Every week, the Daily Mail asks two singletons to report back from their blind date.
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Mail → ask → date
This week, Taeilan and Jasdeep recount their dinner date experience.
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Taeilan → recount → experience
Read on to find out how it went...
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it → read → ?
Would like to meet: A patient, cool guy who balances their work with their hobbies.
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who → like → hobbies
It’s a no to anyone who talks over women.
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who → ’ → women
I’ve never had a proper relationship, although I’ve had a few situationships.
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I → have → situationships
I don’t want to settle down right now but I might like children in the future.
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I → want → future
I’m quite shy in general, so I’m amazed that I actually did this, especially having no idea what my date looked like.
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date → ’m → what
Recent dance graduate Taeilan, 21, said she knew almost straight away that she didn’t fancy Jasdeep
First impressions?
I was late because I got the times wrong so we both said hello but there was no physical contact or hug.
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we → say → hello
His posture was a little hunched over – I did wonder whether that was from spending too much time on his phone.
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that → hunch → phone
As for what he wore?
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he → wear → what
I don’t remember.
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I → remember → ?
He didn’t tell me that I looked nice, but he seemed nervous, so I’ll let him off the hook.
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I → tell → hook
Jasdeep was a bit boring, if I’m honest.
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I → ’m → ?
He is studying digital media at university, although he didn’t ask me about my university experience.
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he → study → experience
The only time we both lit up was when we discovered I’m interested in philosophy and Jasdeep is deep into conspiracy theories.
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Jasdeep → light → theories
Our date was just before the anniversary of 9/11, and Jasdeep started telling me about the different 9/11 conspiracy theories.
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Jasdeep → start → theories
I zoned out at that point.
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I → zone → point
During one particularly long one, Jasdeep took out his phone and started checking his messages.
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Jasdeep → take → messages
Because he’d done it, I got mine out, too.
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I → do → mine
The date went: question, answer, then silence.
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date → go → answer
I will say we were both making an effort to keep the conversation going.
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we → say → conversation
Did sparks fly?
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sparks → fly → ?
I knew almost straight away that I didn’t fancy him.
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I → know → him
If you had looked at us, you might have thought that, at best, we were there for a networking meeting or, at worst, were two random strangers who had sat down at the wrong table.
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who → look → table
If a man was interested in me, I think he would ask for my number.
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he → think → number
Jasdeep didn’t, which tells you all you need to know.
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you → tell → all
At the end, Jasdeep asked for a doggy bag of his leftover food.
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Jasdeep → ask → food
He told me I didn’t need to wait, so we had an awkward side hug and I said, ‘Okay, bye.’
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I → tell → hug
What do you think he thought of you?
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he → think → you
I don’t know.
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I → know → ?
He asked lots of questions and seemed to enjoy my company, but he also checked his phone messages quite a bit.
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he → ask → messages
Do people actually do that on dates that are going well?
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that → do → dates
Would your friends like him?
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friends → like → him
My friends would know he isn’t my person.
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he → know → ?
He should have been more interested and engaged with who I am.
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I → engage → ?
Would like to meet: A dog person who goes to the gym and takes care of her appearance.
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who → like → appearance
She’ll have a good brain and a career plan mapped out.
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She → have → brain
I have been in love once and had relationships, but nothing long-term.
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I → have → relationships
She was also ten minutes late, although she did apologise.
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she → apologise → ?
…and 27 more, not listed.
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