80 Would You Rather Questions to Ask Your Friends

Good friends know each other's coffee orders. Great friends know how they'd answer impossible hypotheticals. These questions will level up your friendships.

Classic Friend Questions

1. Would you rather always have to tell your friends the truth, or always have them tell you the truth?
2. Would you rather have one best friend, or ten good friends?
3. Would you rather be the friend who plans everything, or the friend who just shows up?
4. Would you rather know what your friends really think of you, or remain blissfully unaware?
5. Would you rather have friends who are always late, or friends who leave early?

Loyalty Tests

1. Would you rather keep a friend's secret that hurts someone, or reveal it to help?
2. Would you rather bail a friend out of trouble they caused, or let them face consequences?
3. Would you rather tell a friend their partner is cheating, or stay out of it?
4. Would you rather support a friend's bad decision, or risk the friendship by being honest?
5. Would you rather be brutally honest, or kindly supportive?

Social Scenarios

1. Would you rather be the life of the party, or the one having deep conversations in the corner?
2. Would you rather host every gathering, or never have to host?
3. Would you rather be the friend with the great apartment, or the friend who always knows the best spots?
4. Would you rather be famous among your friends, or have famous friends?
5. Would you rather always pick the restaurant, or never have to decide?

Hypothetical Hangouts

1. Would you rather road trip across the country, or backpack through Europe?
2. Would you rather have monthly friend dinners, or one epic annual trip?
3. Would you rather game night every week, or movie marathon once a month?
4. Would you rather go camping with friends, or stay at a fancy resort?
5. Would you rather have friends who are always on their phones, or friends who never text back?

Getting Real

1. Would you rather have friends who always agree with you, or friends who challenge you?
2. Would you rather grow apart naturally, or have a dramatic friendship breakup?
3. Would you rather be the successful friend everyone envies, or the struggling friend everyone roots for?
4. Would you rather have childhood friends forever, or make new friends every few years?
5. Would you rather be the funniest friend, or the wisest friend?

How to Play with Friends

Group setting: Go around in a circle, everyone answers the same question.

Pairs: Take turns asking each other questions.

Drinking game: Minority drinkers (but please be responsible).

Text chain: Send one question to your group chat daily.

Voice notes: Record answers for friends in different time zones.

What Answers Reveal

Pay attention to patterns:

• Who values loyalty vs. honesty?
• Who's the introvert vs. extrovert?
• Who's spontaneous vs. planner?
• Who values many connections vs. deep ones?

These patterns explain so much about friendship dynamics.

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