Getting to know your girlfriend can actually be exciting and fun. I know on the surface, it seems like more of an assigned task than something you would actually look forward to, but let me show you a couple of reasons why getting to know your girlfriend on a deeper level can actually be rewarding and fun.
Firstly, if you are in a relationship where you can see your girlfriend as someone you could potentially marry, I would highly suggest asking her serious questions about herself and what she looks for in the future. Asking these questions will give you a deeper understanding of the person you are with and will help you decide if you are completely happy with the answers she gives you.
There are certain questions and certain topics that you should stay away from when you are just beginning to know a person. When you are just starting out getting to know someone, you need to stay away from subjects such as politics, previous relationships and death. Questions on subjects like these can be left for when you have been in a relationship with your girlfriend for a while. Keep questions when you are first getting to know a girl to fun and exciting questions. This will help her see the exciting and fun side of you and will cause her to remember her time with you as fun and exciting as well.
You should bring up questions to ask your girlfriend in a exciting, fun and playful way. Doing so will allow you both to enjoy the experience and lessen your thoughts of this being some kind of task, not to mention the amount she will appreciate you taking the time to get to know her on a deeper level. Knowing your girlfriend on a deeper level will show her that you are not just concerned with her looks, but you also care about who she is as a person. She will genuinely appreciated this and you will benefit by knowing who your girlfriend is rather than just knowing her looks.
There is one thing that I want to make you aware of though. You want to be honest with your girlfriend and you want her to be totally honest with you. With that, know that she may give you answers that you were not expecting and may not like. No matter what she says, you have to determine how you react to the answers she gives and then what you do about it. If you are at a place in your relationship where you are thinking about spending the rest of your life with your partner, it will serve you well to know the answers to these questions before finding them out after you have been married for a while.
Now that you know how to pick which questions to ask your girlfriend, you just need the questions to ask her.