Couples Share The Little Games They Play And It's Pretty Relatable (20 Tweets)

When you’re in a relationship for years and years, you’re bound to find yourself in some really odd competitions. Some strange human competition streak comes out and suddenly you’re arguing about who is more tired or who has to do one single chore.

We rounded up 20 of the most relatable tweets about the goofy games couples play with each other.

1. Bathroom trash

2. No silverware washing

3. Laundry breakdown

4. No you!

5. One game lasts almost 20 years

6. Go fish

7. Toothpaste wars

8. Muscle cramps

9. Where?!

10. Your turn?

11. Sinks

My wife and I just got his and hers sinks. But now there is a silent competition happening of who can keep their sink the cleanest

— Alistair Brammer (@alistairbrammer) June 19, 2021

12. Nobody likes that chore

My boyfriend and I play this game where we wash our sheets and then we both pretend we’ve forgotten about it because we each don’t want to be the one to put them back on

— Mina Kess (@mina_kess) March 6, 2022

13. Tired time

Me: I’m the most tired.
Husband: I’m the most tired.
Me: I’m the most most tired.
Them: It’s not a competition.
Married people: Oh, but it is.

— Mommy Owl (@Mommy__Owl) April 11, 2019

14. Weekend plans

https://twitter.com/a_simpl_man/status/1515289282444988416?s=20&t=pFWpJl7TDxeAtLu-SCDupw

15. Belt loops

Straight people, I want you to know that when my husband and I go to weddings we play a game where we try to count how many straight men missed at least one belt loop and it’s always at least 4.

— Eli McCann (@EliMcCann) August 1, 2022

16. It’s faster.

My wife puts groceries on the conveyor belt like there may be an award for most organized.

— Simon Holland (@simoncholland) January 30, 2020

17. Cashews > Other nuts

A can of mixed nuts is just a competition between my wife and I over who can eat all of the cashews first.

— Dan Regan (@DanRegan_Comedy) November 1, 2020

18. The dog

https://twitter.com/JudgeYouHarshly/status/626839126864605184?s=20&t=sZ0X61LW3RfMe4Rh2lg1LQ

19. This is awful?

My husband loves to play this game where he'll set an alarm for super early and then ignore it when it goes off and go right back to sleep while I'm stuck wide awake because he woke me up.

— Alyssa Sharma (@lyssbrooke273) July 22, 2022

20. No winners

my husband and I love to play “who can pile the most into the trash can without taking it out” and I can assure there are no winners here, just cursing, garbage covered losers

— That Mom Tho (@mom_tho) March 4, 2021

Kate Hackett

Kate is a freelance writer, actor, author and columnist living in Los Angeles.