Would you rather have a big diamond, or a small one?
Would you rather have a big diamond or an expensive one?
Diamonds are generally rated with four C's: Cut, color, clarity, and Carat. Which of these do you think is the most important?
Do you think cut (as is shape) is more important or less important than cut (as in table height, or skill used in creating the diamonds shape)
How important is a diamonds color to you? Do you know the diamond color scale? What ratings would you use? How do you feel about diamonds that are different colors; like red or purple?
How important do you think the karat rating of gold is?
Do you prefer 10k gold? 14k? 18k? or 24k?
Do you have any metal allergies?
Are there certain metals that you don't want your jewelry alloyed with?
Do you like to wear necklaces? What kind of necklaces do you prefer?
How do you feel about pearls? How do you feel about colored pearls? Carved pearls?
Do you ever wear bracelets? Do you have a charm bracelet?
Do you collect charms from the various places that you visit? How much would you spend on a bracelet... or a charm? How do you feel about Livestrong type bracelets? What about other message bracelets?
Do you like to wear rings on your fingers? Do you like to wear a lot of rings?
Do you wear rings on both hands? What criteria do you look for in a ring?
Is the look of a ring or the cost of a ring a more important factor for you?
Questions for Couples: Ice Breakers
What extreme sport have you always wanted to try?
Would you rather wear plaid, paisley, or argyle?
What is your favorite fairy tale?
If you were going to be executed, what would you request as your last meal?
Do you read for fun? If so what is your favorite author? genre?
What was your favorite toy as a child? what about now?
What is the first thing to do when you get home from work?
What is one thing that is impossible for you to go the day without?
Would you rather be a giant hamster or a tiny rhino? Why?
Would you rather go to the beach or to the mountains?
Would you rather know it all, or have it all?
How do you feel about brussel sprouts?
Would you rather die by fire or by drowning why?
What is the farthest place you have been from home? What were you doing there?
Do you still have your tonsils? If not, tell the story of getting them taken out?
If you were an alien sent to earth to abduct someone who would you abduct and why?
Would you rather have a third leg or a third arm?
What is your favorite sport to play? to watch?
Questions for Couples: Communication
Do you prefer to use a person's name or a nickname? How do you feel about short versions of a persons name? How do you feel about nicknames that are not related to a persons actual name? Have you ever considered legally changing your name? To muffin?
Do you like to use pet names (for your significant other) that are based on food? Do you like pet names that are animal related? Are there pet names or nicknames that you would not like to be called? Are there some words or phrases that you would like to be used when a significant other talks about you? to you?
Will you call your children by their full names? Will you call your children by names that are not on their birth certificate? What do you expect your children to call you? How do you feel about your children calling you by your first name? How do you feel about your children calling other adults by their first names?
Are there words that you don't want your children to say? How will you teach them about these words? Are there words that you can say that your children can not? Will you use different words in public and in private?
What words do you use when you are frustrated or angry? How do you describe bad days or situations?
Do you use some terms for fecal matter (poop) and avoid others?
Are there words so obscene that you just won’t use them?
Questions for Couples: Ice Breakers
Would you rather be born with an elephant trunk or a giraffe neck?
Do you like pickles? why or why not?
What are your 3 biggest pet peeves?
Would you rather eat a stick of butter or a gallon of ice cream?
Would you rather kiss a jelly fish or step on a crab?
If you were a fish what kind of fish would you be?
Do you untie your shoes when you take them off?
How old is the oldest pair of shoes in your closet?
If you found out you only had two weeks to live, what would you want to do/ cross off your bucket list?
Who was your childhood hero? why?
Would you rather be 3 feet tall or 8 feet tall? why?
If you could max out your credit card at any store, what store would you choose?
Would you rather be missing a finger or have an extra toe?
Would you rather be stranded on an island alone or with someone you absolutely hate?
If you could buy any island in the world, how would you describe your island?
If you were a superhero, what would your super-name be? What would your power be?
What is the one movie that you can quote the most? How much of it can you quote?
Can you quote a lot of movies?
Are you a morning person or a night person? why?
How late is late?
Questions for Couples: Variety
Questions that must be asked prior to marriage (Submitted by a friend):
Will you marry me? (Haha the humor starts early...)
What genetic defects are carried in your family line?
Are you named in the will of any ridiculously wealthy great aunts that might die soon?
Would you consider living in a foreign country? Texas?
How do you feel about spas? Professional massages?
What is your ideal wedding day? honeymoon?
Have you had your pre marital exam?
How do you feel about disneyland? Beaches? Cruises?
How much travel are you hoping to do in your life?
Where do you want to go?
What else is on your "bucket" list?
Do you like camping? Where?
Do you like hiking? Where?
How many pairs of shoes do you have?
Why do you want to get married?
What do you like to read?
What was the last book you read?
What are your career goals?
Are you open to adoption? Are you adopted?
What activities will your kids be required to participate in? Forbidden from? Sleepovers?
