sábado, 12 de julio de 2014

100 QUESTIONS ON DEVELOPING RELATIONSHIPS

          Human relationships are very complex issues and teenagers in particular can be contradictory and difficcult to deal.(LIFE JUST AIN´T THAT SIMPLE). Sociology, Social Anthropology, Psychology and a host of other disciplines may shed light on our personal behaviour. The questions below have been gleaned from my students´ questionnaires, from What the hell is he thinking? by Zoe Strimpel, and from John Gray´s famous book Men are from Mars Women are from Venus:

WHAT ARE THE QUALITIES YOU LOOK FOR IN A PARTNER?

ARE YOU A MISOGYNIST/ A FEMINIST /HAPPY WITH YOURSELF/A MASOCHIST/ A SADIST?

ARE YOU A PATHOLOGICAL ROMANTIC/JEALOUS/POSSESSIVE/LIAR?

DO YOU BELIEVE IN LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT/BITE/FAIRY TALES?

WHAT´S THE BIGGEST THING A PARTNER CAN DO TO SCARE YOU OFF?

DO YOU THINK A SERIOUS RELATIONSHIP MEANS THE END OF FREEDOM or GIVING UP YOUR INDEPENDENCE?

DO YOU HAVE COMMITMENT PHOBIA?

DO YOU JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN AND BE HAPPY?

WHY AND WHEN WOULD YOU CUT YOUR RELATIONSHIP OFF?

HOW LONG DO YOU HAVE TO BE IN A RELATIONSHIP BEFORE  HAVING SEX?

WHY DO SOME PEOPLE BEHAVE WEIRDLY?

HAVE YOU MADE MISTAKES IN YOUR RELATIONSHIPS?

DO YOU FEEL GUILTY/ANGRY/SAD/WORRIED/MYSTIFIED/FRUSTRATED/ EMBARRASSED/HURT/ASHAMED/MOODY/WANTED/SCARED/BORED/MISERABLE/SORRY about LOVE?

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE MAGIC OF THE FIRST DATES STOPS?

WHY CAN BREAKING UP BE SO DIFFICULT/ SCARY?

DO YOU LIVE IN YOUR OWN DREAM WORLD WITHOUT FACING REALITY?

ARE YOU THRILLED BY A NEW CONQUEST?

ARE YOU SELF-DISCIPLINED? IS YOUR CONSCIENCE IMPORTANT?

CAN YOUR CHILDHOOD MEMORIES AFFECT YOUR LOVE LIFE?

DO YOU AVOID ARGUMENTS?

DO YOU WORRY ABOUT YOUR PARTNER BEING TOO ATTACHED?

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT PUBLIC DISPLAYS OF AFFECTION AT SCHOOL?

 

HOW DO YOU REACT WHEN A FRIEND TELLS YOU THAT YOUR PARTNER HAS CHEATED ON YOU?

WHAT DO YOU DO, IF AFTER SOME  SERIOUS DIFFERENCES/ IF YOU STILL LOVE YOUR PARTNER AND/ YOU STILL WANT TO MAKE YOUR RELATIONSHIP WORK?  

DO YOU WANT TO BE IN CONTROL OF THE SITUATION IN A RELATIONSHIP? ARE YOU MANIPULATIVE?

WHAT,IN YOUR OPINION, IS A LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIP?

WHAT´S SO SCARY ABOUT MOVING IN WITH SOMEONE?

DO YOU SLEEP BETTER SHARING YOUR BED WITH YOUR PARTNER?

HOW IMPORTANT IS CLEANLINESS/NEATNESS TO YOU?WOULD AN UNTIDY LIVING PARTNER TURN YOU RIGHT OFF?physical appearance?

DO YOU FACEBOOK/TEXT SOMEONE INTO A DATE?

OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF MIND or DISTANCE MAKES THE HEART GROW FONDER? WHICH OF THESE PROVERBS DO YOU AGREE WITH THE MOST?

WHY DO SOME PARTNERS SAY THEY DON´T WANT ANYTHING, THEN KEEP RINGING/ CONTACTING YOU?

DO YOU  PLAY HARD TO GET? HAVE YOU EVER?..

CAN YOU CONTROL YOUR DESIRES?

