Love / Dating
Bristol blind date: Nicholas and Victoria
We sent Nicholas and Victoria on a blind date to Goldbrick House. Their conversation veered from rugby to meat eating. But were there any shoots of romance over the steak?
Name: Nicholas
Occupation: Box office manager
Name: Victoria
Occupation: Account manager
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Have you ever been on a blind date before?
Nicholas: Never
Victoria: Never. I’ve met people from tinder before, but you have a chat and see picture beforehand. I’ve never met anyone I’ve known absolutely nothing about.
What made you want to go on this blind date?
Nicholas: I’ve just moved to Bristol so was a chance to meet someone new. I also make it a rule never to turn down free food.
Victoria: Free dinner.
What were your first thoughts when you saw your date?
Nicholas: How lucky I was.
Victoria: I wonder if that’s my date, he looks lost.
What did you talk about?
Nicholas: How great Bristol is. Food. Wales and New Zealand. Cats and dogs. Coffee and tea.
Victoria: We’re both relatively new to Bristol, so talked a lot about what brought us here and why, and how much we love Bristol of course! Rugby came up, him being Welsh and me being a Kiwi. I’ve also recently given up meat (reluctantly), so it was bound to come up a couple of times as I eyed up his amazing food.
What was the atmosphere like?
Nicholas: Very nice and relaxed.
Victoria: Very relaxed. Goldbrick House is lovely.
Any moments when you wished you were somewhere else?
Nicholas: Not at all.
Victoria: Nothing to do with my date, but when I was in the toilet someone walked in on me with my trousers down and caught an eye-full. Not my finest moment!
What would you say is the best characteristic of your date?
Nicholas: Very easy to talk to and easy on the eye.
Victoria: He was really easy-going. There wasn’t an awkward moment – well except for my separate toilet incident.
What do you think your date made of you?
Nicholas: Looking back at the picture we took, probably how shiny my forehead was!
Victoria: I hope he thought I was friendly!
Is there anything you would change about the evening?
Nicholas: Shame it was mid-week.
Victoria: Bigger portion sizes.
Did you go somewhere else after your meal?
Nicholas: No, she had work the next day.
Victoria: Yes, I went home (alone).
Were there any sparks of potential?
Nicholas: Hopefully. Victoria was very nice.
Victoria: Friendship, but nothing more. He asked me ‘Cats or dogs?’ I said dogs, he said cats. It’ll never work! I’m not feline it.
Will you meet again?
Nicholas: Hopefully!
Victoria: If we do, it’ll be just as friends.
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