Would You Rather Deep Questions for Couples
No Easy Answer
No safe outs—just the would-you-rathers that make you choose what you'd rather know, hide, or forgive.
Would you rather know the truth about everything but never be able to un-know it, or live in blissful ignorance forever?
What is No Easy Answer?
No Easy Answer is a would-you-rather deck built around the hardest trade-offs in a relationship—truth or protection, knowing or not knowing, forgiving or being forgiven.
There's no comfortable option here. Every question forces you to choose between two things you'd both rather not give up—honesty or comfort, closeness or privacy.
No Easy Answer has 24 of these, each one meant to be sat with, not answered fast.
How to play
Sit with it before you answer
These are deep, this-is-hard would-you-rathers—there's no comfort level to adjust, just two choices that are both a little painful. Take your time before you pick.
Take turns reading the prompt
One card, one question, out loud—Partner 1, then Partner 2.
Keep score if you want
This or That, Guess It, Confession Roulette—the fun's in comparing notes, not winning.
Ready to give it a try?
Looking for couple games to play when you're ready to go deep? Start No Easy Answer whenever you've got the time and headspace for it.
Ways to play
You want to talk about something you've been avoiding
Start with the truth-or-protection questions—a hard truth now or later, a secret that protects or one that hurts.
You're feeling close and want to go deeper
Try the questions about being fully known—your worst moments, your private inner world, what you're most afraid of losing.
You're working through something specific
Use the forgiveness questions—asking to be forgiven, or forgiving something that's been sitting there.
Why couples play No Easy Answer
To practice saying the hard thing out loud
Picking an option is easier than starting the conversation cold—the would-you-rather format gives you an opening.
To find out where your partner actually lands on hard trade-offs
Truth or comfort, knowing or not knowing—the choice tells you more about your partner than a direct question usually would.
To practice forgiveness before you actually need it
Talking through forgiveness as a hypothetical makes it a little easier to offer for real when it counts.
To normalize not having an easy answer
Every question here is hard on purpose—the point isn't picking the "right" side, it's being honest about which one you'd actually choose.
To build the habit of sitting with discomfort together
These aren't questions to rush through—taking the time to actually think is part of what makes them work.
To use when you're ready to go past small talk
Best saved for when you actually have the time and headspace, not squeezed in before you both have somewhere to be.
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No Easy Answer is one of Love Daring's games for couples who want to go past small talk, part of the five-edition Would You Rather collection.
All 24 questions in this game
- 01Would you rather know the truth about everything but never be able to un-know it, or live in blissful ignorance forever?
- 02Would you rather have your partner know all your secrets, or know all of theirs?
- 03Would you rather have to relive your worst moment of embarrassment, or have to watch your partner relive theirs?
- 04Would you rather be completely transparent with your partner about everything, or have a private inner world that you never share?
- 05Would you rather have a partner who tells you the hard truth, or a partner who protects your feelings?
- 06Would you rather have your partner see you at your absolute worst, or never see that side of you?
- 07Would you rather have to forgive your partner for something they did, or have to ask them to forgive you for something you did?
- 08Would you rather have to forgive your partner for something truly hard, or have to forgive yourself for something truly hard?
- 09Would you rather be completely honest about your deepest fear, or keep it to yourself forever?
- 10Would you rather have your partner know your most embarrassing secret, or have them think you're perfectly put together?
- 11Would you rather be able to see your partner's childhood memories, or have them see yours?
- 12Would you rather have your partner know every detail of your past relationships, or keep that completely private?
- 13Would you rather be a "fixer" — someone who tries to solve your partner's problems, or a "listener" — someone who just holds space?
- 14Would you rather be able to fix all of your partner's problems, or be able to make them laugh no matter what?
- 15Would you rather be the partner who always knows what to say, or the partner who always knows what to do?
- 16Would you rather be able to see inside your partner's mind for one day, or have them see inside yours for one day?
- 17Would you rather be with the partner who feels everything deeply, or with the partner who processes everything logically?
- 18Would you rather know exactly what your partner thinks of you, or never find out and just trust it's good?
- 19Would you rather carry a secret that protects your partner, or tell a truth that might hurt them?
- 20Would you rather know if your relationship will last forever, or never know and just live fully in the present?
- 21Would you rather be completely understood but rarely surprised, or endlessly surprising but sometimes misunderstood?
- 22Would you rather have your partner comfort you when you're falling apart, or give you space to put yourself back together alone?
- 23Would you rather know the one thing your partner is most afraid of losing, or keep that a mystery between you both?
- 24Would you rather find out a hard truth about your relationship right now, or let it surface slowly, at whatever pace it naturally comes?
Frequently asked questions
No—jump straight in, no account needed. One of you opens No Easy Answer and you play together from there, in person or on a call.
Ready to go there?
One of Love Daring's games for couples to play when you're ready to go there—24 hard trade-offs about truth, trust, and forgiveness.
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