One of my youngest daughter’s favorite games is “Would you rather?” You know, the game where you’re asked a question with two equally good (or equally bad!) choices and you have to pick one. So I thought we could play “Would you rather…Inspy Romance style” today!
Remember, you can only choose one option for each question!
And of course, one last question that doesn’t need to be asked…would you rather read or do anything else? I think we all have the same answer for that one.
Thanks for playing! I hope you had fun. How about you: do you have any “Would you rather” questions for the rest of us?
Valerie M. Bodden has three great loves: Jesus, her family, and books. And chocolate (okay, four great loves). She writes emotion-filled Christian fiction that weaves real-life problems, real-life people, and real-life faith. Her characters may (okay, will) experience some heartache along the way, but true to her tendencies as a hopeless romantic, she will always give them a happy ending. Valerie is living out her happily ever after in Wisconsin with her high-school-sweetheart-turned-husband and their four children. Visit her at www.valeriembodden.com to get a free story.
Hi Valerie, this was fun! I have a question, bouncing off one of yours:
Would you rather be the beauty or the beast?
Glad you enjoyed it! That’s a good question. My instant answer was the beauty, but now that I think about it, I do love the redemption story of the beast (I forgot to mention that I’m terrible at choosing one answer in this game, lol).
Absolutely fun, though definitely neither to some (no royalty, prefer privacy). Read, read, read, lol!!!!
True! There are some I’d have to answer neither and some I’d have to answer both (if I were to break my own rules, lol!). But yes to read, read, read!
Fun! And how about…would you rather
A. Be a newlywed looking forward to building a family
OR
B. Be an empty nester looking back on the joys of raising kids?
Good one Lincoln. As an empty nester, who’s sons are raising kids; we do a lot of looking back at joys and sometimes heartbreak in raising kids.
Oh man, that’s a hard one! But since my kids are getting closer to that age of leaving the nest, I might have to say I’d love to go back and do it all again (and then I remember the sleepless nights and diapers and think I’d better change my answer, lol!).
Cool questions.
Would you rather date someone with cats or dogs
Oh, good one! I’m totally a dog AND cat person, so that’s hard to answer. I think I’m going to go with dogs though…no wait, maybe cats (oh boy, I never should have made that rule about having to choose only one answer). Okay, dogs–final answer. :)
Maybe I should have said would you rather go on a date with a pet lover
or a person who doesn’t like pets.
For the first question its easy Cats cos I am scared of dogs.
That would make it easier for me to decide–a pet lover for sure. :) Or someone who could become a pet lover at least!
Hi Valerie! Thanks for a fun interactive Monday blog. My first grade granddaughter plays Would You Rather in her weekly SEL Zoom meetings (Social Emotional Learning). Fun to hear the kids questions and responses. Leaving on Vacation this week with the grandkids and the Let’s Go travel journal has would you rather questions. Fun! Blessings this Memorial Day and last day of May!
I always love listening to my daughter’s answers too (she does would you rather as part of her speech and language therapy). And she’s come up with some pretty insightful questions of her own. She had one the other day that really made me stop and think, but now I can’t remember what it was! Have fun on your vacation with the grandkids–and your Would You Rather questions! :)
This was fun and so interesting to see all of the votes!
I had fun with it too! Some of the votes surprised me, and some were exactly what I would have guessed (both answers for the fairytale retellings question are tied right now…can’t wait to see which wins!).
That was fun!
Thanks, Toni! I had fun with it too! :)
This was fun!!! I find it very interesting that everyone chose to date a cowboy, and no one picked a celebrity! It’ll be interesting to see if that one changes!
I thought that was interesting too! And that the Beauty and the Beast retelling and Cinderella retelling are tied right now (although my daughters and I were split on that one too). :)
Some are neither, and then I caught myself wondering how the other person in the relationship would respond, like on the date on a bet question..
True! Sometimes it helps to think of it from the other person’s perspective too. I’m not sure anyone really wants to be dated because of a bet…but in a book I can see that leading to love. The beauty of the happily ever after! :)
Thanks! This was fun.
Thanks, Mary! Glad you enjoyed it!
I loved this!
Thanks, Julie! I’m so glad!
Hi Valerie,
Thanks! I enjoyed this!
Thank you, Janet! So glad you enjoyed it!
That was fun
Thanks! It was a little too much fun coming up with the questions, lol!
This was fun! And it’s really interesting to see which options are winning. ;-)
Thanks, Amy! And I agree that it’s interesting to see which ones are winning. I had no idea how many people wanted to date a cowboy, lol. :)
Fun poll! Here’s my question: You’re dating a great person, but it’s just not working out. Would you rather be dumped or be the one who does the dumping?
That’s a good one! I hate confrontation or the idea of hurting someone’s feelings, so I’m going to say I’d rather be dumped. Ouch–I’d better post this comment before I change my mind, lol!
Ohh…great question but hard to answer.
Of course I’d rather read than do anything else :-)
Some of these questions were hard to answer because I didn’t like either option…lol! For instance: Be the one afraid to commit or be in love with someone afraid to commit and Date someone because of a bet or be the one dated because of a bet. I just had to choose the lesser of the “evil”.
Fun poll today! I like the “would you rather questions” because they make you think.
I know what you mean, Trixi! It was probably kind of mean of me to put those questions in there…but then I thought of the poor characters from romance novels who have to deal with those situations, so I figured maybe we should have to think about it too, lol! Sometimes all you can do is choose the lesser evil. But “would you rather” questions really do make you think. :)
I found a difficult one: Would you rather be the heroine whose life is in danger in a Christian romantic suspense or the heroine in a dystopian fantasy story?
Personally I would prefer the romantic suspense fleeing a serial killer should be easier than having a whole society against it.
That’s a good one! And I have to agree with you, both because I’d rather have to flee one serial killer than have a whole society against me and because dystopians don’t always have such a happy ending–and I need my happy ending, lol!
Thank you for such a fun way to think about what maybe. I would always love to read. God bless you.
Thanks, Debra! Glad you had fun! :)
I agree, this was fun. Reading always the first choice.
Yay, I’m glad you had fun! No contest–reading wins over anything else. :)
Hi, this was alot of fun! Thank you so much for posting this for us. Have a Great week and stay safe. God Bless you and your family.
Thanks, Alicia! Glad you enjoyed it!
Fun quiz! I had rather be reading!
I’m with you there! I’d rather be reading than pretty much anything else you could fill in that question! :)
A very unique article/poll Val! I would listen to books WHILE doing other things!
I thought of a couple:
Would you rather be an author or work for an author! (fyi….I’ll stay in our rolls!)
If you have turned your back on God and your relationship with Him for several years: Would you rather go back and do things differently/continue to walk with Him or learn from and use your past mistakes to reach out to others by coming alongside them and help to show how you have won those battles step by step?
Good ones, Deb! To the first: I think I’ll stick with being an author, though I hope working for an author is a pleasant experience too. :) To the second: I keep going back and forth, but I think ultimately the second because God uses everything in our lives, even our mistakes, for our good and his glory–and it’s such a blessing to see how he can use those experiences to enable us to reach out to others.
That was so much fun!
Would you rather meet your love while skydiving or scuba diving?
Love that question! I’m going to have to say scuba diving because there’s no way you would catch me jumping out of an airplane, lol!
Love both reading but also camping.
Would you rather marry your childhood best friend or worst enemy to this day?
True! I suppose there’s room for more than one favorite activity, lol. As far as your question, I’m going to have to say best friend (I may be partial since my husband and I were friends for a long time before we started dating). :)