August 21, 2025
conversation starters

Looking at your bank account, what do you spend the most money on?

What song lyric easily gets stuck in your head?

Where do you buy your groceries?

What is the dumbest way you've injured yourself?

What is your guilty pleasure movie to watch?

How do you define success?

What was your last "do it yourself" project?

What language would you like to learn? How many do you currently speak?

What is your dream car?

If you had a day off from all responsibilities, how would that day unfold?  

How long have you known your best friend?

What's more important to you, love or money?

What does family mean to you?

What is your favorite thing about your current job?

What does religion/spirituality mean to you?

What is the most useful skill you possess?

What are your irrational fears? 

What's the best thing that has happened to you this week?

If your life had a theme song, what would it be?

What are your hobbies?

Favorite junk foods to eat?

What incredibly common thing have you never done?

Have you ever been fired from a job? Explain.

How many sexual partners have you had?

What outdoor activity would you like to try that you haven't done yet?

Who is the most fashionable musician?

What is the last new thing you tried?

What would you change about your physical appearance? 

What material item do you consider a waste of money?

When you hear the word politics what words come to mind?

What subject should be taught in school that isn't?

Where's the perfect place to have a date?

Besides essentials (food, clothing, people), what two things can't you live without?

What is the greatest physical gift you have received?

What is your favorite scent?

What is the longest intimate relationship you've had?

What do you normally dream about at night?

What foods do you typically eat for a snack?

Which cartoons did you watch as a kid?

Finish this sentence: Back in my day we...

What is your favorite means of foreplay?

Where was your first job?

What are your favorite restaurants?

What application gets the most use on your phone?

Given the option, what would you change your name to?

What television show have you binged more than once?

What personality trait must your friends possess?

What methods of exercise do you enjoy?

Best song to karaoke to? Worst?

How do you feel about stand-up comedy?

Which wild animal would you want as a pet?

If you could be an extra in any music video, which one would you choose?

What television show are you currently obsessed with? 

What genre of movie do you prefer to watch?

If you could trade places with someone for a day who would you pick? 

What clubs or sports were you involved in, in high school?

What are you top five favorite music albums?

What book has influenced you?

Have you ever attended professional counseling? If so, for what?

What do you need to be in the mood for sex? 

What are your favorite quotes or mantras to live by?

Give me a fun fact.

What image is on your phone wallpaper?

Name a visual artist and your favorite piece by them.

How many hours of sleep do you typically get a night?

What are your favorite board games to play? 

If you weren't working your current job, where would you want to work?

Where do you generally shop for clothes?

What are some memorable concerts you've been to?

Tell me your favorite joke.

What are the top three beverages you drink the most?

What recreational drugs have you taken?

Have you ever had major surgery?

What's your favorite song to dance to?

If you found a $100 bill on the ground, what would you spend it on?

What does the news talk about that you find overrated?

What one food could you eat daily and not get sick of?

Ever meet a celebrity? Who?

Tell me something off your bucket list.

How do you protect your health?

What is your favorite holiday?

What celebrity chef would you like to cook with?

How do you feel about aging?

What item in your house holds sentimental value to you?  

How many hours a day do you use your cell phone?

What do you collect? Even unintentionally.

Out of all 50 states, what are some highlights of where you have traveled? 

Who would you pick to be stranded on a desert highway with?

What's in your junk drawer?

Do you have any allergies?

What's the last movie you saw in the theater?

Name four things that make you happy.

What's the nicest thing someone had done for you?

What genre of books do you tend to read?

Share a useful life hack with me.

What country would you like to visit?

In the movie of your life, who would play you?

Three places you would love to visit?

Which four celebrities (living or dead) would you have a dinner party with?

What random act of kindness do you commit regularly?

What makes you cry?

What are your work pet peeves? 

Which would you rather have, a personal: chef, masseuse, maid, or trainer?

What is the most expensive purchase you have made?

Which animated character would you befriend?

What name would you give your boat?

What superpower do you wish you had?

Where is the most beautiful place you have traveled to?

What is your most selfish character trait?

How do you relax?

What's your favorite type of weather?

What is your go-to meal?

What is your love language (physical touch, words of affirmation, acts of service, receiving gifts, quality time)?

When you disagree with someone, how do you react? 

Have you ever been involved in illegal activity? Explain.

What's the sexiest thing about humans?

What are a few of your pet peeves about driving?

Which websites do you doomscroll the most?

What word or phrase do you overuse?

Best vacation you've had?

What is your favorite animal?

How much influence do your friends and family have on your decision making?

How often do you see your parents/siblings?

What advice would you give to your younger self? 

Name something you've eaten that others may find strange.

Which game show would you be a good contestant?

How much would someone need to pay you for you to eat a cockroach?

What view would you like to wake up to daily?

If you could time travel, what period of time would you visit?

Do you have a name for an inanimate object in your life? Explain.

What sports do you enjoy playing? Watching?

Name a trait you inherited from your parents, for better or worse. 

What color is most reflected in your wardrobe?