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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

  1. Two people. Take turns drawing; the drawer answers first, honestly.
  2. You may pass once per level. Say so out loud.
  3. Finish a level before going deeper. Level three is the point.

Level 1

  1. Tell me something you assumed about me that turned out to be wrong.

  2. What's the first thing you'd warn a stranger about me?

  3. What did you expect me to ask you by now?

  4. What do you wish I would ask you about more often?

  5. What did you notice about me first?

  6. Guess what I was like at fifteen.

  7. What do you think I'm proud of?

  8. What do I talk about more than I realise?

  9. What do you think I'm bad at?

  10. What do you think my family is like?

  11. Tell me what you thought this would be like before we sat down.

  12. What do I seem to care about that other people ignore?

  13. Have you ever pretended to agree with me? About what?

  14. What do you wish I'd stop apologising for?

  15. Tell me about the last time you were relieved to see me.

  16. Guess the last thing that made me cry.

  17. Tell me what you think makes me nervous.

  18. Where do you think I'd go if I disappeared for a week?

  19. Which one of us is more honest? Be honest.

  20. What do you think I do when I'm alone all evening?

  21. Tell me one way I've changed since you met me.

  22. How am I different from the person you expected to meet?

  23. Where do you think you and I are most different?

  24. Give me a compliment you've thought of but haven't said.

  25. What quality of mine would you like a little more of yourself?

  26. How can you tell when I'm slightly nervous around you?

  27. What about you do you think I noticed before anything else?

  28. Which choice I've made tonight has told you the most about me?

  29. What kind of teenager do you think I was?

  30. Which of your friends dislikes me?

  31. What did you think of me the very first time we met?

  32. Which memory of us do you think we remember differently?

  33. What kind of drunk do I seem like I would be?

  34. What do you think people get wrong about me on sight?

  35. Guess what kind of lie I would tell to get out of a party.

  36. What do you let me get away with?

  37. Which of us would be better in a crisis?

  38. Tell me about a time you had to defend me to someone else.

  39. What mistake do you think I am making right now?

  40. What do you think I'd be like on a six-hour drive with you?

  41. Tell me what you think I'm like to work with.

  42. Who has a worse temper, you or me?

  43. What do you think I'm like when I'm angry?

  44. How can you tell when I disagree with you?

  45. How would you introduce me to your oldest friend?

  46. What do you think my face gives away fastest?

  47. Do I look like I win arguments?

  48. What do you leave out when you tell me about your day?

  49. What do I take too seriously that you find funny?

  50. Which of my friends do you put up with for my sake?

  51. What do you think is the fastest way to annoy me?

  52. Tell me an unspoken rule we have between us.

  53. Do I seem like I hold grudges?

  54. Am I on the dance floor at a wedding, or watching the coats?

  55. Which of us texts the other first after tonight?

  56. What do you think I do in the first ten minutes after I get home?

  57. Tell me about a habit of mine you've already picked up on.

Level 2

  1. When have I made you uncomfortable without meaning to?

  2. Which subject do we both steer around?

  3. Is there something you've been waiting for me to notice?

  4. When do you feel like you have to perform for me?

  5. What do you envy about my life?

  6. What do you forgive in me that you wouldn't forgive in anyone else?

  7. What do you think I'll never understand about you?

  8. Tell me how you talk about me when I'm not there.

  9. What do you rely on me for that you rarely admit?

  10. If we drifted apart, what do you think would have caused it?

  11. Tell me one thing about my face you've looked at more than once.

  12. When did you last lie to me, even a small one?

  13. Do you think I know how much I matter to you?

  14. Do you compete with me? Over what?

  15. Tell me something you've wanted to ask me but thought was too much.

  16. What have you been afraid to ask me?

  17. What do you hope I never find out?

  18. What do you think I expect from you but never say?

  19. What do you miss about how we used to be?

  20. Have I ever disappointed you more than you let on?

  21. What do you think I would judge you for if I knew?

  22. What part of my life do you feel shut out of?

  23. What do you think I misunderstand about you?

  24. What do you think I hide from you?

  25. Tell me something you know about me that I don't.

