The And Questions Worth Staying For

18 questions that leave room for “and…”

1. What story from this year still has an unfinished sentence?
2. Which place should we return to because the conversation there was unfinished?
3. What is something you started telling me once and never got to the good part?
4. If tonight had a second course of talk, what would you serve?
5. Who in your life do you wish we had more time to discuss with care?
6. What ordinary object on this table could start a surprisingly honest story?
7. Which trip, meal, or song still has a detail you have not given me yet?
8. What question would you ask if we promised not to wrap it up neatly?
9. What are you curious about in my week that I probably skipped in the recap?
10. If we stayed one hour later, what topic would finally get air?
11. What compliment have you been saving because it felt too specific for text?
12. Which shared joke still has a backstory I only half know?
13. What would you add to our life if we treated “and” as a plan, not a delay?
14. What conversation do you want to continue the next time we cook?
15. Which guest, if they were here, would change the questions we ask each other?
16. What is a small yes we could add to this week without rearranging everything?
17. Where should the next good talk happen so it does not compete with dishes?
18. What should we leave on the table — literally or not — as a reason to sit down again?