Over the past few months I’ve made a post on ‘questions you should ask when you date’ and ‘fun questions to ask your spouse’. Today’s post continues this series with fun questions you can ask your friends. The goal of these questions is to help build connection without being as deep or personal as the questions used with the others. These questions can be really great on road trips, at bonfires, when you’re in line for rides, or simply to use in your journal to better get to know yourself. Hopefully this summer will give you many opportunities to connect with people, and this can be a blessing for you.
- In a perfect world, what would your commute look like? (e.g. length, scenery, mode of transportation)
- What is the best mode of transportation you’ve ever tried? What do you imagine is or would be the best form?
- If you could magically become whatever you wanted (e.g. like in the Matrix where a computer chip is put in your brain and/or you can change parts of your body like a Mr. Potato head), what career choice would you choose and what would you look like?
- What is the most exciting place you’ve been to? The most peaceful?
- If you won a free trip anywhere you wanted, where would you go?
- If you won $1000 what would you do? 100,000? 1,000,000? 1,000,000,000?
- Who are the most beautiful man and woman you’ve met? Seen on a screen?
- Who is the smartest person you’ve met? Heard of?
- What is the one thing you wish you could ask when you’re on a first date (or meet someone), but know you shouldn’t?
- What is your worst fashion moment?
- What is the best restaurant you’ve been to? Worst restaurant?
- What is the best meal/food you’ve ever had? Worst meal/food?
- What is the weirdest food you’ve tried? Heard or seen someone else try?
- What is something you’ve bought (or been given) and after wondered what were you thinking?
- What is one talent you wish you had developed, and could enjoy now (e.g. juggling, yodeling, etc.)?
- If you had more time, what is the one hobby/activity you would do on a regular basis?
- What is the one thing you’ve done you’d recommend everyone else do?
- What is the one thing you’ve done you would warn people not to do?
- Who is the one person you’d like to meet who is still alive? Not alive?
- Which TV or movie character do you think best defines what a man should be? What a woman should be?
- Which TV or movie character do you think best defines what a man shouldn’t be? What a woman shouldn’t be?
- What is your weirdest or worst dating experience?
- Who is the best person you’ve met? The worst? The weirdest?
- What is one thing you wouldn’t change about your childhood?
- What is one thing you would change about your childhood?
- What is the best compliment someone can give you (hint: consider the best compliments you’ve received) and who would be the best person to give it?
Rev. Chad David, ChadDavid.ca, Learning to love dumb people