A coupon is a love letter with a redemption policy. Slip one into a jacket pocket, a lunch bag or a book they’re halfway through, and you’ve started something that may not get cashed in for weeks.
There are 41 here, from the simply sweet, breakfast in bed or one honest “you were right”, to the kind meant for an evening with the door closed. Each comes with its own line of fine print, because a coupon reading “Performance quality not guaranteed. Enthusiasm is.” makes a better gift than one without.
Making a set
Tick the ones you’d like to give, write in a name if you feel like it, then print. The print view drops everything but the coupons, arranged so that they’re easy to cut out. Any home printer will do, and ordinary paper is fine, though heavier paper feels more like the real thing. Stack them and tie them with a ribbon.
One house rule
Agree on this when you hand them over: a coupon is an invitation. The person holding it gets to ask, and the person who gave it gets to say “not tonight”, no reasons needed, with the coupon staying good for another day. Print-at-home contracts have no legal force, happily, so only give coupons you’d enjoy honoring, and go through the stack together if you like, so that each one gets a yes from you both.
Small questions
Can we write our own?
There’s a blank coupon in the set, and you can print as many of those as you need. The best ones usually refer to something only you two understand.
Is what we pick stored anywhere?
Your selection stays in your browser, on your phone or computer, and isn’t sent to us; the printing happens on your own machine too.
Do they expire?
Not unless you want them to.
What goes well with these?
When an idea comes up for both of you on the shared bucket list, write it on a blank coupon and set a date. Or give a coupon as a prize for winning one of the strip games.