Would You Rather Questions for Adults
Grown-up dilemmas about money, jobs, travel, and daily life, without anything you'd blush reading aloud.
Would you rather be a grandparent at 50 or be a first-time parent at 45?
Adult life is full of trade-offs, and these 85 would you rather questions for adults lean right into them. Would you rather have a four-day workweek or double the vacation days? Never do laundry again or never do dishes again? The questions are built for grown-up conversations, but they stay clean, so you can play at a dinner party, a game night, or a family reunion with mixed company.
What makes these fun is how personal the answers get. A simple choice about retiring early or living somewhere warm can turn into a real story about someone's plans. Use them as an icebreaker with new friends or as a way to learn something new about people you've known for years. When you're done arguing, the vote split tells you which side most players picked.
How to play
- Read the question to the table and give everyone a moment to decide.
- Go around and have each person reveal their pick and a reason.
- Tap the most popular answer at the table to see how other players voted.
- Pass the phone to the next person to read the next question.
All 85 Would You Rather Questions for Adults
- Would you rather be a grandparent at 50 or be a first-time parent at 45?
- Would you rather host a backyard barbecue for 50 or host a sit-down dinner for 10?
- Would you rather know the future stock market or know the future weather for your events?
- Would you rather win a free year of groceries or win a free year of dinners out?
- Would you rather live next to a bakery or live next to a coffee shop?
- Would you rather have kids who love vegetables or have kids who love going to bed?
- Would you rather have a garden that grows anything or have a fruit tree that never stops producing?
- Would you rather get a surprise birthday party or get a surprise weekend trip?
- Would you rather have a lawn that mows itself or have a kitchen that cleans itself?
- Would you rather spend a year living in Europe or spend a year exploring every national park?
- Would you rather spend a Saturday at a farmers market or spend a Saturday at a home improvement store?
- Would you rather go back to college for fun or go back to summer camp for fun?
- Would you rather assemble flat-pack furniture without instructions or paint a room without tape?
- Would you rather know every recipe your grandparents made or know every story your grandparents lived?
- Would you rather always get eight hours of sleep or always have an extra hour of free time?
- Would you rather downsize to an RV and travel or stay put in your family home?
- Would you rather have unlimited closet space or have unlimited garage space?
- Would you rather retire at 45 with a modest budget or retire at 65 with plenty to spare?
- Would you rather find a hidden room in your house or find a buried treasure chest in your yard?
- Would you rather host Thanksgiving every year or never have to host a holiday again?
- Would you rather never have another cold or never have another sunburn?
- Would you rather live in the mountains or live by the ocean?
- Would you rather have a sleepover inside a Target or have a sleepover inside a Costco?
- Would you rather have a teenage kid who tells you everything or have a teenage kid who cleans their room?
- Would you rather have one close friend for 50 years or have 50 good friends you see a few times a year?
- Would you rather spend the holidays at a ski resort or spend the holidays on a tropical beach?
- Would you rather have a job you love that pays okay or have a job you tolerate that pays great?
- Would you rather live on a quiet farm with no neighbors or live in an apartment with the best neighbors?
- Would you rather have your house always smell like fresh cookies or have your house always smell like fresh laundry?
- Would you rather have a pool or have a hot tub?
- Would you rather have a four-day workweek or have six weeks of paid vacation?
- Would you rather know the exact date of your happiest day or know the exact date of your hardest day?
- Would you rather do your taxes in five minutes or never have to go to the dentist?
- Would you rather wake up at 5 a.m. feeling great or stay up until 1 a.m. and never feel tired?
- Would you rather spend your birthday at a spa or spend your birthday at a theme park?
- Would you rather have a porch swing or have a fire pit?
- Would you rather get a free house cleaner or get a free personal chef?
- Would you rather be really handy or be really organized?
- Would you rather never forget where you put your keys or never forget a birthday?
- Would you rather do all the laundry forever or do all the dishes forever?
- Would you rather buy your dream home at 60 or rent your dream apartment at 30?
- Would you rather get a bonus you can only spend on travel or get a bonus you can only spend on your home?
- Would you rather have a quiet house or have a house full of laughter and noise?
- Would you rather coach your kid's soccer team or lead your kid's scout troop?
- Would you rather have a dog that sheds or have a cat that scratches the furniture?
- Would you rather spend a day as your own kid or spend a day as your own parent?
- Would you rather have a perfect credit score or have a perfect memory for names?
- Would you rather never deal with a phone tree again or never deal with a slow internet connection again?
- Would you rather give up your phone forever or give up your car forever?
- Would you rather move every three years or stay in one town your whole life?
- Would you rather have a road trip playlist that's always perfect or have a road trip with zero traffic?
- Would you rather spend Thanksgiving with your in-laws or spend it alone with takeout?
- Would you rather have a basement home theater or have a backyard pizza oven?
- Would you rather never pay rent or a mortgage again or never pay for groceries again?
- Would you rather write a best-selling cookbook or host a hit home makeover show?
- Would you rather spend a weekend at a cabin with no Wi-Fi or spend a weekend at a hotel with room service?
- Would you rather retire in Florida or retire in the mountains of Colorado?
- Would you rather fly first class once or fly economy ten times for free?
- Would you rather never wait in line at the DMV again or never sit in traffic again?
- Would you rather be able to cook like a grandma or be able to bake like a pastry chef?
- Would you rather live near family or live near your best friends?
- Would you rather have a neighbor who throws loud parties or have a neighbor who complains about everything?
- Would you rather have a car that never needs gas or have a car that never needs repairs?
- Would you rather be the favorite aunt or uncle or be the favorite neighbor?
- Would you rather have a big family reunion every year or have a small family dinner every month?
- Would you rather never have to clean the bathroom or never have to take out the trash?
- Would you rather live in a historic home that needs work or live in a new home with no character?
- Would you rather drive cross-country on Route 66 or take a train across the country?
- Would you rather get season tickets to your favorite team or get a lifetime national parks pass?
- Would you rather have a garage that stays organized or have a closet that stays organized?
- Would you rather know how to fix any car or know how to fix any computer?
- Would you rather take a two-week vacation once a year or take a long weekend every month?
- Would you rather live in a tiny house that's paid off or live in a big house with a 30-year mortgage?
- Would you rather be 30 forever or be wise like an 80-year-old but look your age?
- Would you rather never have a flat tire again or never have a leaky faucet again?
- Would you rather open a small-town diner or open a bed and breakfast?
- Would you rather spend a month in Hawaii or spend a month in Alaska?
- Would you rather learn to play piano at 50 or learn a new language at 50?
- Would you rather live in a snowy town at Christmas or live in a sunny town all year?
- Would you rather have a house with a huge backyard or have a condo with an amazing view?
- Would you rather spend your savings on travel or spend your savings on a nicer home?
- Would you rather live without the internet or live without air travel?
- Would you rather live without a car or live without air conditioning?
- Would you rather be a stay-at-home parent or be a work-from-home parent?
- Would you rather be great at cooking or be great at fixing things around the house?
Questions people ask
Are these questions explicit?
No. Joke Plant keeps everything clean, including the adult set. Adult here means the topics: careers, money, homes, relationships, aging, and the everyday grind. You can comfortably play with in-laws, coworkers, or a book club.
What's a good setting for these questions?
Dinner parties, game nights, road trips, and double dates all work well. They also help at gatherings where people don't know each other yet, since answering a would you rather is a lot easier than making small talk about the weather.
Can I play on my own?
Yes. Plenty of people play solo just to see how their choices compare with everyone else's. The vote split after each question gives you a quick read on whether you think like the crowd.