“Together: write the menu of us.”

A set-piece. One table, two pens, the same evening, one joint artefact. These are the pages people photograph.

Why this question

The official menu of this friendship: the drinks, the dishes, the venue, who sits where, who pays first, and what gets ordered every single time. Set it out like a proper menu, courses and all.

And once you’ve both answered

Add the specials: the once-a-year extravagance, and the thing we always say we'll try and never do.

Answering it honestly

One table, two pens, the same evening. This one doesn't work by correspondence.
Argue about the details out loud before anything gets written down. The arguing is part of the artefact.
Finish in the sitting. A half-built set-piece has a way of staying half-built.

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.