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How We Met

Answer side by side

Tell the story of the day we met, exactly as you remember it — and for once, don't read the other page first.

The question sits across the top; you each answer on your own page. Whoever writes second reads the first answer before writing — agree, argue, or correct the record.

Why this question

Dates, places, who spoke first, what the weather was doing. Wrong details are welcome; they're evidence.

And once you’ve both answered

Now compare versions. Where do they refuse to agree — and which of us is obviously right?

Answering it honestly

  • Whoever writes second reads the first answer before writing — properly, not a skim. Your page can agree, argue, or correct the record.
  • Be specific. Dates, places, what was playing, who else was there. Wrong details are welcome; they're evidence.
  • Don't negotiate a joint version. Two accounts that refuse to match are worth more than one polished one.

And the house rule, whatever the mode: leave a blank rather than write a lie. A blank can be filled later; a lie sits in the archive forever, and you both have to live with the paperwork.

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What was the first thing we ever did together, just the two of us?

How easily could we have missed each other entirely?

Worth keeping both answers?

The Archive of Us holds your version and theirs, side by side — the two-voice record of a friendship, kept privately for the two of you. You can open a printable document whenever you like.

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