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[Music] This is no ordinary restaurant. Oh my God, I like the way this girl is dressed.
Watch Season 4 Episode 20 of First Dates UK where an undertaker Chris meets Zena, exploring love, dating fears, and unexpected connections.
Key Takeaways
- Dating can be challenging due to personal insecurities and societal perceptions.
- Professions like undertaker can carry stigmas that affect romantic prospects.
- Hope and humor are important elements in navigating the dating world.
- Self-acceptance and openness to others’ differences can lead to meaningful connections.
- First dates reveal both the excitement and vulnerability involved in seeking love.
Summary
- The episode features single diners on blind dates in a unique restaurant setting where no one has met before.
- Chris, an undertaker, faces dating challenges due to his profession's stigma but remains hopeful for love.
- Zena, Chris's date, is a divorcee seeking her fourth marriage and believes in finding a soulmate.
- Other daters include Alex, a journalism student afraid of losing love, and Sam, a council tax officer struggling with relationships.
- The show highlights the nervousness, hopes, and humorous moments of first dates.
- Participants discuss their insecurities, personal stories, and what they seek in a partner.
- The episode balances lighthearted banter with deeper reflections on love and self-acceptance.
- Chris shares insights into his work as an undertaker and how it shapes his outlook on life and relationships.
- The restaurant staff and cameramen provide commentary and eavesdrop on conversations to add context.
- The episode emphasizes that love can be found in unexpected places and with unexpected people.
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No one in it besides the staff has ever laid eyes on one another before.
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I'm excited to be here. Hi, I'm Shan. I'm Ben. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you.
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How are you? I'm really nervous. All the diners are single and on a real blind date.
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You got something in your eye? Just a twinkle. You [ __ ] [Music] Would you come in the toilet and have a snob?
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Yeah. Do you know where they are? They've been brave enough to let us eavesdrop.
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Do you like being a little bit naughty? I love being naughty. Why be good?
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Indeed. Just look at my eyes. On one of the most intense meals of their lives.
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I actually love Game of Thrones. Yes. Some of them will crash and burn. Might be choking it.
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You're not having this, are you? No, I'm not having it at all. Okay. Others are about to strike it lucky.
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Definitely see myself naked with him, so it's all good. They've been brought together. I was born the month war broke out, but it wasn't my fault.
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No. Based upon their likes and dislikes. What dog do you have? A pug. Oh my God. So have I.
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Really? You have beautiful eyes. What happens next is down to them. Watch your hand.
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Where do you want it? Which one? The saying goes, there's someone out there for all of us.
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These people are all hoping that it's true. [Music] A lot of the older men never quite sure if all the bits are working. Do you know what I mean?
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Why not? [Music] Morning. Morning guys. How about you? Are we doing a special cocktail? Did you think of something or got a couple of new ones on there actually?
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Okay, we're going to tell Sam and CC make sure that they are on it. Yeah.
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When it comes to dating, we are often our own worst enemy. Oh, I'm the hopeless lad ever.
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Forget those unrealistic expectations of what you're looking for. What were you expecting, a Zac Efron? And banish any feelings of self-doubt.
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Are you nervous? I am because sometimes it's the thing that you like the least that others love the most.
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You could never describe me as conventionally attractive. Look at me. I've got frizzy hair and I'm a bit fat. I look like a stripper that's had a couple of kids.
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[Music] How are you? I'm excited to be here. Hi. Where are you from? Liverpool. So, I've got the strongest accent.
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It's nice. I like it. Well, thank you. That makes one of us. For journalism student Alex, it's the fear of losing love that has prevented her from finding it.
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I've actually never been dumped. But I think that's probably because I, you know, I get the first sniff of it and I'm like, whoop, nope. Bye.
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Thank you. Hi, my love. How are you? I'm all right. Makes me a bit human 'cause it sat with me earl straight out in the rain. So I'm like a wet dog. A lot of my close friends have,
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you know, these like intense loving relationships. And I think it'd be nice to, you know, to get the night bus home and not just have to like squeeze my cat, you know? It'd be nice to have somebody
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cheering me on. Maybe somebody that's got like two legs, not four, and a tail.
