Looking for some great conversation starters? Use these how well do you know me questions to quiz your friends or your partner and see if they know all about you!
No matter how long you’ve known someone, there are sure to be things that you still don’t know about each other. Sometimes getting to know people is easy, but sometimes it takes a little more effort. These get-to-know-me questions are the perfect tool for you to help someone get to know you.
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How To Use These How Well Do You Know Me Questions
These questions are unique because they are meant to help others get to know you. There really isn’t any wrong way to use these questions. Just grab the list and choose the ones you are interested in hearing the answers to.
When you get an answer, consider finding out how your partner or friend would answer the question about themself. After all, the best way to build a relationship is for both parties to get to know each other!
150 Get To Know Me Questions For Couples
Ambition Questions
- What is my dream job?
- What do I want most in this world?
- How many kids do I want to have?
- Where do I see myself in five years?
- Where do I see myself in ten years?
- Am I a perfectionist?
- What motivates me?
- What do I aspire to career-wise?
- Do you think I would be willing to do something dishonest to get ahead in my career?
- What do I believe is more important at work: being liked or being respected?
- If I received credit for something my coworker had done, would I take the credit, or come clean?
- Do I believe there is such a thing as too much ambition?
- When was the last time I pushed myself out of my comfort zone?
- What is the most challenging setback I have ever experienced? How did I overcome it?
- How might my career goals influence our relationship?
- What is a priority for me: family or my career?
- What would be a sign to me that I have let my ambition go too far?
- How would our relationship influence my ambition in my career?
Romantic Questions
- What do I love most about you?
- How have I changed since we got together?
- What would be my ideal romantic date?
- What is my love language?
- How do I feel about PDA?
- What is my favorite way to show love for you?
- What are my favorite things to receive as gifts?
- When do I feel the most loved?
- What is my favorite memory of the two of us?
- What does love mean to me?
- What do I love most about our physical relationship?
- What is the first thing that I noticed about you?
- How long did it take for me to fall in love with you?
- What is the best dream I’ve ever had about you?
- What is the most romantic vacation we could go on together?
- Do I feel comfortable talking about sex with you?
- What is my greatest desire for our relationship?
- How do you think I describe you to other people?
- How important is romance to me in a relationship?
- What is the craziest thing I’ve ever done to impress you?
Questions About My Goals
- Do I set New Year’s resolutions?
- What are my short-term goals?
- What are my long-term goals?
- What is one goal I have been working on for a long time?
- What goals do I have regarding my future family?
- What education goals do I have?
- Do I have set plans for my goals or do I just kind of wing it?
- What are my financial goals?
- What habits do I want to change?
- What are my goals for when I retire?
- What things do I want to achieve before I die?
- What is my main relationship goal?
- When I run into obstacles to reaching my goals, do I push through or do I give up easily?
- How much control do I feel I have over how my life turns out?
- Do I get the motivation to reach goals from external sources or from my own desires?
- What is one thing I hope my future kids understand about me?
- How have my career goals changed over the years?
- Do I have any major goals that have gone unfinished?
Questions About My Personality
- What’s something that always cheers me up when I’m sad?
- What is my biggest fear?
- If I could be any animal, what would it be?
- Would I rather spend a day with my parents or a whole weekend with yours?
- Who is my role model?
- What is my biggest insecurity?
- Am I an introvert or an extrovert?
- Am I a good listener?
- How do I feel about camping?
- Am I an artistic person?
- Do I handle serious situations well?
- What is my biggest quirk?
- Do I prefer waking up early or staying up late?
- Can I speak any other languages?
- If I found a hair in my food at a restaurant, would I kindly send it back, say nothing, or make a big scene?
- What is my favorite time of the day?
- What do I do for self-care every day?
- What do I wish I was better at?
Questions About My Past
- Have I ever had any near-death experiences?
- Have I ever gone fishing?
- What was the best day of my life so far?
- Have I ever gone hunting?
- Have I ever performed on stage?
- What is the longest I have ever stayed awake?
- What is the scariest thing I have ever experienced?
- What was a major turning point in my life?
- When was the last time I felt vulnerable?
- What have I accomplished in my life that I am proud of?
- What is my happiest memory?
- Did I have a good relationship with my parents growing up?
- What is the hardest thing I have ever experienced?
- What is my favorite vacation I’ve ever been on?
- How did I picture my life as a kid and how is it different than I expected?
- Do I have any secrets from my past that I haven’t told you?
- What do you know about my past relationships?
- Have I ever been in love?
Travel Questions
- Do I like to travel by myself or do I prefer to travel with someone?
- Do you think I would go to my high school reunion? Why or why not?
- What places have I visited in my life?
