A first date can be exciting, exhilarating, and potentially life-changing! But despite all your best-laid plans, you may find yourself facing a few awkward silences and stilted conversation. But if you arm yourself with our handy Top 5 Conversation Starters on a First Date, you’ll know exactly how to steer your stunted chat onto the next topic and keep the topics and laughs flowing all evening.
Our date conversation starters will help you to open up, learn more about your date, and feel more comfortable while talking about familiar and interesting topics. So, let’s get started!
1. Where are you from?
It might seem a bit obvious, but where and how a person grew up is a huge part of who they are. By sharing your memories and experiences during childhood, where you went to school, and how you spend your time through your teenage years, you’ll instantly learn a lot about each other.
Whether you discover that your backgrounds are similar or couldn’t be more different, you’ll find yourself chatting late into the night as the floodgates of memories, stories, and family tales start to pour forth.
2. What’s Your Favourite Movie/TV Show/Book?
Discussing the latest episode of Stranger Things, Brad Pitt’s latest Blockbuster, and the last truly great book you read can be a great step in keeping the conversation flowing and revealing more about you and your date’s personalities. People are rarely more comfortable and enthusiastic as when they are enthusing about the TV show they are obsessed with or a cinema genre they love.
You’ll lose yourself in the subject and lose your nervousness as well as you discuss your favourite movies, recommend your all-time best books, and convince each other to start watching the show you’re obsessed with!
3. What Are Your Hobbies
Your hobbies and past times are an integral part of your personality and make up a big part of who you are. What you find fun in your spare time is a great topic to mention during your first date. Whether you’re a huge movie buff, a massive football fan, or enjoy painting, this is the opportunity to talk about your life, preferences, and personality. You just might find out that you love doing the same thing, or perhaps you can spend some time explaining just what makes your hobby so fascinating. Either way, you’ll have plenty to talk about for a while!
4. Talk About Travel
Where was the last place you went on holiday? What’s your all-time dream vacation? Do you ever want to take an extended travel trip and explore a completely different part of the globe? What’s your all-time favourite place to head to when you need a break?
Travelling is a happy, optimistic and aspirational subject to bring up on a date, you’ll both be thinking back to your most fun, relaxing and memorable sun-soaked sojourns, and that’s bound to bring a smile to both your faces! Maybe you’ll end up travelling together to one of the destinations you discuss one day in the future!
5. What’s Your Favourite Type of Music
Music can be a great way to connect with your date. If you find out that you share the same favourite genres, rate the same music acts or often go to the same festivals, you’ll have plenty of conversation fodder! You may also end up learning about some great new acts that you can both go to see on later dates as your relationship progresses.
Don’t worry if your music tastes don’t align, unless you’re dealing with a complete music snob, it’s rarely going to be a deal breaker for a second date!