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[Music] All right. So, who are you expecting? I don't know. You know, I really don't know. Somebody loves me. That's what I'm hoping. I hope they think I'm nice as well. But who knows? It could be anyone, couldn't it?
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They're taking the sweet time now. Council tax officer Sam may know how to pay for your Tuesday recycling, but he finds the fair sex a little harder to work out.
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How you doing? You're right. I'm very good. Sam, I haven't really had a serious relationship. Women seem to play like mind games. So one minute they're accusing you of being too needy. So then you leave them alone and then they tell
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you that you're not paying them attention. Cheers. Thank you very much. How would people describe how I am with women? I would say unsuccessful in a word.
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Hi. Nice to meet you, Alex. Say your name again. Sorry. Alex. Alex. Alex. Nice to meet you.
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Yeah, you are. Where are you from? You're cocky or I'm from like near Birmingham.
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Oh yeah, you do sound. Somebody told me once that a Liverpool accent is like a Birmingham one but high pitched just with a bit more of that.
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Yeah. Yeah. Oh my God. Get a drink. Have like nectar. You got louder please.
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Yeah sure. Have you looked at the menu for this place? It's well fancy. Like I was looking at it. I was like oh chips.
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I want pie and chips. I'd want to have like a pint of gravy. But you can't really do that, can you?
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Yeah. Just drink the gravy at the cup. I do that with KFC. No way.
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Can I take you through? Oh, yeah, sure. I am ready to find somebody that I like enough to forget about dislike on myself.
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I left me brushing the hotel and then I got rained on and my hair's like the orphan.
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It's cool, man. You need like the kinks in that going on. Anyway, looks better.
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Put a couple of leaves in it. Yeah, we've like red. I know it's like ginger, but red. It can either look horrendous or amazing. And yeah, you're the latter to be fair.
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[Music] This is divorcee Chris. Hello. How are you? In the quest for love, his chosen profession has proved the kiss of death.
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Can I take your jacket? Yes, honey. I'll get it back. I read online one day that 43% of women wouldn't date an undertaker.
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Thank you very much. I think that some women think that if they come home with me, I've got their body in the freezer, you know, I might have a tape me under me pillow. Yeah. You know, size them up
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when they're sleeping and all that. Get the coffee ready. Follow me, please. I'm really proud of what I do and I'd like to find a woman who's proud of me, too.
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Dreaming of her fourth wedding and no funeral is Chris's blind date, Zena. I have been married three times. I just think I've been unlucky in love. I really believe that there is someone out there for me, a soulmate, maybe number
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four. I kind of think I just get swept up in the whole kind of thing.
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I would never say never because I look great in white. And I've never had a beach wedding, so that would be nice.
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Hello, D. Hi. I'm Zena. Zena. I'm Chris. Hi, Chris. Pleased to meet you. Thank you very much. You all right?
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Bad awake? Yes. Not bad. Looking forward to today. Yeah. So, what do you do?
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Um, my job's uh uh Oh, handle stiffs. Okay. In what respect? Undertaker. Undertaker. Yeah. Yeah. I've done it for 15 years. When people come in to arrange a funeral, they ask like, "What sort of music?" Sometimes they got
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no concept of what they want. I said, "Well, Going Underground's good." Or, "Oh, burn, baby burn."
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Oh my God. We are dignified and we are very respectful in the work that we do. But dealing with death can be very, very hard. We do need that sense of humor.
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You need that camaraderie. Makes me appreciate life more, you know, and I want to live life to the full. I want to find love again.
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Have you ever, you ever seen a stiff? You handle stiffs before? I couldn't possibly say. I'm a lady.
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So you're obviously a comedian. Sorry to interrupt. Are you ready to order? Are you a starter kind of a person or start and finish?
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Someone I might be a bit wary of dating is a psychiatrist 'cause I wouldn't want someone to go like, "But why do you feel like that?"
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How are you in yourself? Yeah. And I think, oh my God, I'm just premenstrual and all the other things to go with it. Deal with it. Thanks very much.