What pets will you allow or want?
If you had a million dollars what would you do?
What is your favorite joke? Movie? Tv show?
What are your top ten greatest hits? (from your life?)
Colgate or Crest?
Will you marry me? (Haha the humor starts early...)
What genetic defects are carried in your family line?
Are you named in the will of any ridiculously wealthy great aunts that might die soon?
Would you consider living in a foreign country? Texas?
How do you feel about spas? Professional massages?
What is your ideal wedding day? honeymoon?
Have you had your pre marital exam?
How do you feel about disneyland? Beaches? Cruises?
How much travel are you hoping to do in your life?
Where do you want to go?
What else is on your "bucket" list?
Do you like camping? Where?
Do you like hiking? Where?
How many pairs of shoes do you have?
Why do you want to get married?
What do you like to read?
What was the last book you read?
What are your career goals?
Are you open to adoption? Are you adopted?
What activities will your kids be required to participate in? Forbidden from? Sleepovers?
What pets will you allow or want?
If you had a million dollars what would you do?
What is your favorite joke? Movie? Tv show?
What are your top ten greatest hits? (from your life?)
Colgate or Crest?
Questions for Couples: Jewelry
How do you feel about jewelry?
Do you like to have a lot of jewelry?
Do you like to wear a lot of jewelry?
Do you like your significant other to wear a lot of jewelry?
Do you like to buy Jewelry for your significant other?
Do you like it when your significant other buys jewelry for you?
Do you have a favorite jeweler?
Do you have a least favorite jeweler?
How do you feel about buying jewelry on the internet? Ebay?
Do you prefer yellow gold or white gold? what about rose gold?
Did you know that the price of gold is at an all time high?
Do you like silver? what about platinum?
Would you buy jewelry made with non-precious metals?
Would you buy fake jewelry? would you wear fake jewelry? often?
Rhinestones?
How do you feel about Jewelry made of titanium?
What about Tungsten? Did you know that tungsten is also called Wolfram and that it's symbol is W? Isn't that AWESOME? How do you feel about mixing non-precious metals with real diamonds?
How do you feel about fake diamonds? What about a ring that has some real diamonds, but gives you the look you want with a big ole' center stone that's not a diamond?
Do you have a favorite imitation diamond?
Do you know your birthstone? Do you like to buy jewelry with your birthstone in it?
Would you pretend that your birthstone was something different, just because you like a different stone better?
Do you like to have a lot of jewelry?
Do you like to wear a lot of jewelry?
Do you like your significant other to wear a lot of jewelry?
Do you like to buy Jewelry for your significant other?
Do you like it when your significant other buys jewelry for you?
Do you have a favorite jeweler?
Do you have a least favorite jeweler?
How do you feel about buying jewelry on the internet? Ebay?
Do you prefer yellow gold or white gold? what about rose gold?
Did you know that the price of gold is at an all time high?
Do you like silver? what about platinum?
Would you buy jewelry made with non-precious metals?
Would you buy fake jewelry? would you wear fake jewelry? often?
Rhinestones?
How do you feel about Jewelry made of titanium?
What about Tungsten? Did you know that tungsten is also called Wolfram and that it's symbol is W? Isn't that AWESOME? How do you feel about mixing non-precious metals with real diamonds?
How do you feel about fake diamonds? What about a ring that has some real diamonds, but gives you the look you want with a big ole' center stone that's not a diamond?
Do you have a favorite imitation diamond?
Do you know your birthstone? Do you like to buy jewelry with your birthstone in it?
Would you pretend that your birthstone was something different, just because you like a different stone better?
Questions for Couples: Driving
Do you own a car? What kind is it?
Does it work? Do you like it?
If you could change one thing about your car, what would it be?
Do you think you are a good driver? Do your friends and family agree with you?
Do you like to drive fast? How fast do you drive?
How close to the Speed Limit do you like to drive?
How do you feel about other people that speed?
How do you feel when others drive too slowly?
Does driving usually make you mad or relax you?
How do you feel about people that talk on their cell phones while they are driving?
What if they are in bumper to bumper traffic? Do you talk on your cell phone while driving? Do you 'text' and drive? How do you feel about people who do?
Have you ever run a red light? Was it late and night... with nobody around? Does that make a difference? Do you run red lights often? What do you think about yellow lights?
Do you follow at a safe distance behind other drivers? How do you measure it? Three seconds? Four seconds? If you said four seconds do you work for the post office?
Do you use your turn signals? Do you use them to change lanes?
Does it make you mad when other people don't use them? Do you ever leave your turn blinker blinking? If the GPS says to 'Turn here' do you listen to it?
Do you ever leave your car running when you have to do something else?
Do you ever leave your lights on when you get out of the car? If your check engine light comes on, do you check it? How long do you wait in between oil changes?
how often do you check your oil?
What kind of gas do you buy?
Have you heard of Hyper-miling (trying to use your gas in crazy efficient ways)?
