Deep & Emotional

Couples Questions:
Hardest Times

The chapters you wouldn't have chosen — and what they left you with.

💬 15 questions♥ For couples✔ Take turns answering✔ No wrong answers
📵Put the phones away
🔄Take turns answering
👂Listen without judgement
📱Log your answers in the app

15 questions about
hardest times

Pick one and start there. You don't have to go in order.

  1. 1

    "What's been the hardest period of your life?"

  2. 2

    "What got you through?"

  3. 3

    "What did the hardest time teach you?"

  4. 4

    "Is there a difficult period you're still processing?"

  5. 5

    "What do you wish you'd had during your hardest time?"

  6. 6

    "How did a hard time change you?"

  7. 7

    "What strength did you discover in difficulty?"

  8. 8

    "What support from me has meant the most during a hard time?"

  9. 9

    "What do you wish I'd done differently when you were struggling?"

  10. 10

    "What does resilience mean to you?"

  11. 11

    "Is there a hard time in your past that I don't fully understand?"

  12. 12

    "What do you know about suffering that you wish you didn't?"

  13. 13

    "What's been the hardest thing about loving someone else?"

  14. 14

    "What's a chapter of your life you're grateful is behind you?"

  15. 15

    "What's something hard you're carrying right now?"

How to use these
conversation starters

🍷

Over dinner

Pick one question at the start of the meal. Let the conversation lead where it wants.

🚗

On a long drive

No eye contact makes some questions easier. Road trips are perfect for depth.

🛏️

Before sleep

One question each before the lights go out. This becomes a ritual you'll both love.

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On a walk

Walking side by side reduces pressure. The movement helps the conversation flow.

Sunday morning

Slow morning, no agenda. Phones down. One question over coffee.

📱

In the app

Log your answers in Relationship App: Love Story. Look back on them together.

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going every day.

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