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Imagine going out with a lion tamer. No, I couldn't see myself like, oh, so they're traveling all the time.
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Unless you join the circus with them. Thank you. I just went like the working class me.
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That's probably why they put us together. I thought they were going to put me with someone's heads.
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Passionate. Yeah. I was just like hoping they didn't put me with like a touring man. Some like hardcore like, thank God 'cause I was worried when you said you work for the council. I was thinking, are you a proper
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No, we're Labour. I'm a trade union. I can't see. I'm a union rep. It touches me more. Oh my God. Amazing.
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GMBB. I'm GMBB. Oh my God. Yeah. Yeah. Yes. I think if a girl was politically aware and you know had a good under
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Is it I rejoined Labour to vote for Corbin. Corby is a ledge. I think the thing about it is we can actually have a conversation whereas if somebody's there and all that she does with the day is get her nails done and goes to the
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hairdressers. I mean I don't really know how you have a conversation with that when you get home.
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Oh mate, diamond. Oh, thank you. That looks about right. Cheers. That looks awesome. It's got proper socialist family. Yes, mate.
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Yeah. Honestly, cuz it's like you meet people in London. Um I don't know if you've ever met the type and they just honestly they talk to me like I'm like a science experiment.
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You know, I'm going on dates with these boys and they'd love to introduce me to the posh parents. It's a bit of rebellion to have somebody with you who's went to state school. Wow. It's really what's what's life on a council
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estate like? And it's almost like a novelty to them, you know. Tell me about your backgrounds, Alex. But [ __ ] off.
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Just cuz I'm a bit skint doesn't mean, you know, it was some dickens and tragedy.
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Cuz he'd never actually met somebody actually like lived through through somewhere where we would actually experience the benefits of socialism.
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They'll introduce me to the friends and they're looking at me expectantly like, you know, I'm going to like pull out a rolly and start regailing them with, you know, stories of working on the docks.
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You don't want to be someone's bit of rough toy. It's disgusting. Oh my god. I'm trying to cut this so I'm not big.
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Shove it in your mouth, man. I'm trying to be classy. Are you worrying too much about me like watching you eat? Skills, man. I like it. It's meant to slurp it. Lady in the tramping man.
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Yeah, man. Do you c? Are you a good cook? Cook. I can't knock anybody's accent, man.
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You do sound like Brummy now. I'm not a Brummy. I'm from [ __ ] Smeikck.
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It's sme [Music] one course down ready and Zena and Chris are blowing away the cobwebs.
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When you think about a 50-year-old, when I was a kid and thought about a 50-y old, you're talking about an old person.
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You puzzle that now. Easy. That easy. All right. For you to say, need help now.
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Do you know what? I don't care that I'm 50. I don't feel 50. I feel about 20.
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Get your lips around it. I will always be up for a bit of fun.
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Right. Here we go. Here we go. Okay. Straight back all the way. Yeah. Well done.
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[Music] Congratulations. I just want to enjoy myself and be with fun people and laugh. Life's too short.
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Why? Why do you want to be in a relationship? I just want to find find love again.
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Yeah. I mean, it's all the nights in and and watching a DVD, cuddling, snaggling. You know what I mean? Bit of sex now and then.
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It's always not not off. [Music] You always look for somebody like your dad. You absolutely do. And and my dad was he he was full of banter and but also very charming. And he was always so smart. He was always tailor made suits.
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So, what would you look for in a lady? What would I look for in a personality?
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Yeah. And, you know, really good fun to be around and everybody always wanted to be around him.
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Would you say you're a boob man or are you a Well, I am at the moment.
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Well, you can't really miss him, can you? Of course, his helmet's love. You know, brilliant. I love it.
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[Music] Are you so close with your family? Like my sisters, they're like 9 years older than me. Are they?
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I got another little brother, but he's got the same dad, different mom. My sister's got the same mom, different dad.
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Yeah, that's where I'm from. My sister, same mom, different dad. Yeah. Like me and my dad are still like saying that.
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Oh, yeah. So, that's nice. Scrap me up. Do you know your dad or like Oh, I think he's dead.