Is this a practice that you participate in... or perhaps are considering?
Do you like to fill your tank a) only when it's empty b) when you get about halfway to empty c) every time you drive d) wait you mean it doesn't just refill itself?
Does it work? Do you like it?
If you could change one thing about your car, what would it be?
Do you think you are a good driver? Do your friends and family agree with you?
Do you like to drive fast? How fast do you drive?
How close to the Speed Limit do you like to drive?
How do you feel about other people that speed?
How do you feel when others drive too slowly?
Does driving usually make you mad or relax you?
How do you feel about people that talk on their cell phones while they are driving?
What if they are in bumper to bumper traffic? Do you talk on your cell phone while driving? Do you 'text' and drive? How do you feel about people who do?
Have you ever run a red light? Was it late and night... with nobody around? Does that make a difference? Do you run red lights often? What do you think about yellow lights?
Do you follow at a safe distance behind other drivers? How do you measure it? Three seconds? Four seconds? If you said four seconds do you work for the post office?
Do you use your turn signals? Do you use them to change lanes?
Does it make you mad when other people don't use them? Do you ever leave your turn blinker blinking? If the GPS says to 'Turn here' do you listen to it?
Do you ever leave your car running when you have to do something else?
Do you ever leave your lights on when you get out of the car? If your check engine light comes on, do you check it? How long do you wait in between oil changes?
how often do you check your oil?
What kind of gas do you buy?
Have you heard of Hyper-miling (trying to use your gas in crazy efficient ways)?
Is this a practice that you participate in... or perhaps are considering?
Do you like to fill your tank a) only when it's empty b) when you get about halfway to empty c) every time you drive d) wait you mean it doesn't just refill itself?
Questions for Couples: Memories
I attended an activity the other day with a man named Robert Heaton. He gave us a list of questions and told us to answer the ones that we felt were most pertinent to us.
His work sheet is copyrighted, but I have his permission to reprint portions of his worksheets here. Some modifications have been made.
What is something special about yourself that most people don't know?
Where is a special place you have been to or visited?
Tell a little about a person in your life that is a special "kindred spirit."
Tell about a time that you "Shouted for Joy" because of a special feeling or happening.
When was a time that you felt closest to your father?
When was a time that you felt closest to your mother?
When was a time that you felt closest to your brother or sister?
When was a time that you felt closest to a church leader?
When was a time that you felt closest to God?
When was a time that you felt closest to a friend?
Talk about a time that you did a good deed for someone without being found out.
Talk about a time that you felt deep contentment and peace.
Tell of a meaningful spiritual experience that you have had.
Talk about an animal that you were especially close to.
Do you have a special place where you go to be by yourself?
Is there a pleasant sound that you heard recently? sometime in the past? Today?
Is there a pleasant sight that you saw sometime in the past? recently? Today?
talk about a pleasant smell that you've experienced sometime in the past? recently? Today?
talk about a pleasant touch that you've experienced sometime in the past? recently? Today?
talk about a pleasant taste that you've experienced sometime in the past? recently? Today?
His work sheet is copyrighted, but I have his permission to reprint portions of his worksheets here. Some modifications have been made.
What is something special about yourself that most people don't know?
Where is a special place you have been to or visited?
Tell a little about a person in your life that is a special "kindred spirit."
Tell about a time that you "Shouted for Joy" because of a special feeling or happening.
When was a time that you felt closest to your father?
When was a time that you felt closest to your mother?
When was a time that you felt closest to your brother or sister?
When was a time that you felt closest to a church leader?
When was a time that you felt closest to God?
When was a time that you felt closest to a friend?
Talk about a time that you did a good deed for someone without being found out.
Talk about a time that you felt deep contentment and peace.
Tell of a meaningful spiritual experience that you have had.
Talk about an animal that you were especially close to.
Do you have a special place where you go to be by yourself?
Is there a pleasant sound that you heard recently? sometime in the past? Today?
Is there a pleasant sight that you saw sometime in the past? recently? Today?
talk about a pleasant smell that you've experienced sometime in the past? recently? Today?
talk about a pleasant touch that you've experienced sometime in the past? recently? Today?
talk about a pleasant taste that you've experienced sometime in the past? recently? Today?
Questions for Couples: Entertainment
Would you rather watch a movie in the theater, or at home?
How do you feel about 3D movies? IMAX? Animation? Claymation?
If you go to the theater, do you get popcorn? what about drinks?
Do you have a favorite movie theater candy?
Are you a Redvines or a Twizzlers kind of person? How do you feel about black licorice?
Do you prefer to rent movies or to buy them?
Do you have a favorite movie streaming service?
How do you feel about torrents, or other unauthorized services?
Do you think people should be able to edit the movies they purchase?
Do you think third party vendors should be allowed to edit movies for other people to purchase?
How do you feel about international films?
Do you prefer foreign films that are dubbed? or would you rather watch them with subtitles? Would you rather watch the movie? or the making of the movie/ special features?
