Bring You Closer Together
Bring You Closer Together
1.Given the choice of anyone in the world, whom would you want as a dinner guest?
2. Would you like to be famous? In what way?
3. Before making a phone call, do you ever rehearse what you're going to say? Why?
4. What would constitute a perfect day for you?
5. When did you last sing to yourself? To someone else?
6. If you were able to live to the age of 90 and retain either the mind or body of a 30-year old for the
last 60 years of your life, which would you choose?
7. Do you have a secret hunch about how you will die?
8. Name three things you and your partner appear to have in common.
9. For what in your life do you feel most grateful?
10. If you could change anything about the way you were raised, what would it be?
11. Take four minutes and tell you partner your life story in as much detail as possible.
12. If you could wake up tomorrow having gained one quality or ability, what would it be?
13. If a crystal ball could tell you the truth about yourself, your life, the future or anything else, what
would you want to know?
14. Is there something that you've dreamt of doing for a long time? Why haven't you done it?
15. What is the greatest accomplishment of your life?
16. What do you value most in a friendship?
17. What is your most treasured memory?
18. What is your most terrible memory?
19. If you knew that in one year you would die suddenly, would you change anything about the way
you are now living? Why?
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21. What roles do love and affection play in your life?
22. Alternate sharing something you consider a positive characteristic of your partner. Share a total
of five items.
23. How close and warm is your family? Do you feel your childhood was happier than most other
people's?
24. How do you feel about your relationship with your mother?
25. Make three true "we" statements each. For instance, "we are both in this room feeling..."
26. Complete this sentence "I wish I had someone with whom I could share..."
27. If you were going to become a close friend with your partner, please share what would be
important for him or her to know.
28. Tell your partner what you like about them: be honest this time, saying things that you might not
say to someone you've just met.
29. Share with your partner an embarrassing moment in your life.
30. When did you last cry in front of another person? By yourself?
31. Tell your partner something that you like about them already.
32. What, if anything, is too serious to be joked about?
33. If you were to die this evening with no opportunity to communicate with anyone, what would
you most regret not having told someone? Why haven't you told them yet?
34. Your house, containing everything you own, catches fire. After saving your loved ones and pets,
you have time to safely make a final dash to save any one item. What would it be? Why?
35. Of all the people in your family, whose death would you find most disturbing? Why?
36. Share a personal problem and ask your partner's advice on how he or she might handle it. Also,
ask your partner to reflect back to you how you seem to be feeling about the problem you have
chosen.
37. IF YOU COULD ASK A SINGLE PERSON ONE QUESTION, AND THEY HAD TO
ANSWER TRUTHFULLY, WHO AND WHAT WOULD YOU ASK?
38. WHAT’S SOMETHING THAT OVERWHELMS YOU?
39. DO YOU TRUST ANYONE WITH YOUR LIFE?
40. WOULD YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF AN INTROVERT OR AN EXTROVERT? And why
41. WHAT IS SOMETHING YOU ARE CERTAIN YOU’LL NEVER EXPERIENCE?
42. WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR WORST TRAIT IS?
43. HOW WOULD YOUR PERFECT PARTNER TREAT YOU?
44. WHAT’S THE NICEST THING YOU’VE EVER DONE FOR ANOTHER PERSON?
45. WHAT’S SOMETHING THAT OFFENDS YOU?
46. WHAT MAKES YOU MOST UNCOMFORTABLE? Why?
47. WHAT WERE YOUR FAMILY’S VIEWS ON RACE, ETHNICITY, AND DIFFERENCE?
48. OTHER THAN ME, WHO IN YOUR LIFE DO YOU WISH YOU’D MET SOONER?
49. HAVE YOU EVER BROKEN SOMEONE’S HEART? How?
50. HOW DO YOU KNOW YOU ARE NOT DREAMING RIGHT NOW?
51. WHERE OR WHAT WAS YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS BEFORE YOU WERE BORN?
52. Who are you really? Describe yourself without using your name, or any attributes given to you
by society and really think. Deep down, who are you?
53. What have you given up on?
54. How much control do you really have over yourself?
55. Would you be a martyr and risk your reputation by standing up for what is right in front of your
peers? Or is it better to be pragmatic and do nothing?
56. When did you not speak up, when you know you really should have?
57. How many people do you truly love? What are you doing for them?
58. What is your greatest weakness?
59. What is your greatest strength?
60. What terrifies you the most?
61. What makes you smile?
62. If you had to teach someone one thing, what would you teach?
63. Are you holding onto something that you need to let go of? What’s stopping you?
64. If your entire life was a movie, what title would best fit?
65. Does this person know how much they mean to you? When was the last time you told them?
66. Standing at the gates of heaven, and God asks you “Why should I let you in?” What do you
reply?
67. What is one question you absolutely refuse to answer?
68. What would you do if your parents didn’t like your partner?
69. What’s the one thing that people always misunderstand about you?