Suli on Abigo<\/p>\n
What were you hoping for?
To meet someone I felt comfortable around and easy to talk to.<\/p>\n
First impressions?
Abigo was funny and quite sure of\u00a0herself.<\/p>\n
What did you talk about?
Quite a lot: our creative sides, working in retail, mental health, family dynamics \u2026<\/p>\n
Most awkward moment?
I didn\u2019t really feel awkward at any point after the first five minutes \u2013 and that was only nerves and me arriving a\u00a0bit late. We had good chemistry.<\/p>\n
Good table manners?
No complaints from me.<\/p>\n
Best thing about Abigo?
I don\u2019t think I can name just one: she was charming, confident, funny, intelligent, beautiful.<\/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 Would you introduce Abigo to your friends? Describe Abigo in three words. What do you think Abigo 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? Abigo and Suli on their dateAbigo on Suli<\/p>\n What were you hoping for? First impressions? What did you talk about? Most awkward moment? Good table manners? Best thing about Suli? Would you introduce Suli to your friends? Describe Suli in three words. What do you think Suli 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? Abigo and Suli ate at Gaucho<\/a> in Manchester. Fancy a blind date? Email blind.date@theguardian.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Suli on Abigo What were you hoping for?To meet someone I felt comfortable around and easy to talk…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":686804,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[96,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-686803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686803","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=686803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/686804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=686803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=686803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=686803"}],"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
My friends are on a similar wavelength to me, so Abigo would be welcomed by\u00a0them.<\/p>\n
Feminist, influential, a diva.<\/p>\n
Laid-back, go with the flow, a\u00a0sincere\u00a0guy.<\/p>\n
We went to a park nearby to talk for\u00a0a\u00a0bit longer. She had an early train\u00a0the next day, so we couldn\u2019t stay\u00a0too long.<\/p>\n
On the cheek, if that counts.<\/p>\n
I should have made a move, but I\u2019m not good at that sort of thing. Otherwise it was a perfectly pleasant experience.<\/p>\n
9.<\/p>\n
We are planning to go to the cinema\u00a0soon.<\/p>\n
To meet someone nice and interesting and eat some good food.<\/p>\n
Super friendly and genuine. Couldn\u2019t tell if he was nervous or just naturally a little reserved. He was dressed very well and was super polite.<\/p>\n
Mental health. Dream jobs. School. Shoplifting. Music \u2026 and literally everything else. I had word vomit.<\/p>\n
He mentioned he has another date coming up. I could tell he\u00a0felt awkward about being that honest, but I genuinely don\u2019t think he knows how to lie or withhold information. It\u2019s kind of cute.<\/p>\n
Great. We exchanged bites of steak.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s so easy to talk to, genuine and very down to earth. He has a very calming presence. And kind eyes. I\u00a0told him that two minutes in.<\/p>\n
Absolutely. He would fit right in.<\/p>\n
Genuine, charming, layered.<\/p>\n
Chatty, confident and medicated.<\/p>\n
We sat in a park and talked.<\/p>\n
No.<\/p>\n
I would have liked to have gone on somewhere afterwards.<\/p>\n
10!<\/p>\n
Yes.<\/p>\n