CAN YOU EXPLAIN YOUR FEELINGS TOWARDS SB?

WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WERE STUCK IN A RELATIONSHIP?

HOW DO YOU KNOW A RELATIONSHIP IS GOING TO BE SERIOUS?

DO YOU FIND IT HARD TO BE ALONE?

WHY DOES SOMEBODY GO OFF HIS/HER PARTNER?

WOULD YOU ACCEPT YOUR PARTNER´S SUPERIOR INTELLIGENCE EASILY?

DO YOU ENJOY FLIRTING/PLAYING WITH FIRE?

WOULD YOU ACCEPT A ONE-NIGHT STAND?

DO YOU THINK IT´S FEASIBLE TO GO FROM FRIENDS TO LOVERS ?

ARE YOU UNDER PRESSURE?

DO YOU TEND TO NURTURE HOPES BASED ON VERY LITTLE/ ENJOY BREAKING PEOPLE´S HEARTS?

CAN YOU BE BEST FRIENDS WITH A PARTNER WITHOUT ANY PHYSICAL ATTRACTION AT ALL?

WHY CAN´T SOME PEOPLE LEAVE THEIR MUMS/DADS OUT OF THEIR REATIONSHIP?

WOULD YOU CHOOSE SOMEONE INFERIOR AS A PARTNER?

WOULD YOU EVER DATE YOUR PARTNER´S BROTHER/SISTER?

DO YOU EVER FANCY YOUR PARTNER´S FRIENDS?

DO YOU WORRY ABOUT MEETING A PARTNER´S FAMILY?

DO YOU TREAT YOUR PARTNER LIKE AN OBJECT?

WOULD YOU LIKE A SYMBIOTIC,DO-EVERYTHING TOGETHER-STYLE OF RELATIONSHIP?

ARE YOU, IN ANY WAY, INTIMIDATED BY YOUR PARTNER?

WOULD YOU MIND DATING A PARTNER WHO WAS STUPID IF he/she WAS REALLY BEAUTIFUL?

HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO YOU THAT YOUR FRIENDS THINK THE PERSON YOU´RE DATING IS ATTRACTIVE?

ARE YOU RESILIENT?

DO YOU FEEL OBSESSIVE ABOUT ANYONE? ARE YOU OBSESSED WITH AN IDEALIZED VERSION OF THE EX, AND NOT FACING UP TO REALITY?

ARE YOU EMOTIONALLY REPRESSED?HAVE YOU GOT STIFLED EMOTIONS?

WHY ARE SOME PEOPLE POSSESSIVE LONG AFTER THEIR RELATIONSHIP ENDED?

DO YOU RESPECT YOUR PARTNER´S FEELINGS?

HAVE YOU EVER HAD AN INTENSE BATTLE WITH YOUR OWN BASIC INSTINCTS? HAVE YOU MADE PEACE WITH THEM?

HOW SOON AFTER ONE RELATIONSHIP ENDS DO YOU CONSIDER IT O.K. TO ENTER ANOTHER ONE?

HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT A PARTNER WHO HAS or(NOT) GOT MUCH EXPERIENCE?IS INEXPERIENCE (UN)ATTRACTIVE?

WHAT´S THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF EXs A PARTNER CAN HAVE SLEPT WITH FOR YOU TO FEEL COMFORTABLE?

DO YOU PREFER QUANTITY OVER QUALITY?

DOES IT MATTER TO YOU HOW RICH OR POOR A PERSON IS? ARE YOU A GOLD DIGGER?

DO YOU FANCY YOUNGER PARTNERS? ARE YOU A CRADLE SNATCHER?

DO YOU GENUINELY WANT TO GET MARRIED IN WHITE?

HOW IMPORTANT IS IT THAT YOUR PARTNER HAS SIMILAR INTERESTS TO YOU?

DO YOU LIKE PARTNERS ON A DATE TO BE TALKATIVE or QUIET AND MYSTERIOUS?

HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT GOING SHOPPING WITH YOUR PARTNER?

ARE YOU SENSITIVE/SENSIBLE?

WOULD YOU RATHER LIVE SINGLE AND HOPEFUL THAN MARRIED AND HOPELESS?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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