A free guide from Me & My Old Man
The questions I wish I'd asked my dad.
107 of them — across his whole life.
Childhood, work, love, the regrets, the lot.
Print it. Keep it in a drawer. Pull it out on a Sunday.
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You know the headline facts. Where they grew up, what they did for work, how they met. What you don't have is the texture — the year it nearly went wrong, the friend they lost touch with, what they were actually frightened of at 25. These are the questions to ask your parents while you still can.
Those stories don't come up on their own. There's rarely a natural moment to ask. So they stay in there, and one day they're gone.
This is the list I built for my own family, after my dad died and I realised how much I'd never asked. 107 questions, sorted by era, written to be asked out loud.
What you get
- 107 questions across nine chapters of a life — early years, school, twenties, work, love, becoming a parent, beliefs, regrets, what's next
- Sorted so you can start anywhere — one chapter is a whole afternoon
- Written the way people actually talk, so none of it sounds like an interview
- A one-page "how to ask" note — where to do it, when not to, and the one listening habit that matters
- Yours to print, scribble on, and pass round the family
I'm Neil. I started Me & My Old Man after my dad passed away and I realised his voice was already fading in my head — and there was so much I'd never asked.
Since then I've sat in on 350+ hours of these conversations, across 35 families in 7 countries. This list is where I tell people to start.
Start with one question this week.
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