How do you feel about second fun movies? Matinees?
Do you like going to the midnight movies?
How do you feel about drive-ins?
How often do you see a movie multiple times in the theater?
How much would you spend on a movie? Do you like to do dinner and a movie? what about a movie and then Dessert?
How much would you spend on the whole evening? Does that include a baby sitter?
How do you feel about 3D movies? IMAX? Animation? Claymation?
If you go to the theater, do you get popcorn? what about drinks?
Do you have a favorite movie theater candy?
Are you a Redvines or a Twizzlers kind of person? How do you feel about black licorice?
Do you prefer to rent movies or to buy them?
Do you have a favorite movie streaming service?
How do you feel about torrents, or other unauthorized services?
Do you think people should be able to edit the movies they purchase?
Do you think third party vendors should be allowed to edit movies for other people to purchase?
How do you feel about international films?
Do you prefer foreign films that are dubbed? or would you rather watch them with subtitles? Would you rather watch the movie? or the making of the movie/ special features?
How do you feel about second fun movies? Matinees?
Do you like going to the midnight movies?
How do you feel about drive-ins?
How often do you see a movie multiple times in the theater?
How much would you spend on a movie? Do you like to do dinner and a movie? what about a movie and then Dessert?
How much would you spend on the whole evening? Does that include a baby sitter?
Questions for Couples: Exercise
How do you feel about exercise?
How often do you exercise?
Do you ever make new years resolutions about exercise?
What is the longest that you have kept one of these resolutions?
What is the shortest amount of time that you have kept one?
Do you prefer to exercise with a group or by your self?
Do you like to work out at a gym?
Do you prefer exercises that build muscles? How much can you bench?
Do you like exercising by playing sports?
How do you feel about running?
Do you prefer short distance runs or long distance runs?
Is fun-run an oxymoron?
Do you ever run a race even if you know you will lose?
Do you prefer to run alone or do you want your significant other to run with you?
Would you ever run a marathon? half-marathon? Why?
What do you think about work-out videos?
Exercise magazines?
How much time do you spend exercising each day? week? year?
What's your favorite sport?
What's your least favorite sport?
How do you feel about exercising with a video game?
Do you like DDR? Pump it up exceed? or other Dance games?
Have you ever used a Wii for exercise?
What about another video game consoles?
How often do you exercise?
Do you ever make new years resolutions about exercise?
What is the longest that you have kept one of these resolutions?
What is the shortest amount of time that you have kept one?
Do you prefer to exercise with a group or by your self?
Do you like to work out at a gym?
Do you prefer exercises that build muscles? How much can you bench?
Do you like exercising by playing sports?
How do you feel about running?
Do you prefer short distance runs or long distance runs?
Is fun-run an oxymoron?
Do you ever run a race even if you know you will lose?
Do you prefer to run alone or do you want your significant other to run with you?
Would you ever run a marathon? half-marathon? Why?
What do you think about work-out videos?
Exercise magazines?
How much time do you spend exercising each day? week? year?
What's your favorite sport?
What's your least favorite sport?
How do you feel about exercising with a video game?
Do you like DDR? Pump it up exceed? or other Dance games?
Have you ever used a Wii for exercise?
What about another video game consoles?
Questions for Couples: Holidays/ Events
When do you put up your Christmas decorations?
When do you take them down?
When is it OK to start listening to/ playing Christmas music?
Can you listen to Christmas music at other times of the year?
What do you do with your Christmas tree when you are done with it?
Do you like Valentines day?
Do you like to give gifts one Valentines day?
What do you think would be an amazing valentines gift?
How do you feel about the valentine colors?
What is your idea of a romantic dinner?
Is the super bowl a holiday in your household?
What's your team?
Do you watch the Superbowl? Does it have to be live?
Are you secretly in it just for the commercials?
How do you feel about March Madness?
Do you like to pick your brackets and then play against family or friends?
If your workplace was doing a tournament would you participate?
Do you bet anything on these games?
Do you watch the games or do you just care about the scores?
When do you take them down?
When is it OK to start listening to/ playing Christmas music?
Can you listen to Christmas music at other times of the year?
What do you do with your Christmas tree when you are done with it?
Do you like Valentines day?
Do you like to give gifts one Valentines day?
What do you think would be an amazing valentines gift?
How do you feel about the valentine colors?
What is your idea of a romantic dinner?
Is the super bowl a holiday in your household?
What's your team?
Do you watch the Superbowl? Does it have to be live?
Are you secretly in it just for the commercials?
How do you feel about March Madness?
Do you like to pick your brackets and then play against family or friends?
If your workplace was doing a tournament would you participate?
Do you bet anything on these games?
Do you watch the games or do you just care about the scores?
Special Edition: Date Ideas - Winter
Dating can be a valuable part of any relationship.
