Love Bingo

How to play

1. 1Go through the card together, square by square.
2. 2Tick anything you have both done. One of you remembering counts.
3. 3Anything you tick, tell the story. Briefly.
4. 4Get five in a row and shout something.
5. 5At the end, look at what is left unticked. That is your to-do list.

Why couples love this game

It is a highlight reel you did not know you had. Each ticked square drags up a specific memory, so a ten-minute game turns into an hour of "do you remember" — and the unticked ones are genuinely useful, because a thing you have never done together after six years is worth doing.

A bingo card of things couples do — fallen asleep mid-film, argued about directions, cried at the same thing, been mistaken for siblings. You go through and tick off what applies.

Most of it will. The interesting squares are the three or four that do not, because a list of things you have somehow never done together is a surprisingly good source of ideas.

It takes ten minutes, produces a lot of "oh, that time in—", and works as a warm-up for almost anything else on the site.

Example squares

• Fallen asleep during a film one of you picked
• Argued about directions
• Cried at the same thing
• Been mistaken for siblings
• Cooked something genuinely inedible
• Missed a train or flight

The full game has 25 of these, shuffled every time you play.

Who this game is best for

• —Anniversaries
• —Couples a few years in
• —A gentle warm-up before something else
• —Long-distance calls

Tips to make it better

• ✦Tell the story on every tick. Silently ticking boxes is not a game.
• ✦One of you remembering is enough. Disputes are part of it.
• ✦Screenshot the finished card.
• ✦The blank squares at the end are the best output. Pick one and do it.

Frequently asked questions