Questions to Ask Before Marriage. 45+ Essential Topics

About Questions Before Marriage for Couples

Sample questions to get you started

• What does a successful marriage look like to you in 10 years?
• How do you want us to handle money, merged, separate, or a mix?
• Do you want kids? How many, and how soon?
• If we couldn't have kids biologically, how would you feel about adoption?
• How do you want to split household responsibilities?
• What's your relationship with debt, and what should ours be?
• How important is it that we share religious or spiritual beliefs?
• How involved do you want our families to be in our life?
• What would make you want to move cities, and what would make you refuse?
• Are there careers or dreams you'd give up for us, and are there any you wouldn't?

Tap the game above to play through all prompts.

How to play Questions Before Marriage

1. Grab your partner, sit face-to-face or curl up on the couch.
2. Open this page on a phone or laptop and tap to start.
3. Take turns answering, reacting, and asking follow-up questions.
4. No timer, no pressure, the goal is to slow down and connect.

Why couples love this game

Psychologists find that novel, playful experiences release dopamine and rebuild attraction in long-term relationships. Questions Before Marriage 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.

Tips to make it more fun

• Put phones face-down for anything unrelated to the game.
• Set the mood, dim lights, a drink, zero distractions.
• If an answer surprises you, ask "why?" before moving on.
• Rotate who goes first each round so it stays balanced.
• Save your favorite answers, they're gold to laugh about later.

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