Foolproof First Date Icebreakers


Use any of these gems as your first date ticket to second date happy land.

#01

So do you get along with your parents?


(I don't know what I would do if I couldn't go back east and see mine at least a few times a year... my sister too. We're really close.)

#02

Do you want to be buried or creamated when you die?

#03

Come here often? How often? What time?

#04

How big are your student loans?


(I don't know what I'm going to do when I can't defer mine any more!)

#05

What's the minimum amount of time you would date someone before proposing marriage?

#06

The maximum?


(And how about the average?)

#07

Have you worked through your Oedipal complex?


(The last person I dated had sex dreams about their parents at least 3 times a week.)

#08

What's your favorite antidepressant?


(I just drink a lot to deal with my problems.)

#09

When you say "experimented," what do you mean by that?

#10

You're on the cusp of what again?


(My moon is rising in Christianity and my sun setting in Islam. Or... wait.)

#11

Ever been to Tijuana?

#12

Wanna hear a funny joke from South Park?

#13

What's your solution to the subprime mortgage crisis?


(I think the government should get involved too.)

#14

Have you taken a stress test?