Here My Story
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A map of your relationship

Here My Story is a free personal memory map. For a couple, that means a pin where you met, a pin for the first date, a pin for the first apartment and one for everything since, each with the story and a photo, on a map you can both open.

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What goes on a map of the two of you?

  • Where you met, and where you first noticed each other if that was somewhere else
  • The first date, and the one that went badly
  • The first kiss
  • The first trip you took together
  • Every place you've lived, starting with the one that had the terrible landlord
  • Where you got engaged and where you got married
  • The hospital where your children were born
  • The restaurant that became yours
  • The place you had the argument you now both laugh about
Table by the window. You ordered for both of us and got it wrong, and I ate it anyway because I'd already decided I liked you.
Example pin: first date, 2011

How do you make one as an anniversary gift?

  1. Make it in secret. A map is private until you invite someone, so there's no risk of them seeing it early.
  2. Pin ten places. Choose "Add a story," move the map until the pin sits on the spot, and write what you remember in two or three sentences.
  3. Date each one and add a photo where you have one.
  4. Lock one story to its place. Mark the story of how you met "Only readable at this place." It stays hidden until they are standing there.
  5. On the day, invite them by email. They get an invitation, sign in and open your map. Then take them to the locked pin.

It costs nothing and takes an evening. A printed "where we met" map poster usually shows one to three places. A memory map holds as many as you like, with the story of each, and you can keep adding to it. The two go well together.

Can you both add to the same map?

Only the owner of a map can add stories, and each account has one map. Couples have two ways of handling that.

  • Build it together on one screen, with one of you typing. This tends to produce better stories, because you correct each other.
  • Keep a map each and invite each other. Two people rarely remember the same evening the same way, and reading the other version is the fun of it.

Does it work for long-distance couples?

Yes. A long-distance relationship already lives on a map: two cities, the airports, the halfway point. Pin the visits, and invite each other so you can each read the other's map from wherever you are.

Questions about couples' maps

Is there a free way to make a map of the places that matter in our relationship?

Yes. Here My Story is a free memory map that runs in the web browser. Pin each place, write its story, add a photo and the date, then invite your partner by email.

Can anyone else see our map?

No. A map is visible only to its owner and to the people the owner invites by email, unless the owner switches on a public link. How privacy works