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1. dater
   Member

   Hi,
   Im appealing to creative CR thinkers:
   what are good conversation starters on a date?
   similar threads have been posted up here but I need help
   with coming up with specific questions that I can ask that
   can get conversation started...
   perhaps even funny questions or thought provoking questions...
   any ideas????

   Posted 7 months ago #

2. mommamia22
   Member

   What made you choose your career/yeshiva (as opposed to another)? Or, how did you choose it? People love to talk about what leads them to make their choices. It will also give you information about them and their personality.

   Posted 7 months ago #

3. yid4life
   Member

   i love asking , what was your most awkward dating experience? but I am just outgoing like that! haha

   Posted 7 months ago #

4. sam4321
   Member

   Think of it as meeting any new person.It is good to ask about normal things when you just meet someone new. (job,schedule,what they do on their free time).It is important to act natural and not force anything, be yourself I believe that is the best thing.

   Posted 7 months ago #

5. adorable
   Thin people are beautiful but fat people are adorable...Jackie Gleason

   Are you the guy asking the girl or the girl who has to think of things to say to the guy?

   Posted 7 months ago #

6. ronrsr
   Member

   my specialty is conversation stoppers. I am so good at that.

   Two that work every time: "Are you a boy or a girl?" and "Do you know I am wearing Richard Nixon's shoes?"

   no conversation has ever continued once I asked those questions.

   Posted 7 months ago #

7. mustangrider
   Member

   ronrsr - i am legit rolling right now! :D

   Posted 7 months ago #

8. popa_bar_abba
   Incorrigible; semi-retarded; eccentric; perhaps a woman; not Mod 80. Sometimes a bit over the top.

   I always started off by asking her if she wanted to be phat.

   Posted 7 months ago #

9. The Goq
   Founder and president of the CR welcome wagon!

   hilarious ron!

   Posted 7 months ago #

10. soliek
    Member

    egalitarian minyanim :P

    Posted 7 months ago #

11. dater
    Member

    adorable- im a girl. the boy im dating is pretty quiet but i can tell he would like to tell me about himself...its just he needs the right context. if we'r both having quiet moments, that does not propel him to start telling me about meaningful experiences...
    I also don't want to throw a heavy topic at him "whats most inspiring thing ever happened to u etc" out of the blue...i want it to flow and feel natural.
    However, im not that creative in coming up with conversation starters( eventhough everyone tells me its the boy's repsonsibility to carry convo) but if he's having hard time, i dont' just wana give up on him and move on, i want to give him a real chance!
    and ronrsr- im certainly not asking those questions lol!

    so jokes aside, any other ideas for conversation starters?????
    someone suggested in another thread "if you had 30 seconds to leave ur house, what would u take?" but i don't believe that there are many options one can come up with that would show me his personality...
    but s/t similiar to that question might be fun to discuss while at same time give me a glimpse into his personality...

    I know CR has real creative thinkers...so think back to ur dates and please share!

    Posted 7 months ago #

12. kapusta
    CR Queen - “Best of luck. Avoid roasted cabbage, don’t eat earwax, and look on the bright side of life!”

    Never been on a date but I'll throw this out anyway:

    Hobbies- cooking, tech stuff, plays an instrument... (this is probably an old one)
    If you and he follow current events, you can ask his opinion on something in the news.
    A little heavier, but one trait thats very important for life, in a friend etc (I was gonna say spouse but, well...)
    Favorite quote, motto, favorite joke etc

    Hatzlacha

    *kapusta*

    Posted 7 months ago #

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