It is not always the easiest part of a relationship, but nevertheless it can be very valuable. Because dating can be useful for people who are not yet in relationships, as well as for people that have long established relationships I have decided to add a bonus section to this blog... Date Ideas
(Ok I was also persuaded by the overwhelming support in the recent survey, the votes were split on how best to add, them, but a strong majority voted in favor of having some date ideas).
Here are some ideas for dates that could happen in the wintertime.
1. Attend a local concert, there are usually a lot of them around this time of year, and with a good selection in both type and wallet friendly-ness you can probably find one that you'll like.
2. Pick your favorite restaurant and order two bowls of soup... to go, most restaurants will actually give you soup to go, and you won't need a reservation if you're not staying.
3. Take a sleigh ride.
4. Go sledding.
5. Ice skating is a great activity, if you have some place you can do it.
6. Build snow forts, or snow men, or other fun creations.
7. Have a snowball fight... this can be a lot of fun, but can also go south very quickly, may not be right for everyone.
8. Go to the library and read picture books to each other.
9. Visit a freedom wall, and actually read the messages found there.
10. Make pizza together (Pillsbury's 'Rustic French Bread' makes an excellent crust).
11. Take a public transportation 'tour' of the city, who knows the bus driver might even have some interesting tidbits about some of the things you pass every day.
12. Play museum bingo. Make a list of things you might see in a local museum, then arrange a few bingo cards and see who can find their items first.
13. Attend a fireside talk, or a lecture (preferably one that you expect to be really good).
14. Find your favorite neighborhood of Christmas decorations and take some time to enjoy them.
15. Set up a lemonade stand, Ok... so maybe nobody will buy your lemonade, but I can almost guarantee that your date will never forget it.
It is not always the easiest part of a relationship, but nevertheless it can be very valuable. Because dating can be useful for people who are not yet in relationships, as well as for people that have long established relationships I have decided to add a bonus section to this blog... Date Ideas
(Ok I was also persuaded by the overwhelming support in the recent survey, the votes were split on how best to add, them, but a strong majority voted in favor of having some date ideas).
Here are some ideas for dates that could happen in the wintertime.
1. Attend a local concert, there are usually a lot of them around this time of year, and with a good selection in both type and wallet friendly-ness you can probably find one that you'll like.
2. Pick your favorite restaurant and order two bowls of soup... to go, most restaurants will actually give you soup to go, and you won't need a reservation if you're not staying.
3. Take a sleigh ride.
4. Go sledding.
5. Ice skating is a great activity, if you have some place you can do it.
6. Build snow forts, or snow men, or other fun creations.
7. Have a snowball fight... this can be a lot of fun, but can also go south very quickly, may not be right for everyone.
8. Go to the library and read picture books to each other.
9. Visit a freedom wall, and actually read the messages found there.
10. Make pizza together (Pillsbury's 'Rustic French Bread' makes an excellent crust).
11. Take a public transportation 'tour' of the city, who knows the bus driver might even have some interesting tidbits about some of the things you pass every day.
12. Play museum bingo. Make a list of things you might see in a local museum, then arrange a few bingo cards and see who can find their items first.
13. Attend a fireside talk, or a lecture (preferably one that you expect to be really good).
14. Find your favorite neighborhood of Christmas decorations and take some time to enjoy them.
15. Set up a lemonade stand, Ok... so maybe nobody will buy your lemonade, but I can almost guarantee that your date will never forget it.
Questions for Couples: Holidays
What is your favorite holiday? and why is it your favorite?
Are there any holidays that you don't like? What are they? and why?
What is your favorite part of Thanksgiving dinner?
Are there certain foods that you have to have on Thanksgiving?
Do you make any part of your thanksgiving meal?
What's your favorite kind of pie?
Strange, I feel like pie, do you feel like pie?
Do you celebrate Christmas? What day do you celebrate it?
Do you celebrate Hanukkah? Kwanzaa? The Epiphany?
Do you believe in Santa Claus?
What do you call him? Santa Claus? Saint Nicholas? Father Christmas? Kris Kringle? Something else?
What will you teach your children about Santa Claus?
How will you handle it if someone tells them that he doesn't exist?
Do you think a parent should be the one to have this discussion with their children?
Do you think it would be better with one parent or two? At what age do you think this discussion should be held?
When can you start listening to Christmas music?
Can you listen to Christmas music at other times of the year?
When do you get out your Christmas decorations?
When do you take them down?
Do you prefer a real Christmas Tree or a fake tree?
What kind (shape or type) of Christmas tree do you like best?
Do you cut your own Christmas Trees?
How much would you pay for a Christmas tree?
Do you like a flocked tree or one that is more 'natural'?
Are there any holidays that you don't like? What are they? and why?
What is your favorite part of Thanksgiving dinner?
Are there certain foods that you have to have on Thanksgiving?
Do you make any part of your thanksgiving meal?
What's your favorite kind of pie?
Strange, I feel like pie, do you feel like pie?
Do you celebrate Christmas? What day do you celebrate it?
