36 Questions That Can Make Two Strangers Fall in Love

Looking for love? Hoping to fall back in love? Bob Marrow tracked down the questions that can create, and possibly restore, intimacy.

You might have read or heard about To Fall in Love with Anyone, Do This. Two people (it could be a man and a woman but not necessarily) fall in love by asking and answering 36 increasingly personal questions and then staring into each other’s eyes for four minutes. It probably helps if they each want to fall in love. The experiment worked for strangers who met in the laboratory of Dr. Arthur Arons, a psychologist, more than 20 years ago. His experiment provided a shortcut to falling love; saving not only time but also thousands of dollars in restaurant bills and uncountable anxious moments sending or waiting for texts or emails.

You already know how to stare into someone’s eyes and you can set your smartphone timer for four minutes. But, do you know the 36 increasingly personal questions devised by Dr. Arons?