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Don't worry, don't worry. Don't worry. Me and me dad were like thick as thieves. I was the biggest tomboy ever.
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We used to go to the match together. We just we would honestly like best mates.
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And then one day went to wake me dad up and he just he he got in his sleep. He'd had a heart attack in his sleep. It was like perfect family. And then he was shaking my and died. Having somebody so
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close to you ripped away basically. Perhaps I didn't put myself in situations where I'm going to love deeply for fear of drowning.
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I think that's why I'm political cuz he was very much trade unionist like in the Hills justice society. all of that social is a man on second.
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Thank you very much. Cheers. I've been married twice. Um but they both had affairs so it was quite uh yeah not for six really. And uh I just I don't know why. I just they thought the grass was greener I suppose. But you
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know it's been a long time now and I just feel like it's about time I've got out there and met someone again.
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[Music] The kids have they're grown up. They they you know they say to me, "Dad, move on." You know, we got our life. It's now time you have yours again. Yeah. I'm a woman. Personality is the main thing to
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me. Light eyes, bust, someone's got pulse. Yeah, they got me breathing in it. You know what I mean? Doing my job.
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God, is it me or is it hot in here? Take off all your clothes.
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Definitely getting hot in here. Girlfriend material. Yes, I do. Be truthful. I do. Yeah.
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Nice to meet you, Zena. Chris, there was chemistry there. Definitely chemistry there. I remembered.
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I actually don't think that the date could have gone any better. I think the date was really good. Um, and we were very relaxed and we got on and it was really nice.
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Hello. Oh, yeah. You all right? Still there. Thank you. Thanks ever so much. Would you like to see each other again?
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Yeah. If you want to. Um, yes. Yes. I could I think I should give you another go.
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Well, fair comment. Oh, look at that. What a gentleman. Oh my god. Is that so no one can see my face?
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Byebye. Lovely company. Beautiful lady. It's just couldn't ask for more. Lovely. Lovely first day.
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All the best on lovely. Yeah. [Music] Single for 5 years, 34year-old Frank is keen to dazzle his date with some satorial splendor.
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Can I get your uh coat, baby? My pink blazer only ever comes out of the top occasions. Yeah. I mean, my appearance would um I'll treat it like my wedding day if I'm honest with you.
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Thank you. I'm just so pumped up to um to not let this opportunity pass.
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Follow me. You ready? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I probably portray the image of someone who's very confident if you look at the way I dress.
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Thank you. Thank you. Actually, I would would consider myself overly shy. The the prospect of sitting down with a female and knowing whether someone might like me is just a bit intimidating.
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Are you nervous? A little bit. Yeah, a little bit. I love your blazer, by the way.
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I feel a little bit overdressed now. Why? Yeah, it's fab. I'll leave that with you in case you want something else. Okay.
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God bless him. He's so nervous. For Frank's date, Nisha, her past boyfriends have been here today and gone tomorrow.
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Hi, I'm good. How are you? What's your name? Nisha. I find men completely flaky. You can go on copious amounts of dates with these people and there's zero direction. Um, and you question it and you know, you find out days later that they can't
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commit. Thank you very much. Or actually, they just vanish. They actually vanish. There are guys that just vanish. Seriously, it it happens.
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Hi. Nice to meet you. You too. Frank. Hello, Frank. I'm Nisha. Nisha. Nice to meet you, Nisha.
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You too. I'm so glad you turned up. You're so glad I turned up. Did you Thank you. Did you not think I was going to turn up?
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Yeah. You got to about I was about 10 minutes and I thought, "Oh, no." No, I wouldn't start anyone up.
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Oh, thanks, Nisha. No, of course not. But, do you mind take my jacket off?
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No, go for it. Feel comfortable. Feel comfortable. But no, you That's only the second time I've wore that jacket. I thought I'd bring it out for the the big guns out.
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And then there you go. I'm totally worth it. Obviously, you're without a doubt. If I like someone, then I am really shy.
