Sixty "never have I ever" lines for grown-up Americans

Around-the-country statements

• Never have I ever stood in four states at once at Four Corners.
• Never have I ever eaten at a Waffle House after midnight.
• Never have I ever heard a tornado siren go off for real.
• Never have I ever shoveled snow in April.
• Never have I ever walked across the Mississippi River.
• Never have I ever eaten a fried food on a stick at a state fair.
• Never have I ever said 'y'all' without being from the South.
• Never have I ever gotten a sunburn in a state known for cold weather.
• Never have I ever seen a moose, bear or alligator in the wild.
• Never have I ever crossed a time zone on a road trip and shown up an hour late because of it.

Holidays, family and hometown

• Never have I ever brought store-bought food to a potluck and called it homemade.
• Never have I ever dozed off on the couch during the Thanksgiving football game.
• Never have I ever left holiday lights up until spring.
• Never have I ever gotten lost in a corn maze.
• Never have I ever carved a pumpkin that collapsed before Halloween.
• Never have I ever hosted a Friendsgiving.
• Never have I ever been the only adult at the kids' table.
• Never have I ever run into an old teacher at the grocery store back home.
• Never have I ever watched the ball drop in person in Times Square.
• Never have I ever cooked the whole Fourth of July cookout myself.

Jobs, bosses and first apartments

• Never have I ever worked a summer job at a pool, camp or amusement park.
• Never have I ever eaten lunch in my car just to get a quiet break.
• Never have I ever signed a lease without seeing the place in person.
• Never have I ever built furniture and had screws left over.
• Never have I ever left my camera on by mistake during a work call.
• Never have I ever accepted a job mostly for the employee discount.
• Never have I ever asked for a raise.
• Never have I ever worked Black Friday in retail.
• Never have I ever rented from a landlord who never fixed anything.
• Never have I ever practiced a job interview answer out loud in the mirror.

Sports, concerts and big events

• Never have I ever been on the jumbotron at a game.
• Never have I ever stayed until the last out of an extra-innings game.
• Never have I ever sat in an online queue for hours to get concert tickets.
• Never have I ever filled out a March Madness bracket.
• Never have I ever cheered for a rival team to make a friend happy.
• Never have I ever caught a foul ball or a T-shirt from the cannon.
• Never have I ever been to a rodeo.
• Never have I ever run a 5K in a costume.
• Never have I ever watched the Super Bowl only for the commercials.
• Never have I ever sung karaoke at a bar on a weeknight.

Online, on-screen and in the group chat

• Never have I ever posted something and deleted it within five minutes.
• Never have I ever muted a group chat for a whole week.
• Never have I ever bought something because of a short video ad.
• Never have I ever accidentally switched my phone's language.
• Never have I ever left a five-star review just because the delivery driver was nice.
• Never have I ever reacted to a work message with the wrong emoji.
• Never have I ever watched a full season of a show in one day.
• Never have I ever used a camera filter on a video call and forgot to turn it off.
• Never have I ever kept more than 40 browser tabs open for a week.
• Never have I ever binged cooking videos until past 2 a.m.

Small confessions with good stories

A little more personal, but still light. Anyone can skip any of them.

• Never have I ever faked a phone call to dodge chatting with a neighbor.
• Never have I ever kept a library book so long I just paid for it.
• Never have I ever chuckled along with a dinner joke I didn't get.
• Never have I ever re-gifted a present.
• Never have I ever clapped when a plane landed.
• Never have I ever gotten a parking ticket within five minutes of parking.
• Never have I ever gone back for seconds on the free samples at a warehouse store.
• Never have I ever rehearsed my order before pulling up to a drive-thru speaker.
• Never have I ever nodded along to a wine term I didn't understand.
• Never have I ever taken the long way home just to finish a podcast episode.

The 10-finger version for a webcam

No drinks needed. Fingers on camera are easier to count and work for any adult.

• Both of you hold up 10 fingers where the camera can see them.
• Take turns reading one statement from this page.
• If you've done it, fold a finger down.
• Whoever folds tells the 20-second version of the story, if they want to.
• First person down to zero picks the next game.
• Keep the stories about what happened, not where you live, work or go to school.