Abby on Charlie<\/p>\n
What were you hoping for?
A different kind of Friday night with good company and a fancy meal!<\/p>\n
First impressions?
Charlie was super friendly and really easy to chat to.<\/p>\n
What did you talk about?
Our jobs. Rowing. Cycling. Book recommendations. Where we both want to travel to next.<\/p>\n
Most awkward moment?
When Charlie nearly set the wine menu alight with the candle on the table \u2013 it was more funny than awkward.<\/p>\n
Good table manners?
Definitely.<\/p>\n
Best thing about Charlie?
He\u2019s one of those people that naturally knows a lot about everything. And his choice of wine.<\/p>\n
Would you introduce Charlie to your friends?
Maybe, but it doesn\u2019t sound like he would have enough time to meet them with his busy schedule!<\/p>\n
Describe Charlie in three words
Friendly, intelligent and down-to-earth.<\/p>\n
What do you think Charlie made of you?
Hopefully easy to chat to, interested and good company for a Friday night.<\/p>\n
Did you go on somewhere?
We didn\u2019t, but we stayed in the restaurant pretty late \u2013 the time flew.<\/p>\n
And \u2026 did you kiss?
No, just a friendly hug goodbye.<\/p>\n
If you could change one thing about the evening what would it be?
Maybe how close together the tables were? The people either side spent a lot of time watching us and listening in.<\/p>\n
Marks out of 10?
8. It was a good night and the restaurant was amazing, but there wasn\u2019t really a romantic spark.<\/p>\n
Would you meet again?
Maybe as friends \u2013 or if I ever wanted to learn how to row.<\/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? Can I choose who I match with? Can I pick the photograph? What personal details will appear? How should I answer? 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 Thank you for your feedback.<\/p>\n Charlie on Abby<\/p>\n What were you hoping for? First impressions? What did you talk about? Most awkward moment? Good table manners? Best thing about Abby? Would you introduce Abby to your friends? Describe Abby in three words What do you think Abby made of you? Did you go on somewhere? And \u2026 did you kiss? If you could change one thing about the evening what would it be? Marks out of 10? Would you meet again? Abby and Charlie ate at Salut!<\/a>, London\u00a0N1. Fancy a blind date? Email\u00a0blind.date@theguardian.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Abby on Charlie What were you hoping for?A different kind of Friday night with good company and a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":549617,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-549616","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-kingdom","8":"tag-gb","9":"tag-great-britain","10":"tag-greatbritain","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=549616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549616\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/549617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=549616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=549616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=549616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\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
No. We may edit yours and theirs for a range of reasons, including length, and we may ask you for more details.<\/p>\n
We\u2019ll try! Marriage! Babies!<\/p>\n
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
A fun, flirty evening with interesting conversation.<\/p>\n
Confident and cool.<\/p>\n
Books. Travel. Space \u2013 until she questioned whether the moon landing was real.<\/p>\n
My reaction to her questioning the moon landing. I didn\u2019t quite keep a\u00a0poker face, which put a speed bump in the conversation.<\/p>\n
Really nice.<\/p>\n
Super easy to chat to and really confident. There were no real awkward moments and we ended up chatting for ages \u2013 the time flew by.<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t think our interests\/hobbies overlap too much.<\/p>\n
Friendly, outgoing, charismatic.<\/p>\n
We had a really nice chat but she might think I was a bit much.<\/p>\n
No, we chatted for so long the evening got away from us.<\/p>\n
No, it wasn\u2019t too flirty.<\/p>\n
It would have been nice to have a bit more of a flirt, but I don\u2019t think the chemistry was there for that.<\/p>\n
6.<\/p>\n
I had a great evening and Abby was super easy to chat to but I think we are looking for different things in a partner.<\/p>\n