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What We've Never Said

Answer side by side

What is one way I have changed over the years that you have never mentioned to me?

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

The subtle shift in how I am in the world.

And once you’ve both answered

What does that change tell you about who I am becoming?

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's the question you've always wanted to ask me and never have?

What do you worry about for me?

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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