What is a small thing that made your day better?
Easy Questions for a First Hello
A good icebreaker for a video chat is easy to answer, has nothing to do with personal details, and leaves room for a follow-up. Everyday questions do all three: everyone had a day, and everyone can describe a bit of it.
- What is a small thing that made your day better?
- What does a good Sunday look like for you?
- What is the view from your window right now?
- Are you a morning person, or does the day start later for you?
- What is something you are looking forward to this week?
- What was the last thing that made you laugh out loud?
- If you had a free afternoon tomorrow, how would you spend it?
- What is the weather like where you are today?
Questions About Music, Movies and Food
Taste questions are some of the best things to talk about on a video chat. The answer is quick, and the reason behind it is where the conversation actually starts — so after she names a song, ask what it reminds her of.
Music & Movies
- Which song have you played more than once this week?
- What is a movie you could watch again tonight?
- Which singer would you go to see live, if they played near you?
- What show are you in the middle of right now?
- Is there a song that always reminds you of a certain summer?
- What music do you put on when you need to get things done?
- What is a film everyone loves that you never got into?
- If your week had a soundtrack, what would be on it?
Food
- What food would you happily recommend to someone new to your city?
- What is your go-to comfort food after a long day?
- Coffee, tea, or something else to start the day?
- What is a dish you can cook really well?
- What is the best thing you have eaten this month?
- Sweet breakfast or savoury breakfast?
- Is there a food from where you live that visitors always get wrong?
- What snack would you bring on a long road trip?
Questions About Hobbies and Free Time
What someone does for fun is easier to talk about than what they do for work, and it tends to come with stories. If she mentions something you have never tried, say so — asking how it works is a perfectly good next question.
- What is a hobby you would try just for fun?
- What do you do when you want to switch off?
- Is there something you taught yourself to do?
- What is a skill you would love to be good at?
- Are you more into staying in or going out at the weekend?
- What is a place you have been that you would go back to?
- Do you play any games, on a phone, console or a board?
- What is something you got into recently that surprised you?
Playful Choices That Keep Things Light
Either-or questions are fast, and there is no wrong answer. They work well when a conversation has gone quiet, or when you share only a little of a language: “beach or snow?” needs very few words.
- Would you rather have a perfect beach day or a snowy weekend?
- What is a harmless opinion you will always defend?
- Cats, dogs, or neither?
- Would you rather be able to speak every language or play every instrument?
- Pineapple on pizza: yes or no?
- Would you rather travel to the past or the future, just for one day?
- Sunrise or sunset?
- If you could only eat one cuisine for a year, which would it be?
How to Use a Conversation Starter Without Sounding Scripted
- Pick one you would answer yourself. If you have no opinion about pineapple on pizza, the question will sound borrowed.
- Ask one, then listen. A starter opens the door; the follow-up is yours. “Why that one?” works after almost any answer.
- Answer it too. A question with your own answer attached feels like a conversation, not an interview.
- Use what is on screen. The room behind her, the time of day where she is — a question about what you can both see is the most natural opener there is.
- Type it if that is easier. Every video chat on Yapping Chat has a message box, and her messages can be translated with one tap.
What to Talk About With a Girl on a Video Call
The same things you would talk about with anyone you have just met — the trick is to pick topics she can answer from where she is sitting:
- Where she is right now. The time of day there, the weather, what she can see from her window. It is easy, and it is always true.
- What she has been listening to or watching. Ask for one song or one show, then ask why.
- Food from where she lives. Everyone has an opinion about the best thing to eat in their own town.
- Her language. Ask how to say hello or thank you in her first language, and try it back — badly is fine.
- Small plans. What she is doing this weekend, or the next thing she is looking forward to.
Swap the turns: answer each question yourself before asking the next.
How to Keep a Video Call Conversation Going
The first question is the easy part. On a first video call especially, what keeps things going is the second and third thing you say — and most of them can come out of her last answer instead of a new list.
- Follow the detail, not the topic. If she says she spent the weekend at a cousin’s wedding, “what was the best part?” goes further than jumping to music. Pick one word from her answer and ask about it.
- Bridge before you switch. When a topic is done, tie the next one to it: “That reminds me — do you cook, or is it mostly takeaway?” A bridge sounds like a conversation; a cold jump sounds like a questionnaire.
- Tell a short story of your own. A quiet moment often means she has answered three questions in a row. Share something small from your day and let her react to it.
- Come back to something from earlier. “Wait, you said you play guitar — what do you play?” shows you were listening, and it restarts a topic you already know she likes.
- Have a spare question ready. If you run out of yapping topics, keep two or three questions from the lists above in mind before the call starts.
If the conversation has simply run its course, that is fine too. Say you enjoyed it, thank her for her time, and end the call on a good note — a short call that ends warmly beats a long one that drags.
Questions and Topics to Avoid
The first minute is about being comfortable, so leave these out:
- Anything that pins down where she is — her address, her workplace, her school, her full name.
- Requests to move to another app or to swap social handles and phone numbers.
- Money, payments or codes of any kind, in either direction.
- Pushing after a no. If she does not want to answer something, move on — nobody owes an answer to a starter.
The same goes the other way: you do not have to answer anything you would rather keep private. The Safety page covers what to keep to yourself, and how to leave or report a chat.
Try Your Next Question in a Video Chat
Copy a question, then start a one-on-one video chat on Yapping Chat — get matched straight away, or pick from the girls online. Calls are paid with coins; Pricing explains how charging works before you begin. New to chatting with someone you have never met? Talking to strangers on Yapping Chat covers what the first minute is like.