- What are the top three places I’d love to visit?
- What is my favorite way to travel and why?
- Have I ever been on a cruise and did I like it?
- If I was made to take a 3-day vacation, where would I go and what would I do?
- If I could teleport anywhere in the world right now, where would I go?
- Do I like road trips? What is the longest one I’ve ever been on?
- What is the most exotic place I’ve ever traveled to?
- Have I ever flown business class on a plane?
- If given the chance, would I ever live overseas?
- Would I rather live in the Bahamas or the Swiss Alps?
- Would I rather visit Europe or Asia?
- Do I prefer visiting the great outdoors or a big city?
- What is my biggest worry when I’m traveling?
- If I could take any vacation and money was no object, where would I go?
- What is the scariest experience I have ever had while traveling?
- What is the farthest I have traveled from home?
- How do I feel about traveling with my future (or current) kids?
Relationship Questions
- What three things do I like most about you?
- How do I feel about marriage?
- What is the most important thing to me in a relationship?
- What would my dream wedding be like?
- What is my favorite activity to do with you?
- What is a deal-breaker for me in a relationship?
- What do I wish we did more as a couple?
- Have I ever been on a blind date?
- What made me fall in love with you?
- When do I feel the most connected to you?
- What are my expectations in a romantic relationship?
- Do I have any unrealistic expectations about relationships?
- What was my first impression of you?
- What makes me happiest in our relationship?
- What is my biggest fear about our relationship?
- In what ways do I think our relationship could improve?
- What do I think makes our relationship different from everyone else’s?
- What is my biggest strength in our relationship?
- What do I think your biggest strength is in our relationship?
- What is the biggest lesson I have learned about relationships?
Deep Questions to Ask
- How long have my parents been together and do you think I aspire to have what they have?
- What do I care more about: money or passion?
- When my parents get old, will I want them to move in with me or have them live in a nursing home?
- How do I feel about adoption?
- What makes me the happiest?
- What makes me angry?
- What makes me sad?
- How do I process my emotions?
- What do I love most about myself?
- What makes me nervous?
- What do I consider to be my biggest weakness?
- Who was the most influential person in my life?
- What are the telltale signs that I am stressed?
- What is something I want to be remembered for?
- What is one thing I would change about human nature?
- What event in my life has shaped me more than anything else?
- When have I been the most hurt by someone else?
- If I could change one thing in history, what would it be?
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Funny Questions
- What is my most embarrassing moment?
- If I could haunt one person as a ghost, who would I choose?
- What was my worst date ever?
- If I came with a warning label, what would it say?
- What three things would I bring to a deserted island?
- What is the most random thing a stranger has ever said to me?
- What is something I look really stupid doing?
- What word do I say too much?
- Do I believe in aliens?
- If I were famous for something silly, what would it be?
- What is something that I am really bad at, but wish I was better at?
- What is something ridiculous that I am really good at?
- What one item in my house would I save in the event of a fire?
- Would I rather live in Hawaii in a one-room house or in the middle of the Himalayas in a mansion?
- What was the worst hairstyle I’ve ever had?
- If I had to fight a mountain lion or a brown bear with my bare hands, which would I choose?
- What was the worst thing I have ever cooked?
- What is the most embarrassing thing I’ve ever said to my crush?
- If I were an animal, what animal would I be?
- If I had to choose between living in a freezing cold basement or a scalding hot attic, which would I choose?
- What is the craziest thing I’ve ever done on a dare?
- What is something I hope my future kids never find out about me?
- What is the funniest prank I have ever pulled?
- What is the most embarrassing puberty-related moment I’ve ever experienced?
- If I went to jail for something, what would it be for?
Food Questions
- What is my favorite food?
- What is my favorite drink?
- Do I prefer pancakes or eggs?
- What is my favorite flavor of ice cream?
- Do I prefer my coffee hot or iced?
- Do I like salty food or sweet food more?
- What is my favorite vegetable?
- What is my favorite thing to have for breakfast?
- Do I prefer Pepsi or Coke?
- How do I feel about buffets?
- Do I prefer chocolate or vanilla?
- Have I ever set anything on fire while cooking?
- Do I prefer hamburgers or hotdogs?
- What is my favorite restaurant?
- What is my favorite cereal?
- What is my favorite candy?
- Would I rather have whipped cream or chocolate syrup on my ice cream?
- What is my favorite non-alcoholic drink?
- If I could choose between having ice cream in a cup or a cone, which would I choose?
- What is my favorite kind of juice?
- Do I like tea? If so, what’s my favorite kind?
- What are my favorite pizza toppings?
- Am I a picky eater?
- What is my favorite kind of sandwich?
