Questions inspired by Dr. John Gottman's research on lasting relationships. Build the detailed inner map of your partner's world: friends, stressors, dreams, and daily life.
Name your partner's two closest friends right now.
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Download Free →Dr. John Gottman, arguably the most respected researcher in couples therapy, found that the happiest couples share a 'love map', a detailed, up-to-date mental picture of each other's inner world. They know their partner's current stressors, closest friends, biggest fears, and secret dreams. They update this map as life changes. This set of questions is inspired by the love map exercise from Gottman's 'Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work.' It is not a quiz you pass or fail. It is a prompt to notice how well you know each other right now, and to fill in the blanks together. The goal is not perfect answers. It is the conversation itself.
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Psychologists find that novel, playful experiences release dopamine and rebuild attraction in long-term relationships. Love Map Questions works because it creates a structured excuse to ask things you'd normally skip, and laugh at the answers together. A handful of prompts is often enough to turn a regular Tuesday into a real date night.
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