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Do You Love Your Neighbour?

Action games, Icebreaker games

players sit in a circle, and choose a person to start, this can be chosen in a number of ways: youngest, oldest, first/last birthday of the year, the person who won the last game, etc. the person who starts is asked by the group the following question: "do you love your neighbour?"
thinking about the person on their right, the starter can answer in one of two ways:
"yes, i love my neighbor, but i really love people with green socks(or any other clothing item, hair colour, etc)"

or... he or she can answer,
"no, i do not love my neighbour!!"
in which case everyone in the group gets up and finds a new seat.

this can be turned into an elimination game in which the person in the middle is asked the question, and answers thinking of their last neighbour before stepping out of the circle.

Submitted by julie on 14 Jan 2009 - Search for more games submitted by julie.

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18 Comments Add a comment »

melissaFebruary 10, 2009 at 9:18 am
do you find any hostility or resentment arrising from this game?
AmiMarch 31, 2009 at 5:28 am
I have played this before with the kids at our church & they love it!
emily May 30, 2009 at 3:41 pm
I think I'd feel rejected if someone said ' No, I do not' when they're asked about me.
JasmineJune 25, 2009 at 11:44 pm
this sounds like a good game, except I don't really understand it.
annaJuly 11, 2009 at 4:18 pm
This doesn't make any sense at all! And it seems a little mean.
Lois Howell, HondurasJuly 17, 2009 at 3:37 pm
The kids loved this one, but we did break a chair! Our kids understood that we aren't really commenting about our neighbor, it's just a reason to involve everyone.
annieSeptember 14, 2009 at 8:04 am
im sorry but i think i missed something..! what happens when the starter says " yes but i also love the blond person..(4 example)"??? do u mean that it's the blond girl's turn now?? and are ALL the players the ASKERs?!?!
annieSeptember 14, 2009 at 8:04 am
im sorry but i think i missed something..! what happens when the starter says " yes but i also love the blond person..(4 example)"??? do u mean that it's the blond girl's turn now?? and are ALL the players the ASKERs?!?!
MaloryOctober 25, 2009 at 1:46 am
This is a really fun game but we play it a little different.
maloryOctober 25, 2009 at 2:03 am
I lead a youth group for high school and Junior high school. We do play it a little differently; we have a group of kids in a circle and have one person in the middle. The person in the middle walks up to one person and says do you love you neighbor and if they say yes, they say "except for the people who have brown hair" or "except for the people who have jeans on" or "except for the people who have a certain quality or thing. Then the people with that quality have to get up and find a new seat while the person in the middle tries to steal their seat. The person who doesn't get a seat is the one in the middle. If the person says no then the two people on either side of them have to switch seats while the person in the middle try and steal their seat. Another rule we had is you can't single people out, like you can't say "Yes except for anyone who has the name that starts with a M and ends with a alory." The kids seem to single out their friends. We played this with a group of 30 or 40 people and they had a lot of fun. It was CRAZY!!
DebbieOctober 27, 2009 at 3:20 pm
Malory, I like the way you play it. Think we will give it a try at youth group this week. I too worry the other way would hurt feelings, that is the last thing we want to do! :D
LovelyApril 1, 2010 at 6:42 am
Yea Malory your way sounds much better.
LaurenMay 26, 2010 at 1:40 pm
This game is exactly like "upset the apple cart" which is when everyone but one person sits in a circle (in chairs). The one in the middle (unlike the whole "do you love me" kind of idea) just says something like "My name is Lauren and I have a big brother" and then everyone who also has a big brother gets up, runs to a new set (not the one they were in or the one next to it), including the person who was in the middle and the last one with out a seat is "it" and then says something like "I'm Bob and I have on jeans" and the games keeps going. If someone who's out says their name but then says "upset the apple cart" instead of a quality about themselves, then everyone has to get up and run to a new seat.
ViliMay 29, 2010 at 11:55 am
We played a similar game called "The Sun Shines" and the person in the middle will say..."The Sun Shines on anyone who is wearing jeans, or brushed their teeth this morning, etc. Students will get up and move to another seat that's not the adjacent seat to their left or right. The person without a seat would stand in the middle and give their name. Everyone would tap their thighs twice, clap their hands twice, snap their fingers twice and point to the person in the middle and say his/her name. A great way to try and remember everyone's name. The kids love it, even try to be in the middle. Always try to have someone new in the middle. If a person is in the middle again, they can pick someone who hasn't been in the middle. Once everyone has a turn to be in the middle, they continue until they're done playing.
Robert January 12, 2011 at 2:37 am
We played it and it was called: I like people.
The chairs were set up in a circle and there was one person in the middle and the person in the middle would say..."I like people but I especially like people with: ...." and then who ever had the "with" called could get up and find a new chair and the person left in the middle had to go again. It works awesome with large groups and is actually a lot of fun.
SianMay 15, 2011 at 2:46 pm
This looks like a popular game with lots of room for variation.
We have a version called "I have never..." where the person in the middle says "I have never skiied" (for example) and all those who HAVE skiied have to change seats. It can be a great game at the beginning of the year when kids are getting to know each other. Now that I have read your other variations we might be able to spread the fun through the whole year :0) Thanks.
ALJuly 8, 2011 at 4:10 am
ITS ILIKE IT BETTER LIKE THIS..ITS FRIUTS BASKET EVERYONE ONE HAS A FRUIT YOU PICK AT LEAST 4 FRUITS AND THEN THE PERSON IN THE MIDDLE SAYS HAVE THE APPLES MOVE...SO EVERYONE THATS AN APPLE MOVES ECT. AND WHEN THE CALL THE ENTIRE BACKET EVERYONE ,MOVES TO ANOTHER SEAI
MANOKOApril 25, 2012 at 5:26 pm
I THINK THIS IS A PRETTY COOLGAME TO PLAY BUT HOW DO YOU KEEP THE FUN GOIN IF ONE DOES NOT LIKR THEIR NEIBHOUR?
 

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