Do you celebrate Hanukkah? Kwanzaa? The Epiphany?
Do you believe in Santa Claus?
What do you call him? Santa Claus? Saint Nicholas? Father Christmas? Kris Kringle? Something else?
What will you teach your children about Santa Claus?
How will you handle it if someone tells them that he doesn't exist?
Do you think a parent should be the one to have this discussion with their children?
Do you think it would be better with one parent or two? At what age do you think this discussion should be held?
When can you start listening to Christmas music?
Can you listen to Christmas music at other times of the year?
When do you get out your Christmas decorations?
When do you take them down?
Do you prefer a real Christmas Tree or a fake tree?
What kind (shape or type) of Christmas tree do you like best?
Do you cut your own Christmas Trees?
How much would you pay for a Christmas tree?
Do you like a flocked tree or one that is more 'natural'?
Questions for Couples (Advanced): Children
Advanced questions are questions that might be important to discuss, but may not be the kind of thing that would work on say, a first date for instance.
A few of these are being reprinted from an earlier posting
How do you feel about children?
Do you want to have children?
Do you know how many children you want to have?
How will you/ did you decide how many you want?
Who will ultimately decide how many children you have?
When would you like to have children?
Do you think you should be married first?
Do you think that there should be a waiting period after you get married?
How far apart would you like to space your kids?
How will you decide when to stop having kids?
What methods would you be willing to use to affect the number of kids you have?
Would you use condoms? Birth control medications? Timing? Abstinence?
Would you consider surgery as a method to control the number of children you have?
Would you be more open to surgery for you or for your spouse?
Are there other ideas that you would pursue to effect the number of kids you have?
Would you be more likely to stop having kids if you had a child born with some handicaps? Would you be more likely to have more?
Would you be interested in raising twins? Triplets? sextuplets? Do you have a history of twins in your family? Would you give them cute rhyming names?
If you had twins would you be interested in having more kids?
If you have a good chance of having twins would you keep going until you got some?
Would you keep having kids in order to get a son/ daughter?
Do you think the number of children you have of each sex is important?
Do you think there is any way to influence what gender your children are?
Would you try to influence the gender of your children if you could?
Are you the kind of person who wants to know what gender your kids are going to have before they are born? Does it make a difference if it is your first child?
Do you want to pick your kids names before they are born, or after you see them?
Would you be willing to genetically engineer/modify/protect your children if you could?
A few of these are being reprinted from an earlier posting
How do you feel about children?
Do you want to have children?
Do you know how many children you want to have?
How will you/ did you decide how many you want?
Who will ultimately decide how many children you have?
When would you like to have children?
Do you think you should be married first?
Do you think that there should be a waiting period after you get married?
How far apart would you like to space your kids?
How will you decide when to stop having kids?
What methods would you be willing to use to affect the number of kids you have?
Would you use condoms? Birth control medications? Timing? Abstinence?
Would you consider surgery as a method to control the number of children you have?
Would you be more open to surgery for you or for your spouse?
Are there other ideas that you would pursue to effect the number of kids you have?
Would you be more likely to stop having kids if you had a child born with some handicaps? Would you be more likely to have more?
Would you be interested in raising twins? Triplets? sextuplets? Do you have a history of twins in your family? Would you give them cute rhyming names?
If you had twins would you be interested in having more kids?
If you have a good chance of having twins would you keep going until you got some?
Would you keep having kids in order to get a son/ daughter?
Do you think the number of children you have of each sex is important?
Do you think there is any way to influence what gender your children are?
Would you try to influence the gender of your children if you could?
Are you the kind of person who wants to know what gender your kids are going to have before they are born? Does it make a difference if it is your first child?
Do you want to pick your kids names before they are born, or after you see them?
Would you be willing to genetically engineer/modify/protect your children if you could?
Questions for Couples: Service
Do you like serving other people?
Do you let other people serve you? Are you happy about it?
What if somebody does something for you that you can do yourself?
How would you react if somebody did something for you that you didn't want done?
Would you rake your neighbors leaves for them? Would you do it without them asking?
Do you know your neighbors?
Would you shovel their sidewalks in the winter?
Would you shovel their walks before or after you shoveled your own?
Would it change things if you had a snowblower?
Would you use this as a reason to get a snowblower?
What if you could shovel the sidewalks with a four wheeler?
Would you hire someone to do a job that you could do if you knew they needed the money?
Do you think it is service if you get paid to do it?
What is your favorite service project you've been involved with?
What is your least favorite kind of service?
Is it easier for you to serve people that you do know or people that you don't know?
Are you the kind of person who is more likely to plan a service project, or the kind to help someone else carry out their plans?
Do you like occasional, but large service projects? or small but frequent acts of service?
Do you like service that you can do by yourself? Or do you prefer to work in a group?
Do you like your service to be Anonymous? or do you like to be able to interact with the people you are serving?
Have you ever made food for a funeral? Was it those tasty potatoes?
Do you take food to your neighbors when they have a baby?
