Me Then You

The things you are supposed to know about your partner and never quite do. Their sizes when you are stood in a shop. Their mum's birthday, before it has gone. What they cannot eat, before you book. You each fill in a page about yourself. They fill in theirs. Then you swap, and you both stop guessing. Every line is in their own words, so nothing is invented and nothing is assumed. WHAT YOU END UP HOLDING Sizes, from shoes to rings, so nothing has to go back. The dates that matter, with enough warning to do something about them. What they cannot eat, and where they would actually like to go. What they have been hinting at since March. Who wears them out, and what is best not brought up. PICK TOGETHER Swipe on your own phone, keep or pass, then swap and see what you both kept. Takeaway tonight, dog names, date nights, holidays, and baby names. Baby names stays off until you switch it on, and suggests real names made from both of yours, each with a reason. Nothing you pass on ever leaves your phone. THE QUIZ Five questions, four answers, one of them theirs. You take one about them, they take one about you, and you find out who was paying attention. THINGS YOU BOTH WANT TO DO A shared list. Tick something off and it becomes a memory you can both write on, with a photograph if you took one. THE SWAP Hold the two phones together and they find each other, the way AirDrop does. They are asked by name, and nothing moves until they say yes. It goes straight from one phone to the other, encrypted, without touching the internet. WHAT IT DOES NOT DO There is no account and no server. Everything stays on your two phones. No analytics, no tracking, no adverts, and no subscription: one payment opens everything, and two of the packs and the takeaway deck are free before you spend anything. Both of you need an iPhone or iPad.