Quarantine Conversation Starters
With so much tragic news each day, it can be hard to connect positively with friends. Yet psychologists say that lighthearted conversation is more essential now than ever. Here are some conversation starters to boost the mood!
“Watched anything good lately? Not ‘Tiger King’—I watched that already. And not any major news outlet for the past six hundred hours—I also watched that.”
“It’s so nice to see a human mouth! What other human mouths have you seen today?”
“I love your houseplants! Is that a peace lily behind you?” (If no houseplants: “Is that a wall behind you?”)
“How are your kids handling remote learning? I had to teach mine all fifty states and when each major metropolis will exhaust its essential resources.”
“Have you been outside recently? Were there trees? Did they rustle in a breeze?”
“I love your shirt! What else are you wearing? Pants? Shoes?”
“Have you taken up any new hobbies? I never really understood knitting before, but now I love to curl up on the couch and knit rolls and rolls of toilet paper!”
“Do you think you could draw a gym from memory?”
“I had a dream last night that I was at a restaurant, and, when the waiter poured my water, his hand accidentally brushed against mine, and I woke up sobbing for our lost world. Have you had any weird dreams lately?”
“What do you think of the new Zoom updates? Which Zoom update is your favorite?”
“I saw a fun thing at the grocery store last week. Oh, sorry, I told you this already. Have you seen anything fun at the grocery store recently?"
“What’s, like, the craziest thing you’ve used to sanitize your doorknobs?”
“What’s the commute like from your bed to your desk?”
“Travelled anywhere new in your apartment lately?”
“What book have you been reading without absorbing anything because Dr. Fauci is talking?”
“What outside objects do you miss touching with your bare hands the most?”