A better conversation tonight
20 questions for when conversation runs dry.
Take turns. Answer before explaining. Skip anything that does not feel right tonight.
- Which of our dates would you happily do again?
- What were you nervous about before meeting my friends?
- Which food from where you grew up would you want me to try?
- Where would you take me if we had next weekend free?
- What have you been wanting to learn lately?
- When did we last laugh so much we couldn’t finish the conversation?
- Who do you miss spending time with?
- Would you enjoy taking a long train trip together?
- What did you think our life would be like when we first got together?
- What helps you switch off after a difficult day?
- What would you like us to make more time for?
- Which place from your past would you like to show me?
- What’s changed about what you want from work?
- Which of your interests would you enjoy sharing with me?
- What are you looking forward to doing together?
- Who brings out a different side of me?
- What did your family treat as completely normal that you later found out wasn’t?
- At a wedding where we know almost nobody, what kind of tablemate would you hope to find beside you?
- What can you tell about my mood just from how I answer the phone?
- What’s a story your friends told me about you that you still think needs correcting?