Brian on Jeanette<\/p>\n
What were you hoping for?<\/strong> First impressions?<\/strong> What did you talk about?<\/strong> Most awkward moment? <\/strong> Good table manners?<\/strong> Best thing about Jeanette?<\/strong> Would you introduce Jeanette to your\u00a0friends?<\/strong> <\/strong>She would liven up any social gathering.<\/p>\n Q&AFancy a blind date?Show<\/p>\n Blind date is Saturday\u2019s dating column: every week, two What questions will I be asked?<\/b> Can I choose who I match with?<\/b> Can I pick the photograph?<\/b> What personal details will appear?<\/b> How should I answer?<\/b> Will I see the other person\u2019s answers? Will you find me The One? Can I do it in my home town? How to apply<\/b> Thank you for your feedback.<\/p>\n Describe Jeanette in three words<\/strong> What do you think Jeanette made of\u00a0you?<\/strong> Did you go on somewhere?<\/strong> And \u2026 did you kiss?<\/strong> If you could change one thing about the evening<\/strong> what would it be?<\/strong> Marks out of 10?<\/strong> Would you meet again?<\/strong> Brian and Jeanette on their date.Jeanette on Brian<\/p>\n What were you hoping for?<\/strong> First impressions?<\/strong> What did you talk about?<\/strong> Most awkward moment? <\/strong> Good table manners?<\/strong> Best thing about Brian?<\/strong> Would you introduce Brian to your\u00a0friends?<\/strong> Describe Brian in three words<\/strong> What do you think Brian made of you?<\/strong> Did you go on somewhere?<\/strong> And \u2026 did you kiss?<\/strong> If you could change one thing about the evening what would it be?<\/strong> Marks out of 10?<\/strong> Would you meet again?<\/strong> Brian and Jeanette ate at Molly\u2019s Yard<\/a> in Belfast. Fancy a blind date? Email blind.date@theguardian.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brian on Jeanette What were you hoping for?At worst, a free meal and an enjoyable conversation. At best,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":840342,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[13,12,14],"class_list":{"0":"post-840341","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-stories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116266382498105206","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=840341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840341\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/840342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=840341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=840341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=840341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
At worst, a free meal and an enjoyable conversation. At best, the start of a\u00a0journey \u2026<\/p>\n
Excellent. Jeanette is lovely: very warm, friendly and easy to talk to.<\/p>\n
Living and working abroad, Parisians being unfriendly, office banter and the fact that the best-looking people hang around in gay bars.<\/p>\n
She shared some forthright views about a few of the bars she has been to\u00a0in Belfast.<\/p>\n
Impeccable. Nothing bad to report here.<\/p>\n
She is unapologetic in her views.<\/p>\n
\nstrangers are paired up for dinner and drinks, and then spill the beans
\nto us, answering a set of questions. This runs, with a photograph we
\ntake of each dater before the date, in Saturday magazine (in the
\n UK) and online at\u00a0theguardian.com<\/a>\u00a0every Saturday. It\u2019s been running since 2009 \u2013 you can read all about how we put it together here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
We
\n ask about age, location, occupation, hobbies, interests and the type of
\n person you are looking to meet. If you do not think these questions
\ncover everything you would like to know, tell us what\u2019s on your mind.<\/p>\n
No,
\n it\u2019s a blind date! But we do ask you a bit about your interests,
\npreferences, etc \u2013 the more you tell us, the better the match is likely
\nto be.<\/p>\n
No, but don’t worry: we’ll choose the nicest ones.<\/p>\n
Your first name, job and age.<\/p>\n
Honestly
\n but respectfully. Be mindful of how it will read to your date, and that
\n Blind date reaches a large audience, in print and online.<\/p>\n
<\/b>No. We may edit yours and theirs for a range of reasons, including length, and we may ask you for more details.<\/p>\n
<\/b>We\u2019ll try! Marriage! Babies!<\/p>\n
<\/b>Only if it\u2019s in the UK. Many of our applicants live in London, but we would love to hear from people living elsewhere.<\/p>\n
Email blind.date@theguardian.com<\/a><\/p>\n
Funny, vegan, forthright.<\/p>\n
She is German and advised me that\u00a0culturally Germans are very reserved (but perhaps that was just\u00a0code). She also said the Irish drink\u00a0too much. Unfortunately, I\u00a0think\u00a0I may have reinforced that\u00a0stereotype.<\/p>\n
No.<\/p>\n
We opted for the classic hug goodbye.<\/p>\n
I would have preferred later in the week and for us to enjoy a drink together.<\/p>\n
A solid 8.<\/p>\n
I cannot think of anyone better to go to gay bar karaoke with.<\/p>\n
A financially stable professional who could match my international experience and intellectual curiosity.<\/p>\n
He made me think of that famous line of Lefty in Donnie Brasco: \u201cThat\u2019s a\u00a0beautiful thing, but it\u2019s not my thing.\u201d<\/p>\n
We talked about work and travel, which I enjoyed until he said he was sad he was missing accordion practice for\u00a0our date.<\/p>\n
He called me a weakling for wanting to wear a wetsuit in freezing Lough\u00a0Neagh.<\/p>\n
He said he hadn\u2019t touched alcohol since Christmas and then downed four wines.<\/p>\n
He was clearly spoken and educated.<\/p>\n
He might occasionally struggle with the banter and quick wit.<\/p>\n
Educated, somewhat wary, family-minded.<\/p>\n
I think I might have confused him with my international lifestyle.<\/p>\n
No, we parted ways outside.<\/p>\n
No.<\/p>\n
To meet a man I had more connection with. Guardian readers, get in touch!<\/p>\n
6.<\/p>\n
No, our lifestyles are incompatible and he made some comments that I found were lacking in romantic interest.<\/p>\n