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"It&amp;amp;#8217;s anybody&amp;amp;#8217;s guess what level of &amp;amp;#8220;talker&amp;amp;#8221; your date is going to be&amp;amp;#8212;or how much of an open book. If the person is quiet and reserved, it&amp;amp;#8217;s best to bring him out with a few questions. That&amp;amp;#8217;s easier said than done. I find the two questions that get quiet girls talking most are, &amp;amp;#8220;Did you see The Bachelor last night?&amp;amp;#8221; and &amp;amp;#8220;How did you meet your boyfriend?&amp;amp;#8221; But if you&amp;amp;#8217;re on a date, and you&amp;amp;#8217;re talking to a guy, those won&amp;amp;#8217;t work.In the past, when I&amp;amp;#8217;ve been bored on a date, I&amp;amp;#8217;ve gone into journalist mode, firing off questions. But men find interrogations a big turn-off. And while it&amp;amp;#8217;s true that people like to talk about themselves, you don&amp;amp;#8217;t want to bombard anyone with Qs. Your date won&amp;amp;#8217;t feel comfortable and might not be honest. So pick one or two questions and make them count. To be smooth about it, try not to sound like you&amp;amp;#8217;re questioning them at all. Use a third-person example like, &amp;amp;#8220;My friend started taking trombone lessons in order to relieve stress. I&amp;#x27;m attending her recital next week. Do you play any instruments...?&amp;quot; (Okay, not the best example, but you catch my drift.) The conversational master at work. Below is a list of questions that will help you learn important qualities about your date, without having to remember you were supposed to be looking for those things. 1. Where did you go to college, and why did you choose it? For some reason, I&amp;amp;#8217;ve always loved this question. Watch out if a guy talks about the chicks on campus or the proximity to home and mommy. It&amp;amp;#8217;s also useful to know if he chose the school because it&amp;amp;#8217;s near the ski slopes, he had a badminton scholarship, or it&amp;amp;#8217;s a big party school. 2. How did you get into your profession? This one is similar. But it gives them a chance to talk about their rise to the top, or their passion for law or teaching&amp;amp;#133;or else it&amp;amp;#8217;ll tell you this person kinda fell into a job and never got out. Maybe he isn&amp;amp;#8217;t happy on a day-to-day basis, isn&amp;amp;#8217;t ambitious, or is looking to make a big change that might take up a lot of time he might otherwise be spending with you. He might even tell you he&amp;amp;#8217;s considering going after an MBA, in which case you know ahead of time that if things do work out, you can write off two years of your life. 3. Are you the first-born, middle child, or the baby of the family? This will get him to talk about his relationship with his family without you having to ask the surface-level Q, &amp;amp;#8220;Do you have any siblings?&amp;amp;#8221; By explaining his birth order, you might get an understanding of what kind of personality he has&amp;amp;#8212;or perceives himself to have, in relation to sibs (e.g. the responsible older brother, spoiled only child, etc.). He might also describe home life, childhood, or spill something revealing like, &amp;amp;#8220;I haven&amp;#x27;t spoken to my brother in 7 years.&amp;amp;#8221; 4. Where did you take your last vacation? Maybe you just got back from Miami; drop that in and then ask if he&amp;#x27;s been able to get away recently. If applicable, he&amp;amp;#8217;ll name a place and maybe go into his vacay M.O. (Beach bum? Hiking enthusiast? 5-star only?). Or you might find out he&amp;amp;#8217;s a workaholic, he already travels 5 days a week for work, or he&amp;amp;#8217;s saving up for a house. 5. What do you do to blow off steam? Get ready for answers as varied as: Drink. Exercise. Complain. Watch the Food Network. Strangle people. (Kidding.) 6. Are you looking for a relationship? I actually think this is okay. You&amp;amp;#8217;re not saying what you&amp;amp;#8217;re looking for although it&amp;amp;#8217;s pretty obvious. Hopefully he&amp;amp;#8217;ll tell the truth&amp;amp;#8212;whether he&amp;amp;#8217;s looking for something serious or he&amp;amp;#8217;s &amp;amp;#8220;just having fun.&amp;amp;#8221; Remember, do not say, &amp;amp;#8220;When do you want to get married?&amp;amp;#8221; This Q is simply, &amp;amp;#8220;What are you in the market for?&amp;amp;#8221; What&amp;amp;#8217;s your go-to date question? What problems have you had with date conversations? Do you have any questions for me? More Ways to Get Glamour You could win $50,000 just for registering for or logging in to Glamour.com! Sign up for Glamour.com&amp;amp;#8217;s Style Tips of the Week and Beauty Tip of the Day newsletters! Add Glamour to your iGoogle homepage. Follow us on Twitter!"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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