- Which do I prefer: cake or pie?
Childhood Questions
- What was my favorite pastime as a child?
- Do you know which city I grew up in?
- What is the worst thing I did as a child and how much trouble was I in for it?
- What were my favorite and least favorite subjects while I was in school?
- Who was my least favorite teacher in high school?
- Have I ever been in student council?
- What was the name of my elementary school?
- What clubs did I participate in during high school?
- Did I play any sports growing up?
- What is my favorite childhood memory?
- What is something about my childhood I wish I could forget?
- What year did I graduate high school?
- Have I ever had to repeat a grade in high school?
- What scared me as a kid?
- Did I get an allowance as a child?
- What are some chores I had to do growing up?
- Who was my first pet?
- What was my favorite TV show as a kid?
- When did I learn to ride a bicycle?
- What was my first job?
- What was my hobby growing up?
- When did I learn to swim?
- Who was my childhood best friend?
- How did I picture my life when I was a kid?
- What was the scariest thing I ever experienced as a kid?
Family Questions
- What are my parents’ names?
- Where do my parents live?
- What is my mom’s maiden name?
- Do I speak to my relatives often? Who am I closest to?
- Am I close to my parents?
- Am I closer to my mom or my dad?
- Are my grandparents still alive? What are their names?
- Do I have siblings?
- What do my parents do for a living?
- Do I have any nieces or nephews?
- Are my parents still together?
- Which of my parents was stricter?
- What was something I learned about my family growing up?
- What family member do I look the most like?
- Which sibling(s) am I closest with?
- Did my parents have a good relationship when I was growing up?
- How important are family reunions to me?
- Is there anyone in my family that I am embarrassed of?
- What is the weirdest thing my family does?
- How did my parents treat the people I was dating?
- How do I feel about my siblings’ spouses?
- Who was my favorite cousin growing up?
- What family traditions or rituals do I plan on carrying on with my own future family?
- What family traditions or rituals do I plan on giving up?
- Is my family crazy and fun or boring and serious?
Holiday Questions
- What is the weirdest Halloween costume I’ve ever worn?
- What is my favorite holiday?
- Do I get excited for Halloween?
- What is my favorite part about Christmas?
- Do I like to stay up until midnight partying on New Year’s Eve or do I prefer a quiet evening at home?
- What is my favorite season?
- Do I like snow?
- Do I like rain?
- What is my favorite Christmas tradition?
- What do I love most about Thanksgiving?
- Do I like fireworks?
- What do I think should be a national holiday that isn’t?
- What is a national holiday that I think shouldn’t be?
- Do I say Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays to people in December?
- What is my favorite way to spend a long three-day weekend from work?
- What memories do I have from my favorite Christmas?
- Do I prefer to get together with family for Thanksgiving?
- Do I celebrate Easter?
- Would I rather spend Christmas at home with my family or living it up on a tropical island by myself?
- How do I feel about driving in the snow?
- If I could have anything for Christmas, what would it be?
- Do I want my birthday to be a big deal, or would I rather people ignore it?
- What is the best birthday present I’ve ever received?
- If I could throw one crazy birthday party for myself, what would be included in it?
- Do I like to celebrate random occasions?
Random Questions
- What is my full name?
- When is my birthday?
- What is my dream car?
- Who is my oldest friend?
- What is my favorite movie?
- What was my first job?
- What is the longest book I’ve ever read?
- Who is my celebrity crush?
- How old was I when I had my first kiss?
- Do I have any birthmarks?
- Who is my favorite band?
- Who is my favorite cartoon character?
- How tall am I?
- If I could invite any three people (dead or living) to a dinner party, who would I invite?
- Am I an Android or an iPhone person?
- Do I blow dry my hair or do I let it dry on its own?
- Do I like to wear makeup or do I prefer a more natural look?
- Do I like bright colors or neutrals?
- Am I a cat person or a dog person?
- What’s my favorite color?
- What genre of music do I hate?
- Have I ever broken a bone?
- Do I take hot showers or lukewarm showers?
- Am I right- or left-handed?
- What is my favorite video game?
What questions would you add to the list? Tell us in the comments below!
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Michele Tripple is a renowned author and expert in the fields of parenting, relationships, and personal development. She is a certified Life Coach with her degree in marriage and family studies, her experience as a Family Life Educator, and over a decade of experience as a professional writer; Michele has authored books that provide practical advice and insights into improving family dynamics and personal growth. Her work is celebrated for its blend of research-driven information and relatable, real-world applications. Michele has been a keynote speaker at conferences and has contributed to numerous publications and media outlets, solidifying her reputation as an authoritative voice in her field and helping families build relationships.