firms knew and buried it for decades · 📄 The US planned fake attacks to justify a war · 🤯 All three. All of them are real
17. One of us becomes genuinely famous.
🌟 I'd love it for you and stay out of it · 😖 I'd hate every second of it · 😎 I'd enjoy it more than you would · 🥀 I don't think we'd survive it
18. If I got properly into a conspiracy theory, you'd…
🤝 Join me immediately · 🙂 Listen politely and change nothing · ⚔️ Fight me on every single point · 😟 Quietly worry about me
19. One of us gets seriously ill.
🫂 I'd drop everything, immediately · 📋 I'd be the practical one, not the emotional one · 😢 I'd struggle, but I'd be there · 🙏 I'd need help to be any good at it
20. Broadly, where do you sit?
🔬 Show me the evidence or go away · 📚 Sceptical, but I love the stories · 👁️ They're hiding more than they admit · 🎭 I believe whichever is funniest
21. First thing you actually do?
🚪 Quit. Same afternoon · 🏡 Buy the house · 👨👩👧👦 Sort out everyone in my family · 🧘 Genuinely nothing, for a while
22. Aliens.
🛸 Already here, badly disguised · 🌌 Out there, not visiting · 📁 The files are real and redacted · 🌍 We're alone. Somehow worse
23. Would you still work?
🏝️ Never again · 🛠️ Only on my own things · 💼 Same job. I like it · 🤲 Something that helps people
24. Birds aren't real.
🐦 The best joke on the internet · 📹 I'm in too deep to stop now · ❓ Wait, what about birds? · 😮💨 I'm tired of this one
25. Where do you live?
🌆 Best flat in a great city · 🌊 Somewhere with a view of water · 🧳 Everywhere. Three months at a time · 🏠 Exactly where I am, just nicer
26. Atlantis.
🔱 Real, and we'll find it · 📜 Plato was making a point · 🌋 It's just Santorini · 🛸 Atlantis was the aliens
27. Who finds out?
📣 Everyone. Immediately · 🤐 Family and two friends · 🕵️ Nobody. Not one person · 🐢 They'd work it out slowly
28. How the pyramids were built.
🧱 Humans. Brilliant, organized humans · 🔧 Lost techniques we've forgotten · 👽 You know my answer · ⏰ Time travelers, obviously
29. How much goes to other people?
💝 Most of it. I don't need most of it · ⚖️ About half · 🤫 A meaningful amount, quietly · 🔒 It's mine. I'd help, but it's mine
30. We're living in a simulation.
🖥️ The glitches are everywhere · 🤷 Can't rule it out, doesn't matter · 🌱 No. Touch grass · 🎧 If so, I want a word with support
31. The one genuinely stupid purchase?
🏎️ A car I can't drive properly · 🖼️ Art nobody else likes · 🦙 An animal I am not qualified to own · 😐 I wouldn't. That's the sad part
32. The Loch Ness Monster.
🌊 SOMETHING is in that lake · 🐍 A very large, very old eel · 🏴 Scotland's best marketing · 📷 One blurry photo built an economy
33. What changes between us?
❤️ Nothing. That's the point · ⏰ We'd have far more time together · ⚖️ It would test us · 💭 I think money changes everyone a bit
34. Mattress stores. There are too many and they're always empty.
🧺 Obviously fronts · 💰 The margins are genuinely insane · 🛏️ I've never once thought about this · 🌀 And now I can't stop
35. One thing in the world you'd throw money at?
🏘️ Housing · 🧬 A disease, specifically · 🌍 Climate · 📍 Somewhere small that I know
36. Airlines lose luggage on purpose.
🤡 Never blame malice · 🧐 SOME airlines… I have questions · 🧳 Mine specifically, yes. Vendetta · 🎒 This is why carry-on exists
37. Is there an amount that's too much?
🎁 Yes, and I'd give the rest away · ♾️ No such thing · 🎯 Enough is a number and I know mine · 😨 Past a point it'd frighten me
38. Megalodon still exists.
🦈 The ocean is 95% unexplored… · 🪦 We'd have found it. It's dead · 🙏 I need it to be real · 🏊 I hope not — I swim there
39. What do the next generation get?
🎓 All of it · 🛡️ Enough to be safe, not enough to coast · ✂️ Very little, deliberately · 🤷 Not something I think about
40. The lottery is rigged.
🎰 No real person ever wins · 📊 It's rigged by mathematics · 🏆 I've seen winners. It's real · 🎫 Rigged or not, I'm in
41. The building's on fire. After people and pets, you grab…
📦 The photo box / hard drive · 📄 Documents — practical to the end · 💻 The laptop, my whole life · 🚪 Nothing. It's all just stuff
42. One of us becomes properly famous overnight.
🏝️ We move somewhere quiet immediately · 🍰 Ride it — free dessert forever · 💼 I become the manager · ⚖️ Honestly, it would test us
43. A paid year off, together, starting Monday.
🌍 Twelve countries minimum · 🏡 Slow mornings and projects at home · 🔨 We finally build the thing · 🌗 Six months adventure, six months rest
44. Your ex invites you (and me) to their wedding.
🥂 We go. Closure and open bar · 🎁 Polite no, nice gift · 🧐 Immediately suspicious of motives · 💃 We go, and we arrive stunning
45. Stranded on an island together. My actual role:
🏕️ Shelter and fire. I've watched the shows · 🎭 Morale. Somebody has to be · 🗺️ Rationing and escape plans · 🦀 Honestly? A beloved liability
46. We can each ask one question under a perfect lie detector.
🎯 Deal. I have my question ready · 🚪 Absolutely not. Some doors stay shut · 🤡 I'd ask something silly on purpose · 🤝 Don't need it — I'd believe you anyway
47. A billionaire invites us on their yacht for a month.
🛥️ Bags packed before you finish asking · 📆 One week. Then I need my life back · 🧐 What do they want from us? · 🪤 Rich people boats are a trap
48. You get 60 seconds with your 18-year-old self.
📋 Rapid-fire life corrections · 🫂 Just: "it turns out okay" · 📈 Three words: buy the coin · 🛤️ Say nothing. The detours mattered
49. We swap jobs for a month.
😏 I'd quietly outperform you · 🎭 I'd survive on charm alone · 🔥 Fired by Wednesday · 🫡 I'd come back humbled
50. We bury a time capsule to open in 20 years. You insist it contains…
💌 Letters to our future selves · 📱 A phone with today's photos · 🍷 A bottle that ages with us · 📜 Predictions, to check who was right