Focus onminor detailto avoid themain issue"I'mconfusedtoo"Changingsubject thenaccountabilityhappens"you'reimportant tome" withoutclarifyinghowGaslighting"I don'twant toruin ourfriendship"I careabout youtoo much"SuddentraumadumpingTreating yourfeelings as amisunderstandingBringing upsharedmemories torekindleattachmentSuggestshanging outas "friends"soonLeaving thedoor open"maybesome day"SelectiveMemory"That's nothow Iremember it""I need towork onmyselffirst"AnsweringquestionswithquestionsTurning the talkinto a metadiscussionabout the talkitself"Weboth didthings"ActingoverwhelmedTears/EmotionalShutdown thatderailsconversationFramingproblem ascommunicationsissue instead ofbehaviourClaiming sheneeds timetothink(withouttimeline)"You'reoverthinkingthis"Claimingshe didn'tnotice thepattern"I don'twant tolabelthings"Focus onminor detailto avoid themain issue"I'mconfusedtoo"Changingsubject thenaccountabilityhappens"you'reimportant tome" withoutclarifyinghowGaslighting"I don'twant toruin ourfriendship"I careabout youtoo much"SuddentraumadumpingTreating yourfeelings as amisunderstandingBringing upsharedmemories torekindleattachmentSuggestshanging outas "friends"soonLeaving thedoor open"maybesome day"SelectiveMemory"That's nothow Iremember it""I need towork onmyselffirst"AnsweringquestionswithquestionsTurning the talkinto a metadiscussionabout the talkitself"Weboth didthings"ActingoverwhelmedTears/EmotionalShutdown thatderailsconversationFramingproblem ascommunicationsissue instead ofbehaviourClaiming sheneeds timetothink(withouttimeline)"You'reoverthinkingthis"Claimingshe didn'tnotice thepattern"I don'twant tolabelthings"

The talk - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. Focus on minor detail to avoid the main issue
  2. "I'm confused too"
  3. Changing subject then accountability happens
  4. "you're important to me" without clarifying how
  5. Gaslighting
  6. "I don't want to ruin our friendship
  7. "I care about you too much"
  8. Sudden trauma dumping
  9. Treating your feelings as a misunderstanding
  10. Bringing up shared memories to rekindle attachment
  11. Suggests hanging out as "friends" soon
  12. Leaving the door open "maybe some day"
  13. Selective Memory "That's not how I remember it"
  14. "I need to work on myself first"
  15. Answering questions with questions
  16. Turning the talk into a meta discussion about the talk itself
  17. "We both did things"
  18. Acting overwhelmed
  19. Tears/Emotional Shutdown that derails conversation
  20. Framing problem as communications issue instead of behaviour
  21. Claiming she needs time to think(without timeline)
  22. "You're overthinking this"
  23. Claiming she didn't notice the pattern
  24. "I don't want to label things"