21 Questions for a Deeper Understanding of Your Partner
It’s a fact: relationships require effort if they are to be successful. No matter how deeply you care for one another, there are times when it’s hard to maintain that connection. The good news is that there is a way to build a stronger connection and a deeper understanding between you and your partner. By asking the right questions, you can gain insight into your significant other’s preferences, values and feelings. Here are 21 questions aimed at helping you build a stronger bond with your partner.
Questions about Priorities
1. What are your top priorities in life?
2. What do you want to accomplish in the long term?
3. What is your idea of a fulfilling life?
4. What does your ideal day look like?
Questions about Communication
5. How would you describe our communication style as partners?
6. What communication methods work best for you?
7. How do you prefer to receive bad news?
8. What are your expectations of me in communicating with you?
Questions about Intimacy
9. What is your ideal level of intimacy in a relationship?
10. How would you define sexual intimacy?
11. What should we do to keep our physical and emotional connections strong?
12. What would you like to change about our current sex life?
Questions about Values and Beliefs
13. What are your core values?
14. Which values do you think we share and which ones don’t we?
15. What role does faith play in your life?
16. What are your beliefs surrounding parenting?
Questions about Growth and Development
17. What areas of your life do you want to improve upon?
18. What personal growth goals do you have?
19. What inspires you to grow and develop as a person?
20. What kind of support do you need from me to help you grow?
Questions about Happiness and Fulfillment
21. What makes you happiest in our relationship?
22. What moments stand out to you as the happiest in our time together?
23. What new things or experiences would make you happiest?
24. What is your definition of true happiness?
Asking these 21 questions can help deepen your understanding of your partner, clarify expectations and increase empathy and connection. While they’re good starting points, as your relationship grows, continue to create your own questions and share them with each other. Remember, building a solid relationship takes work, and these conversations can help you continue down the path of growth and fulfillment together.
