Questions to Ask a Girl

If you found your way to this list, you are somewhere on the lifelong journey of trying to better understand women. This list will not solve your riddle for you, but hopefully it provides the fodder for the kinds of conversations that will help you come closer to the women in your life.

Whether you’re looking to ask questions to a girl you just met, starting a new friendship, preparing for a date, or just sparking a conversation with an old friend, this list of questions to ask a girl is the perfect place to start. We’ve put together this list of questions that cover everything from light, playful topics to deeper insights into her passions, interests, and values.

So best of luck! And remember, the right answers to these questions are whatever she says.

  1. What do you think would shock the younger you most about the older you?
  2. What is your hottest take about the differences between men and women?
  3. If you woke up in the body of someone of the opposite gender, what would you be interested to find out or do?
  4. What is one thing you’re good at that people don’t expect?
  5. What is the smallest thing for which you are grateful?
  6. What celebrity do you think you would be the closest friends with?
  7. What about growing up is harder for a girl than a boy?
  8. What do you respect most about your best friend?
  9. Do you feel like you are more or less memorable than the average person?
  10. What was most different about your life one year ago?
  11. What things do you think men are generally worse at than women?
  12. What is an aspect of fashion that men think looks good but women generally do not like?
  13. Do you think men or women are generally better at maintaining friendships?
  14. What three things are you looking for (or were you looking for) in a partner?
  15. What fact about yourself took you the longest to understand or accept?
  16. Who is your “hide a dead body” friend? (Note: not necessarily your best friend)
  17. What three person group would you have the easiest time road tripping across the country with?
  18. If you were limited to only three groomsmen / bridesmaids who would they be?
  19. Which of the five senses would you say is your strongest?
  20. Do you think you spend more or less time in front of a mirror than the average person?
  21. What was your sexual awakening?
  22. In what way do you consider yourself unique? (You can’t opt out by saying you aren’t unique)
  23. What stereotype fits you best?
  24. What is one thing that instantly makes your day better?
  25. What three things do we have in common?
  26. What percentage of the time have you kissed on the first date?
  27. If you had a magic wand, what one change would you make to traditional gender norms?
  28. What is the biggest risk you ever took?
  29. What is your favorite board game?
  30. What was the most physical pain you have ever been in?
  31. What is the “strangest” thing you believe in? Do you believe in the supernatural? Heaven, angels, ghosts? Luck, fate, magic? Mind reading, lizard people, the Illuminati? Where do you draw the line of belief and disbelief?
  32. Have you ever won an award?
  33. What do you know isn’t real, but want badly to actually exist?
  34. If you could send high school you a one sentence message from current you (ten words max) what would it say?
  35. What aspect of health is easiest to you? Most difficult?
  36. What is something money related that you’re embarrassed to admit you don’t fully understand? (e.g. taxes, investments, mortgages, etc)
  37. What expensive thing is absolutely worth the money?
  38. What is your most irrational fear?
  39. When and where do you get your best ideas?
  40. What is the first thing you hope people notice about you?
  41. What has changed the most about your palette in the last ten years?
  42. How important is the idea of “seeing the world” to you personally?
  43. How do you think we could handle disagreements better?
  44. What is the worst song you absolutely love?
  45. Do you think you are more or less dramatic than your peers?
  46. If you could have been experience just one aspect of being a woman, what would you choose?