Would you offer to tend your neighbors kids? What about your nieces or nephews?
Do you let other people serve you? Are you happy about it?
What if somebody does something for you that you can do yourself?
How would you react if somebody did something for you that you didn't want done?
Would you rake your neighbors leaves for them? Would you do it without them asking?
Do you know your neighbors?
Would you shovel their sidewalks in the winter?
Would you shovel their walks before or after you shoveled your own?
Would it change things if you had a snowblower?
Would you use this as a reason to get a snowblower?
What if you could shovel the sidewalks with a four wheeler?
Would you hire someone to do a job that you could do if you knew they needed the money?
Do you think it is service if you get paid to do it?
What is your favorite service project you've been involved with?
What is your least favorite kind of service?
Is it easier for you to serve people that you do know or people that you don't know?
Are you the kind of person who is more likely to plan a service project, or the kind to help someone else carry out their plans?
Do you like occasional, but large service projects? or small but frequent acts of service?
Do you like service that you can do by yourself? Or do you prefer to work in a group?
Do you like your service to be Anonymous? or do you like to be able to interact with the people you are serving?
Have you ever made food for a funeral? Was it those tasty potatoes?
Do you take food to your neighbors when they have a baby?
Would you offer to tend your neighbors kids? What about your nieces or nephews?
Questions for Couples: Ice Breakers
What is your favorite candy bar?
Do you chew gum? What kind is your favorite?
What is your favorite food, or kind of food?
What is your favorite kind of drink?
How do you like to end a date?
If your date came in for a kiss on the first date, what would you do?What was the best date you have ever been on? Why was it your favorite?
How would you imagine your ideal date?
What's the hardest thing you've ever done?
What was the scariest thing you've ever done?
What is the coolest thing you've ever done?
What makes you angry?
What makes really happy?What is your favorite thing about yourself?
Where were you raised?
What is your favorite childhood memory?
Do you prefer paper or plastic? or do you use those reusable bags?
Do you clean your reusable bags? how often? Would you take bags from one store into a different store? What color do you think looks best on you?Do you dye your hair or is it natural? How often do you dye it?
After a long night would you still get up early an make yourself look good? Would you go to class as you are? Would you skip your first class, but get ready for your next one?
What is your favorite kind of Ice Cream?
Do you have a favorite brand of ice cream?
Do you want to go get some ice cream now?
What is your favorite fruit?
If you had to rank the following fruits how would you rank them and why?
Pineapple, Orange, Apple, Banana, and grape.
How would you feel if your date took you to McDonalds? Would it change things if you knew they were poor? What if you knew they weren't poor? What if they took you to get a happy meal?
Questions for Couples: Education II
Did/ do you like school?
What was your favorite subject? What was your least favorite?
Did you have a favorite teacher? Why were they your favorite?
Did you take music lessons when you were younger? Did you practice?
How do you feel about music lessons? What instruments do you play?
What instruments do you wish you could play?
Have you ever taken band classes? Orchestra? Painting classes? Ceramics? Drama classes?
What class do you think you learned the most from? What class (es) do you think you learned the least from? What were your favorite subjects while you were in school? What were your least favorite subjects? What types of classes did you do well?
Did you ever eat school lunch? How was it? Did you ever pack a lunch? Did you ever eat off-campus? Do you like the idea of schools having vending machines?
Did you take a foreign language in school? Did you learn a foreign language in school? Do you know any ASL? What languages do you know? what languages do you wish you knew?
Have you ever participated in a study-abroad program? Would you let your kids spend a semester in a foreign country? Does the specific country matter? Would you let them spend a year? Do you think service abroad programs are educational? How do you feel about service in a foreign country without a sponsoring organization? How do you feel about Peace Corps?
Would it make your decision easier or harder if they were going with a friend? What if the friend was not their same gender? What if they went with a larger group of people?
Do you think there are subjects that everybody should study? If yes what subjects do you think everybody should learn? Do you think it is better for a person to really excel at one thing, or to have a basic understanding of a lot of things? How involved do you think a child should be in setting their curriculum? Do you think that anyone can learn anything?
Are there books that you think everyone should read? Is "Up from Slavery" one of them? Are there books that you don't think people should read? Did you have/use Encyclopedias when you were growing up? Do you think you will actually own a set of encyclopedias?
What was your favorite subject? What was your least favorite?
Did you have a favorite teacher? Why were they your favorite?
Did you take music lessons when you were younger? Did you practice?
How do you feel about music lessons? What instruments do you play?
What instruments do you wish you could play?
Have you ever taken band classes? Orchestra? Painting classes? Ceramics? Drama classes?
What class do you think you learned the most from? What class (es) do you think you learned the least from? What were your favorite subjects while you were in school? What were your least favorite subjects? What types of classes did you do well?
Did you ever eat school lunch? How was it? Did you ever pack a lunch? Did you ever eat off-campus? Do you like the idea of schools having vending machines?
