Date night questions
Better than scrolling your phones across the table.
The difference between a good date night and a great one is rarely the restaurant. It is whether you actually talked, or just ate.
Keep these on your phone for the next one: openers for over dinner, playful ones for between courses, and a few to end the night on.
Date night / Over dinner1 / 72
What is the best part of your day that I have not heard about yet?
Over dinner
- 1What is the best part of your day that I have not heard about yet?
- 2What are you actually in the mood to talk about tonight?
- 3What made you smile on your way to meet me tonight?
- 4What is the one dish on this menu you almost never order?
- 5If you could only order one thing here again, what would it be?
- 6What is a meal from your childhood you still crave sometimes?
- 7What is the most memorable meal you and I have ever shared together?
- 8What is the first thing you noticed when you walked in here tonight?
- 9What is a restaurant you have been wanting to try with me?
- 10What is the last bite on your plate you always save for yourself?
- 11What is a food you pretend to enjoy more than you really do?
- 12What is on your mind that you want to let go of tonight?
- 13What is the strangest food you have ever eaten on a dare?
- 14What is a family recipe you wish you had actually learned?
- 15What table manners did you get away with breaking as a kid?
- 16What do you want to toast to tonight?
Getting to know each other
- 17What is something about you that surprised me but you have never explained?
- 18What is a hobby you would try tonight if we had unlimited time?
- 19What is an opinion of yours I would probably disagree with?
- 20What is a talent you have that I still have not seen?
- 21What is a place near here you have always wanted to explore?
- 22What is a question about me you have never actually asked?
- 23What is something you learned about yourself this year?
- 24What is a small habit of mine that you have never mentioned?
- 25What is something you are curious about that has nothing to do with us?
- 26What is a skill you wish you had started learning years ago?
- 27What is a story about you that almost nobody knows?
- 28What is a belief of yours that has quietly shifted this year?
- 29What is a version of you I have not met yet?
- 30What is the most interesting thing you have learned this month?
Fun and games
- 31What silly bet do you want to make with me right now?
- 32What game could you beat me at without even trying?
- 33What is a rematch you still owe me from another night?
- 34What impression could you do of me if you had to?
- 35What is the silliest dare you would actually do for me right now?
- 36What talent contest could you and I have right here at this table?
- 37What is your go-to move if this place suddenly turned into a dance floor?
- 38What is a nickname you would give me if we met tonight for the first time?
- 39What is the most dramatic thing you would do to win an argument with me?
- 40What movie scene would you cast us in right now if you could?
- 41What is the most ridiculous compliment you could give me right now?
- 42What would you do if I challenged you to a staring contest right now?
- 43What is a game from your childhood you would still be great at?
- 44What is the most convincing lie you could tell me and get away with?
A little deeper
- 45What does a night like this mean to you right now?
- 46What is something about tonight you will still remember a year from now?
- 47What is one way I could make date nights feel even better for you?
- 48What is something you are grateful for about us that you rarely say?
- 49What is a version of our future you think about when it is quiet?
- 50What is something about choosing me every day that still feels new to you?
- 51What is a moment from tonight so far that you want to hold onto?
- 52What do you notice about me that tells you how I am really doing?
- 53What is something you have been proud of us for lately?
- 54What is your favorite part of a date night that is not the food or the place?
- 55What is something about slowing down tonight that you actually needed?
- 56What is something you want us to try together before the year ends?
- 57What makes tonight feel different to you from any other night together?
- 58What is one thing you want me to know before this night ends?
Ending the night
- 59What was your favorite part of tonight so far?
- 60What is one thing about tonight you did not expect?
- 61What do you want to do the second we get home?
- 62What is the last thing you want to talk about before we call it a night?
- 63What is a moment from tonight you want to remember on a hard day?
- 64What is something tonight taught you about me that you did not know before?
- 65What are you already looking forward to about our next date night?
- 66What do you think is the best way for a night like this to end?
- 67What is one thing tonight that made you glad you carved out this time?
- 68Where do you want to take me on our next date night?
- 69What is the last thought you want in your head before you fall asleep tonight?
- 70What is something small from tonight you want to say thank you for?
- 71What is one word you would use to describe how tonight went?
- 72What do you want the rest of tonight to look like?
