“What’s for dinner?”
The shopping. The schedules. The same three conversations. There is always something to organise, and less space to simply be together.
You’re both changing. Make room to understand each other along the way. With 25 cards in each category, Reconnect brings together meaningful questions, playful moments and thoughtful rewards to help you talk about what feels different, discover what you both need, and explore ways to grow together.
What’s something I care about now that I didn’t five years ago?
Reconnect · Sample promptThe shopping. The schedules. The same three conversations. There is always something to organise, and less space to simply be together.
You finally get a quiet evening. Somehow, it disappears into two phones instead of one shared moment.
A question you have never asked. A laugh you needed. A small reminder that there is still more of each other to discover.
A hand resting in yours. A slow dance in the living room. Two minutes where your only task is to care for each other.
When life becomes a list of things to do, tenderness can become something you keep meaning to get back to. Reward cards make room for it in the middle of the game: small invitations to give your attention, offer affection and notice how your partner wants to be loved today.
The reward is the time you give each other.
RECONNECT / REWARDChoose a song together. Hold each other in a way you both enjoy, and sway until it ends. Let the washing-up wait.
Afterwards, if you like: “What have you missed about us?”
RECONNECT / REWARDSit facing each other. Share a gentle look for as long as feels comfortable. You can smile, laugh or look away. There is nothing to get right.
Afterwards, if you like: “What would help you feel understood today?”
RECONNECT / REWARDAsk whether your partner would enjoy a gentle hand or shoulder massage. Let them guide the pressure, or choose to simply sit together.
Afterwards, if you like: “Is there something weighing on you that you want me to understand?”
RECONNECT / REWARDLean closer, if welcome. Tell your partner one small thing about them you appreciate but rarely say aloud. Make it specific. Make it yours.
Afterwards, if you like: “What helps you feel loved by me now?”
Illustrative Reward card designs using our artwork. Choose, adapt or skip any invitation together. Affection is always freely given.
Perhaps something has changed. Perhaps one of you feels less confident, misses affection, or worries about being misunderstood. A quiet moment together can be an invitation to ask—and listen. Your partner gets to decide what they share and when. You don’t have to solve everything tonight to begin understanding each other.
Reconnect pairs conversation with opportunities for welcome affection and attentive listening.
A 2024 meta-analysis found that touch interventions benefited physical and mental wellbeing across the studies reviewed, including reductions in anxiety. Those studies covered many different settings and forms of touch: they do not establish the effects of these particular cards.
Packheiser et al., Nature Human Behaviour (2024) ↗In two diary studies, sharing personal experiences and perceiving a partner as responsive were linked to greater feelings of intimacy. The lesson we take from this: leave room to speak, and respond with care.
Laurenceau, Barrett & Pietromonaco (1998) ↗ These findings inform the idea; Reconnect itself has not been clinically tested. Touch and eye contact cannot reveal hidden thoughts or guarantee disclosure.Ask a question. Share a moment.Let the next conversation begin there.
Make room for us · Get launch updatesNo perfect date to plan.Just you, your person, and the next card.
Try a sample card ↓We’re Tim and Nina. After our first marriages ended, we spent years looking back. What had changed between us and the people we once imagined growing old with? What had we noticed—and what had we never really talked about?
Through interviews with couples for our blog, we began exploring a question that felt deeply personal: when someone we love changes, do we take that change seriously enough to understand what it means for both of us?
We change as individuals. But we experience those changes as a couple.
“We ask our partner
to accept who
we’re becoming. Have we asked how it feels for them?”
Our bodies, needs, confidence and desires can change. Menopause is one example: a woman’s experience deserves care and understanding, while her partner may also need space to talk about feeling uncertain or unsure how to help. Neither person should have to navigate it alone.
When sex becomes less frequent or affection feels different, one partner may feel overwhelmed while the other feels unwanted. Expecting someone to simply accept a change can leave its impact unspoken. We wanted to encourage a gentler question: “What are you going through, and how can we find our way through this together?”
After those interviews, we considered writing a book. But we worried it might be read once, then left on a shelf. We wanted something couples could return to as their lives—and their relationship—continued to change.
That’s why we created Reconnect. A game to bring those conversations into everyday life. A question can help you notice something new. A playful moment can make room for laughter. A thoughtful reward can become a chance to ask what kind of affection feels welcome today.
Reconnect invites you to talk about what is changing, listen to how it affects each of you, and explore what you both need. Acceptance doesn’t mean hiding your feelings or giving up your boundaries. It means meeting each other with curiosity and care, and finding ways forward that respect you both.
Start with one question ↓What’s one thing I’d love to learn this year?
RECONNECTDiscover what has changed. Explore an idea. Be a little silly. Give each other a moment of care. Try the illustrative sample prompts below to get a feel for the game. Final card wording may differ.
See the gold logo? If your partner gets that card wrong, invite them to draw a Reward card. Choose together whether to do it, adapt it or pass.
Mix the Connection, Science of Us and Fun & Play cards into one deck. Keep the Reward deck to one side.
Take turns drawing a card and asking your partner.
If your partner gets a gold-logo card wrong, they draw a Reward card…
…and choose together whether to enjoy it, adapt it or pass.
25 per category: Connection, Science of Us, Fun & Play and Reward.
A sturdy two-piece box, ready to give as a gift.
How to play, plus the Science of Us answers.
No. Reconnect is for couples who want a playful reason to spend time together and keep discovering each other. It is a card game, not a replacement for professional relationship support.
That is the invitation: explore who your partner is today. The Connection deck includes prompts about changing goals, interests and wishes, alongside play and rewards.
You can start with one card when you have a quiet moment, or settle in and keep drawing. You choose the pace and how much you share.
Skip it, adapt it or pass. Every card is an invitation, never an obligation, and either of you can say no without needing a reason.
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