Did you take a foreign language in school? Did you learn a foreign language in school? Do you know any ASL? What languages do you know? what languages do you wish you knew?
Have you ever participated in a study-abroad program? Would you let your kids spend a semester in a foreign country? Does the specific country matter? Would you let them spend a year? Do you think service abroad programs are educational? How do you feel about service in a foreign country without a sponsoring organization? How do you feel about Peace Corps?
Would it make your decision easier or harder if they were going with a friend? What if the friend was not their same gender? What if they went with a larger group of people?
Do you think there are subjects that everybody should study? If yes what subjects do you think everybody should learn? Do you think it is better for a person to really excel at one thing, or to have a basic understanding of a lot of things? How involved do you think a child should be in setting their curriculum? Do you think that anyone can learn anything?
Are there books that you think everyone should read? Is "Up from Slavery" one of them? Are there books that you don't think people should read? Did you have/use Encyclopedias when you were growing up? Do you think you will actually own a set of encyclopedias?
Questions for Couples: Ice Breakers
Do you prefer chocolate of flowers? What’s your favorite kind of chocolate? What’s your favorite kind of flower? What’s your favorite color of flower? What’s your least favorite color of flower.
Which parent do you look most like?
What was your childhood dream?
Did you ever have an imaginary friend? what was it? what was it’s name?
If you could have any pet, which one would you choose?
Are you a competitive person? How would you react if you date beat you at something?
do you consider yourself outgoing or shy?
Do you believe that a relationship comes easily or takes work?
Were you a bully when you were younger?
What is the most dangerous thing you have ever done?
Have you ever broken any bones? How?
What is your most embarrassing moment?
What is your favorite jelly bean?
Do you like to pull pranks? what is the best prank you have ever been a part of? If you don’t like pranks, why not?
What color are your eyes? Do you like your eye color?
What is your favorite color?
Do you prefer to use cash or card? How many cards do you have?
How often do you use them?
Have you ever left the state you live in?
Where is your favorite place?
What are your hobbies?
What is the craziest thing you have ever done?
What do you do when you are bored?
Did you have a pet as a child? What was it’s name?
Who is your hero? Why are they your hero?
Who in you life has made an impression on you?
Who is your best friend and why?
Which parent do you look most like?
What was your childhood dream?
Did you ever have an imaginary friend? what was it? what was it’s name?
If you could have any pet, which one would you choose?
Are you a competitive person? How would you react if you date beat you at something?
do you consider yourself outgoing or shy?
Do you believe that a relationship comes easily or takes work?
Were you a bully when you were younger?
What is the most dangerous thing you have ever done?
Have you ever broken any bones? How?
What is your most embarrassing moment?
What is your favorite jelly bean?
Do you like to pull pranks? what is the best prank you have ever been a part of? If you don’t like pranks, why not?
What color are your eyes? Do you like your eye color?
What is your favorite color?
Do you prefer to use cash or card? How many cards do you have?
How often do you use them?
Have you ever left the state you live in?
Where is your favorite place?
What are your hobbies?
What is the craziest thing you have ever done?
What do you do when you are bored?
Did you have a pet as a child? What was it’s name?
Who is your hero? Why are they your hero?
Who in you life has made an impression on you?
Who is your best friend and why?
Questions for Couples: Education
Do you feel strongly about education?
How much education do you have?
How important do you think formal education is? What about degrees?
Would you get a degree from an unaccredited school? why or why not?
How do you feel about preschool? Did you attend one? do you want your kids to attend one? would you ever try to run one?
Do you have any educational licenses? How important do you think licenses and accreditations are?
Would you ever home school your kids? would you home school other peoples children? How do you feel about educational co-ops, where groups of parents teach different subjects to each others children?
Do you prefer public school or private schools? what about charter schools?
What do you think are the advantages of each? what do you think are their disadvantages?
Are you willing to consider that they may not be what you think that they are?
Would you prefer a church run school? What about a church-like school? Would you attend (or send kids to) a school that was affiliated with a different religion?
How important do you think religious education is?
Would you ever send your kids to a boarding school? an out-of-state boarding school? a youth wilderness program?
How much education do you have?
How important do you think formal education is? What about degrees?
Would you get a degree from an unaccredited school? why or why not?
How do you feel about preschool? Did you attend one? do you want your kids to attend one? would you ever try to run one?
Do you have any educational licenses? How important do you think licenses and accreditations are?
Would you ever home school your kids? would you home school other peoples children? How do you feel about educational co-ops, where groups of parents teach different subjects to each others children?
Do you prefer public school or private schools? what about charter schools?
What do you think are the advantages of each? what do you think are their disadvantages?
Are you willing to consider that they may not be what you think that they are?
Would you prefer a church run school? What about a church-like school? Would you attend (or send kids to) a school that was affiliated with a different religion?
How important do you think religious education is?
Would you ever send your kids to a boarding school? an out-of-state boarding school? a youth wilderness program?
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