Dating
(speaking)
By María Inés Fernández
Which qualities are most important to
you in a romantic partner?
Choose three and explain your choices:
physical appearance, common interests,
fashion sense, kindness, intelligence,
honesty, marriage potential, other.
First date:
Do you remember your first date? What can you tell me about it?
What would be your ideal first date?
Have you ever been set up on a blind date? How did it go? If not, would you try it?
Do you have any bizarre experiences on a first date from you or any of your friends?
Do you like to talk a lot? Are you quiet when you first meet someone? Is it okay if one
person does most of the talking on a date?
What do you like to talk about when on a date?
What are the red flags you look out for when you first meet someone?
Is it important to be punctual in your first date? Why?
Do you belive in love at first sight?
Online dating
How do you feel about online dating? Is it a good way to meet people? Why/why not?
Have you tried it?
Do you have any tips for people who are interested in online dating but don’t have
much experience with it yet?
Do you belive it is dangerous? What is ‘catfishing’?
Do you feel like it’s easy to tell if someone is lying through text messages?
What apps have you tried?
Why do you think people use online dating?
Do you think that people who meet through dating apps are more likely or less likely
to get married than people who meet through traditional methods?
What do you think is the most important thing to consider when using online
dating?
What is the best thing about it? And the worst?
Rules
Is it okay to date someone your friend already dated? Or are they off-limits?
What is the appropriate age to start dating?
Is a big age gap important for you?
Is it okay to date several people at the same time?
Is it a man's responsibility to ask a woman out? If you're a woman, have you asked
a man out on a first date?
When should you introduce your boyfriend/girlfriend to your parents?
Who should pay on a first date?
Do you ‘go Dutch’ when dating? Is it usual for people in your country to ‘go Dutch’ if
you go out together?
Random questions
Isn’t it better to go for an arranged marriage and do away with the hassles of
dating?
Do you think dating today is any different from dating 50 years ago?
What do you think parents worry about when their kids start dating?
If you could go on a date with anyone in the world, who would it be with and why?
Are there any superstitions on making someone fall in love with you? Have you
heard of any successful ‘love potions’?
Would you wait on a person you were dating for a long time if they joined the
army? How about if they went to prison?
Do you think fairy tales influence our choice of a partner?
Can you predict who will make a good couple? Have you introduced people to each
other in the hope they would become a couple?
Let’s discuss some vocabulary!
[Link]
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Thank you!
See you next time!