  26. What do you pretend to like about me?

  27. What would you want me to do if you fell apart in front of me?

  28. When did you first decide I was someone you could trust?

  29. What's something I've said tonight you didn't believe?

  30. What have you done for me that I never found out about?

  31. What did you decide about me early on and never change?

  32. When did you decide to keep me?

  33. When did you last catch me performing for you?

  34. Tell me when you knew I was making a mistake and chose not to stop me.

  35. What argument did you let me win just to end it?

  36. Tell me about a night you needed me and called someone else.

  37. What have you let me believe because correcting me felt cruel?

  38. What does my love let you get away with?

  39. What have you stopped inviting me to?

  40. Tell me about a time you tested me.

  41. What are you waiting for me to outgrow?

  42. Who in my life do you pretend to tolerate?

  43. Where do you think I'm lying to myself?

  44. Have you ever tested me without telling me?

  45. What argument do you think we never finished?

  46. Tell me something you've swallowed to keep things easy between us.

  47. Where do I give myself too much credit?

  48. What are you tired of pretending with me?

  49. When have you tested me without telling me?

  50. When were you last relieved to see me leave?

  51. Who in my life do you wish I saw less?

  52. Which of my opinions has made you think less of me?

  53. Who in my life do you wish I'd let go of?

  54. Which of my faults have you given up on?

  55. What do you resent me for a little?

  56. What mistake do you watch me make over and over?

  57. When have you needed me and phoned someone else instead?

Level 3

  1. What do you hold back from telling me?

  2. What do you need from me that you've never asked for?

  3. Tell me about a time I disappointed you and you said nothing.

  4. What do you think I'm afraid you'll find out?

  5. What have you forgiven me for without telling me?

  6. When did you almost walk away from me?

  7. What did knowing me cost you?

  8. What do you need from me that you hate needing?

  9. When have you felt furthest from me while we were together?

  10. When have you wanted me to choose you?

  11. When have you felt closest to me?

  12. When have you wanted more from me than I gave?

  13. Do you think I love you more, or you me?

  14. What do you protect me from?

  15. Tell me the closest you have come to walking away from me.

  16. What do you think I need to hear from you tonight?

  17. Where do you think you've let me down?

  18. When have you felt furthest from me?

  19. If this were our last conversation, what would you need to say?

  20. What truth about us do you think I resist?

  21. Describe a moment when knowing me cost you something.

  22. What do you wish I had apologized for?

  23. What do I do that makes you feel overlooked?

  24. How do I make it hard for you to be honest with me?

  25. What have you been waiting for me to say?

  26. What is the lie we tell each other the most?

  27. When have you felt jealous of someone else’s place in my life?

  28. Is there a promise you want from me but cannot ask for?

  29. Tell me what you want me to remember about you when you're gone.

  30. What do you need from me right now that I am not giving you?

  31. How have I made you worse?

  32. Tell me what you've been rehearsing to say to me.

  33. What have you been letting me believe?

  34. What have you kept from me to keep me?

  35. What did I do that made you respect me less?

  36. What did you forgive me for too fast?

  37. What do you think we're both pretending is fine?

  38. What can't you say because I will get too defensive?

  39. If we met for the first time tonight, would you pick me again?

  40. Tell me the last thing I said that you're still carrying.

  41. When did you stop expecting something from me?

  42. What have you stopped hoping will change about me?

  43. What fiction do we keep up between us?

  44. What apology of mine did you accept without meaning it?

  45. What weakness of mine do you cover for without telling me?

  46. What have you told someone else about me that you'd deny to my face?

  47. When did you last want to touch me but stopped yourself?

  48. If we met for the first time this week, would you pick me?

  49. What did you expect me to be better at by now?

  50. When have you pitied me?

  51. How do you think we will eventually fall out?

  52. Have you ever pitied me?

  53. If I never changed, could you stay?

  54. What have you decided we will never talk about again?

  55. When did my pain feel like an inconvenience to you?

  56. Tell me an apology you think I owe you.

  57. When am I unfair to you?