Tell me something you assumed about me that turned out to be wrong.
Undercurrent
For two people who want to get closer. Three levels; take turns; you may pass once per level.
How to play
- Two people. Take turns drawing; the drawer answers first, honestly.
- You may pass once per level. Say so out loud.
- Finish a level before going deeper. Level three is the point.
Level 1
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Tell me something you assumed about me that turned out to be wrong.
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What's the first thing you'd warn a stranger about me?
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What did you expect me to ask you by now?
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What do you wish I would ask you about more often?
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What did you notice about me first?
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Guess what I was like at fifteen.
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What do you think I'm proud of?
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What do I talk about more than I realise?
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What do you think I'm bad at?
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What do you think my family is like?
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Tell me what you thought this would be like before we sat down.
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What do I seem to care about that other people ignore?
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Have you ever pretended to agree with me? About what?
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What do you wish I'd stop apologising for?
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Tell me about the last time you were relieved to see me.
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Guess the last thing that made me cry.
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Tell me what you think makes me nervous.
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Where do you think I'd go if I disappeared for a week?
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Which one of us is more honest? Be honest.
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What do you think I do when I'm alone all evening?
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Tell me one way I've changed since you met me.
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How am I different from the person you expected to meet?
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Where do you think you and I are most different?
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Give me a compliment you've thought of but haven't said.
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What quality of mine would you like a little more of yourself?
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How can you tell when I'm slightly nervous around you?
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What about you do you think I noticed before anything else?
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Which choice I've made tonight has told you the most about me?
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What kind of teenager do you think I was?
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Which of your friends dislikes me?
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What did you think of me the very first time we met?
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Which memory of us do you think we remember differently?
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What kind of drunk do I seem like I would be?
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What do you think people get wrong about me on sight?
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Guess what kind of lie I would tell to get out of a party.
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What do you let me get away with?
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Which of us would be better in a crisis?
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Tell me about a time you had to defend me to someone else.
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What mistake do you think I am making right now?
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What do you think I'd be like on a six-hour drive with you?
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Tell me what you think I'm like to work with.
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Who has a worse temper, you or me?
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What do you think I'm like when I'm angry?
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How can you tell when I disagree with you?
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How would you introduce me to your oldest friend?
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What do you think my face gives away fastest?
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Do I look like I win arguments?
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What do you leave out when you tell me about your day?
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What do I take too seriously that you find funny?
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Which of my friends do you put up with for my sake?
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What do you think is the fastest way to annoy me?
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Tell me an unspoken rule we have between us.
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Do I seem like I hold grudges?
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Am I on the dance floor at a wedding, or watching the coats?
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Which of us texts the other first after tonight?
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What do you think I do in the first ten minutes after I get home?
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Tell me about a habit of mine you've already picked up on.
Level 2
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When have I made you uncomfortable without meaning to?
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Which subject do we both steer around?
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Is there something you've been waiting for me to notice?
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When do you feel like you have to perform for me?
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What do you envy about my life?
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What do you forgive in me that you wouldn't forgive in anyone else?
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What do you think I'll never understand about you?
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Tell me how you talk about me when I'm not there.
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What do you rely on me for that you rarely admit?
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If we drifted apart, what do you think would have caused it?
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Tell me one thing about my face you've looked at more than once.
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When did you last lie to me, even a small one?
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Do you think I know how much I matter to you?
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Do you compete with me? Over what?
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Tell me something you've wanted to ask me but thought was too much.
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What have you been afraid to ask me?
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What do you hope I never find out?
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What do you think I expect from you but never say?
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What do you miss about how we used to be?
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Have I ever disappointed you more than you let on?
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What do you think I would judge you for if I knew?
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What part of my life do you feel shut out of?
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What do you think I misunderstand about you?
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What do you think I hide from you?
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Tell me something you know about me that I don't.
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What do you pretend to like about me?
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What would you want me to do if you fell apart in front of me?
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When did you first decide I was someone you could trust?
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What's something I've said tonight you didn't believe?
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What have you done for me that I never found out about?
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What did you decide about me early on and never change?
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When did you decide to keep me?
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When did you last catch me performing for you?
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Tell me when you knew I was making a mistake and chose not to stop me.
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What argument did you let me win just to end it?
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Tell me about a night you needed me and called someone else.
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What have you let me believe because correcting me felt cruel?
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What does my love let you get away with?
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What have you stopped inviting me to?
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Tell me about a time you tested me.
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What are you waiting for me to outgrow?
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Who in my life do you pretend to tolerate?
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Where do you think I'm lying to myself?
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Have you ever tested me without telling me?
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What argument do you think we never finished?
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Tell me something you've swallowed to keep things easy between us.
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Where do I give myself too much credit?
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What are you tired of pretending with me?
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When have you tested me without telling me?
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When were you last relieved to see me leave?
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Who in my life do you wish I saw less?
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Which of my opinions has made you think less of me?
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Who in my life do you wish I'd let go of?
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Which of my faults have you given up on?
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What do you resent me for a little?
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What mistake do you watch me make over and over?
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When have you needed me and phoned someone else instead?
Level 3
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What do you hold back from telling me?
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What do you need from me that you've never asked for?
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Tell me about a time I disappointed you and you said nothing.
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What do you think I'm afraid you'll find out?
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What have you forgiven me for without telling me?
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When did you almost walk away from me?
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What did knowing me cost you?
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What do you need from me that you hate needing?
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When have you felt furthest from me while we were together?
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When have you wanted me to choose you?
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When have you felt closest to me?
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When have you wanted more from me than I gave?
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Do you think I love you more, or you me?
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What do you protect me from?
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Tell me the closest you have come to walking away from me.
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What do you think I need to hear from you tonight?
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Where do you think you've let me down?
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When have you felt furthest from me?
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If this were our last conversation, what would you need to say?
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What truth about us do you think I resist?
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Describe a moment when knowing me cost you something.
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What do you wish I had apologized for?
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What do I do that makes you feel overlooked?
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How do I make it hard for you to be honest with me?
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What have you been waiting for me to say?
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What is the lie we tell each other the most?
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When have you felt jealous of someone else’s place in my life?
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Is there a promise you want from me but cannot ask for?
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Tell me what you want me to remember about you when you're gone.
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What do you need from me right now that I am not giving you?
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How have I made you worse?
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Tell me what you've been rehearsing to say to me.
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What have you been letting me believe?
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What have you kept from me to keep me?
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What did I do that made you respect me less?
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What did you forgive me for too fast?
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What do you think we're both pretending is fine?
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What can't you say because I will get too defensive?
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If we met for the first time tonight, would you pick me again?
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Tell me the last thing I said that you're still carrying.
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When did you stop expecting something from me?
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What have you stopped hoping will change about me?
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What fiction do we keep up between us?
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What apology of mine did you accept without meaning it?
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What weakness of mine do you cover for without telling me?
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What have you told someone else about me that you'd deny to my face?
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When did you last want to touch me but stopped yourself?
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If we met for the first time this week, would you pick me?
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What did you expect me to be better at by now?
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When have you pitied me?
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How do you think we will eventually fall out?
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Have you ever pitied me?
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If I never changed, could you stay?
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What have you decided we will never talk about again?
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When did my pain feel like an inconvenience to you?
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Tell me an apology you think I owe you.
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When am I unfair to you?