# How to Make Miis Fall in Love in Tomodachi Life

Source: https://tomodachilifemiis.com/fall-in-love

Last updated: 2026-11-10

You can't force it, but you can set it up. In **Living the Dream**, give both Miis dating preferences that include each other, drag them together often, let one help when the other has an accident, and answer **It must be love!** when a crush appears. On **3DS**, opposite-gender friends in the same age group fall in love on their own.

## Who can fall in love

| Rule | Living the Dream | 3DS game |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gender | Any pairing that both Miis' dating preferences allow: Male, Female, Non-Binary, several or none | Opposite gender only |
| Age group | Kids with kids, grown-ups with grown-ups | Same, in the US and European versions |
| Family | Miis set as relatives never date each other | A Mii set as your relative won't date your look-alike |
| Taken Miis | Nobody can get a crush on a married Mii | Nobody confesses to a married Mii (US and Europe) |
| Before love | They must have met | They must be friends |

## Living the Dream: six steps to a couple

- **Check dating preferences.** Both Miis must be set to like the other's gender. A Mii with no preference selected never falls in love. Nintendo's FAQ confirms the options, and you can change them later.
- **Introduce them.** Pick one Mii up and drop them next to the other. Strangers become acquaintances this way.
- **Keep them together.** Drag one to the other whenever either looks bored. The more they interact, the better.
- **Use accidents.** When one of them falls over, freezes or gets the hiccups, bring the other over to help. The rescued Mii has a chance to develop a crush on the helper.
- **Say yes to the crush.** A Mii staring at another, a "What's up with...?" pop-up or a pink thought bubble means feelings. When the Mii asks whether it is love, answer **It must be love!**. Answering **You're imagining things** ends it without making the Mii sad.
- **Help with the confession.** A Mii with a crush eventually asks to confess. You choose the style (the old fashioned way, romantically, cutely, with a gift and more) and the place (their home, Tomoria restaurant, the Ferris wheel or any free spot on the island).

The answer depends on how the other Mii feels. According to the Tomodachi Life wiki, a mutual crush is close to a guaranteed yes, and a top friendship level (Best friends or Ultra friends) is the next best thing. If several Miis have a crush on the same Mii, rivals burst in and the target picks one or turns everyone down. A rejected Mii becomes sad and may ask to try again.

A Mii holds one crush at a time, and a crush fades if nothing happens for a while. VGC's guide to the Switch game calls the whole process partly random, so repeat steps 3 and 4 until it sticks.

## Tomodachi Life (3DS): how romance starts

On 3DS you can't steer who falls for whom. A Mii develops feelings for a friend of the opposite gender off screen, and a pink heart then appears in their apartment window.

- **Raise the odds.** Approve friend requests between the two, tell them they get along when they ask, and send them on a trip with a travel ticket, which lifts their relationship by one or two levels.
- **Help with the confession.** Pick the approach (traditional, romantic, cute, a song, a gift and more) and the place. Love rivals can interrupt here too.
- **Accept set-ups.** A shared friend sometimes offers to set two Miis up. You can agree, refuse or pick a different partner from that friend's friends. If the date goes well they become sweethearts without a confession.
- **Skip the Compatibility Tester.** Its percentages are for fun and change nothing.

## After the confession

A yes makes them **sweethearts** on the spot. If they stay on good terms, one of them later asks to propose and you play a mini-game. In Living the Dream you keep the proposer focused by shooting or dodging stray thoughts for three rounds. On 3DS you tap at the moments the sweetheart is thinking of the proposer, four times.

Then come the wedding and the honeymoon. Living the Dream couples move into a shared house, and married couples of any gender can have a baby if babies are switched on in the options.

Couples can also fall apart. [Can Miis cheat](/can-miis-cheat) covers rivals and breakups, and the [main Mii guide](/) covers setting up each Mii.

## FAQ

### Why won't my Miis fall in love?

Check five things: their dating preferences include each other (Living the Dream), neither is set as the other's relative, both are kids or both are grown-ups, neither is married to someone else, and they have actually met. If all five are fine, it is down to chance. Keep putting them together.

### Can same-gender Miis fall in love?

Yes in Living the Dream: set each Mii's dating preferences to include the other's gender. The 3DS game only pairs opposite-gender Miis.

### Can I choose who a Mii falls for?

Not directly. Living the Dream lets you approve or dismiss each crush and pick between two when a second one starts. On 3DS you only decide whether a confession or a set-up goes ahead.

### How long does it take for Miis to fall in love?

There is no fixed time. Crushes come from chance events, and guides that tested the Switch game say no method is quick or guaranteed.