{"id":8970,"date":"2025-08-06T15:59:25","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T15:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/helpusdefend.com\/?p=8970"},"modified":"2026-01-05T01:17:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T01:17:17","slug":"36-questions-to-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helpusdefend.com\/?p=8970","title":{"rendered":"36 questions to love!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8970\" class=\"elementor elementor-8970\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7012c12 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7012c12\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-874291e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"874291e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><h1 id=\"section-post-header\" class=\"journal-header_title\">36 Questions to Fall In Love<\/h1><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1152f7c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1152f7c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"312\">The <strong data-start=\"4\" data-end=\"38\">36 Questions That Lead to Love<\/strong> are a set of questions designed by psychologist <strong data-start=\"87\" data-end=\"102\">Arthur Aron<\/strong> and colleagues to help people build intimacy. They gradually increase in personal depth and vulnerability, and were popularized in a 2015 <em data-start=\"241\" data-end=\"257\">New York Times<\/em> article titled \u201cTo Fall in Love With Anyone, Do This.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"314\" data-end=\"405\">They&#8217;re divided into <strong data-start=\"335\" data-end=\"349\">three sets<\/strong>, each more probing than the last. Here&#8217;s the full list:<\/p>\n<ol role=\"list\">\n<li>Given the choice of anyone in the world, whom would you want as a dinner guest?<\/li>\n<li>Would you like to be famous? In what way?<\/li>\n<li>Before making a telephone call, do you ever rehearse what you are going to say? Why?<\/li>\n<li>What would constitute a &#8220;perfect&#8221; day for you?<\/li>\n<li>When did you last sing to yourself? To someone else?<\/li>\n<li>If you were able to live to the age of 90 and retain either the mind or body of a 30-year-old for the last 60 years of your life, which would you want?<\/li>\n<li>Do you have a secret hunch about how you will die?<\/li>\n<li>Name three things you and your partner appear to have in common.<\/li>\n<li>For what in your life do you feel most grateful?<\/li>\n<li>If you could change anything about the way you were raised, what would it be?<\/li>\n<li>Take four minutes and tell your partner your life story in as much detail as possible.<\/li>\n<li>If you could wake up tomorrow having gained any one quality or ability, what would it be?<\/li>\n<li>If a crystal ball could tell you the truth about yourself, your life, the future, or anything else, what would you want to know?<\/li>\n<li>Is there something that you&#8217;ve dreamed of doing for a long time? Why haven&#8217;t you done it?<\/li>\n<li>What is the greatest accomplishment of your life?<\/li>\n<li>What do you value most in a friendship?<\/li>\n<li>What is your most treasured memory?<\/li>\n<li>What is your most terrible memory?<\/li>\n<li>If you knew that in one year you would die suddenly, would you change anything about the way you are now living? Why?<\/li>\n<li>What does friendship mean to you?<\/li>\n<li>What roles do love and affection play in your life?<\/li>\n<li>Alternate sharing something you consider a positive characteristic of your partner. Share a total of five items.<\/li>\n<li>How close and warm is your family? Do you feel your childhood was happier than most other people&#8217;s?<\/li>\n<li>How do you feel about your relationship with your mother?<\/li>\n<li>Make three true &#8220;we&#8221; statements each. For instance, &#8220;We are both in this room feeling&#8230;&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Complete this sentence: &#8220;I wish I had someone with whom I could share&#8230;&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>If you were going to become a close friend with your partner, please share what would be important for them to know.<\/li>\n<li>Tell your partner what you like about them; be very honest this time, saying things that you might not say to someone you&#8217;ve just met.<\/li>\n<li>Share an embarrassing moment in your life.<\/li>\n<li>When did you last cry in front of another person? By yourself?<\/li>\n<li>Tell your partner something that you like about them already.<\/li>\n<li>What, if anything, is too serious to be joked about?<\/li>\n<li>If you were to die this evening with no opportunity to communicate with<br>anyone, what would you most regret not having told someone? Why haven&#8217;t<br>you told them yet?<\/li>\n<li>Your house, containing everything you own, catches fire. 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