Friends or strangers? Cards with conversation topics

In the entire history of humanity, there has never been a time quite like the 21st century when people have had so many wonderful ways to stay connected. However, it's also true that we're seeing more mental health challenges related to loneliness than ever before, which suggests we still have some work to do in creating a truly supportive and inclusive modern world.

We have learned to be strangers who are comfortable in each other's company. But whether we can say we truly know our friends, our family members, ourselves is the question.

In my parents' youth, the concept of friendship and honor was different. What mattered was not the number of followers, but how many friends would have your back in case of emergency and help you get out of any situation. 

They spent a lot of time outdoors, socializing, being creative (making things up, using their imagination). The conversations were long, they didn't think about what was going on in America or the Netherlands, they just enjoyed the moment and what they had in their neighborhood.

They were living. Without a race, slowly, with a total focus on what they have. This allowed them to build trusting relationships and make lifelong friends.

How can we get to know our friends better and hear about their unique experiences?

All of us have faced a situation when we finally decided to get together with friends, you go out, do something, and at some point you realize that you don't want to leave, but you have no idea what to do. 

You may not have board games with you, it's not the right place for active games. There is only you, each with your own life experience and phone.

We don't want to open social media, but since there is nothing else to do, meeting with friends turns into watching reels, where everyone laughs at something and sends it to each other. 

At some point it gets boring, the buzz from those quick hits of dopamine fades, and you're left feeling kinda empty. You realize, we didn't really connect or learn anything new about each other. And that's a bummer.

How do we switch things up and actually have some meaningful chats with our pals? 

That evening my friend stayed at my place, and we always spent that time talking about something that was interesting to both of us. 

Every such meeting helped us to get to know each other better and strengthened our friendship. So, that night we wanted to continue our tradition, but we just didn't have any ideas about what to talk about, it seemed like we had discussed everything.

So I started googling "topics to talk about with a friend." After looking through dozens of sites and choosing different interesting questions from there, we started a discussion and had a really great time, because those questions helped us to discover new sides of each other.

I thought then that it would be very useful to create a service with topics for different types of conversations (with family, with friends, with best friend, etc.) and now it has been realized.

The project is at the initial stage, but you can already use it and enjoy communicating with your close ones.

Games, cards, questions

Below I'll leave links to games that will help you have a great time in the real world, with your real friends. 

The main and perhaps the only rule of using the cards is to enjoy the process. There are no right or wrong answers, no mandatory questions, and no prohibition against transforming the cards as you talk.

Play and build this communication as your soul desires. Stock up on coffee, cookies, create an atmosphere where everyone, regardless of the type and place of conversation, will feel comfortable. 

So, here we go:

If you want to dive into a deep conversation with a best friend, here's a link to a game with 50 topics:  https://wordwall.net/resource/70720721

If you have a spontaneous get together with friends and want to chat about something, here are cards with 80 questions:  https://wordwall.net/resource/70721206

What's coming up next?

The next game will be with themes for family conversations and there are many more ideas to come, which I will share in future articles and on Instagram as they come to fruition.

To wrap up, I want to say that by communicating, we bring into our lives life-changing encounters and opportunities that change our lives for the better.

Be creative, expand your horizons, communicate about different things and it will definitely bear fruit and help you both strengthen your relationships with friends and discover something new in yourself.

I hope that spending time with the cards will bring you unforgettable memories and that the topics you discuss will help you find the answers you need. I would appreciate it if you could share your impressions of the cards or tag me in stories when you play.

If you want to share the information from this article with your friends, I attach the link 👉 https://margomarketer.blogspot.com/2024/03/%20.html

Enjoy your conversations. 💫

May they be about simple but valuable things.

Hugs, Margo💜

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