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But just get to know me, then I'm I'm back to normal again. It's just getting someone to persevere and hopefully I can find a nice girl who who will have the, you know, the time and and probably the
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savvy to realize that he's shy. He's not, you know, not an idiot. I just do everything right today. I've got so many watches I forgot to I never change the hours when they they change.
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So, I legitimately turned up an hour early for this. The most nerve-wracking thing about dating is that the smallest of things can just change the way someone sees you.
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My mom dropped me off at the station before I come here. So, I know and she'll even have dinner informed me if I want anything to eat when I get home.
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No, it makes me sound really uncool. But don't panic. If you got off to a shaky start, you've got time to recover.
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Do you know what? It doesn't matter. Like, it is what it is. I have got like really good male friends that are still, you know, hanging with their parents and living with their parents. You're cool.
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You're cool as you are. Like, just it's fine. It's eating a bump on the final lap that's going to cause you a real problem.
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Thank you. Music. I love Robbie Williams as well. Do you Are you like a Robbie super fan?
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I'm Robbess. Yeah, I'm like number one fan. I have like 11 albums in my car on CD and they're all Robbie Williams.
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What is it particularly about something you like? Everybody thinks he's like this cocky, arrogant guy, but deep down he's like sensitive soul. I I think I'm a bit like that to be fair.
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Ches off them when you walk. Yeah. Yeah. Oh. Do you want to see if I This is as you walk in.
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That's the first thing you get. Look where his finger's pointing by the way cuz the door right next to it is the bedroom as well. So you bring a girl back and it's like which way out. Yeah.
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Yeah. You smooth bastard. I know man. Well now he just does it all for me. E. So all right.
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If I went back to someone's house and I seen that, I'd go taxi rank. What?
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Let me know if you need a card machine. I'll pop back in a couple of seconds.
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Sweet mate. Feeling all right. I I felt spot there. Like I thought she was like warm and inviting the whole time. Was attracted to her.
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Sweet, man. I'll smash the rest on card. Are you sure you don't mind? No. I've got I'll leave the tip.
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I definitely fancied her from the start. Yeah. I don't think I've ever really got with a girl who's got the same sort of political interest as me.
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You have a jacket, haven't you? Yeah. Yeah. It's like a little It's the most obnoxious jacket.
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Is it raining? Do you want to go on another date? I fancied you. Oh, go.
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This is horrible. It's like on the spotty. Do you felt like we fancied each other there?
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I don't know. I fancied you. Did you? Cuz I felt like I felt fancied anyone.
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Do you know what I mean? It's freezing. I thought we clicked. Obviously, you didn't. But no, no, it's with the Robbie like point. I thought he has he has loads of girls.
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I'd just be like a girl. Do you know what I mean? It's just an awesome poster.
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Oh, so nice to meet you. See you, too, have a nice night with Robbie.
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Maybe I'm a very selfobsessed person, but I'd want somebody to fancy me more than they fancy Robbie Williams.
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I was more keen than her. At least I wal cuz I [ __ ] hate him.
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[Music] Can I get the grilled baby chicken, please? Yeah. And then just fish and chips you want, right?
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Yeah. No problem. Thank you. Thank you. I'm into massively eating protein. So, cuz I train a lot. Like I train twice a day at the gym.
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Must be pretty healthy then. Yeah. I've been on like this massive fitness journey to transform myself.
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I've lost like four nearly five stone. No way. Yeah. Do you want to see how chubby I was? Oh, go on then.
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Sad times. This should be the proudest thing you ever like you. I know. It's so weird.
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You look amazing. It's all right. It's cool. How old are you there then? 27. Oh, so you went down there quite recently then, didn't you?
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Yeah. Oh, yeah. You can't even comprehend how much work I've put in to get down to the weight I am now. But to get up one day and just hit the gym, you know, in my oversized gym outfit, I remember very clearly. I
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just had to do it. Just wanted to get fit. What happened then? Like what made you think that photo? It went on Facebook and I remember just calling a couple of girls from my work around going like, "Do I
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really look like this?" And they were like, "No." And I was like, "You're far too high pitched to sound authentic there." So I literally was just like leaders. And I just went to the gym and then I never stopped. I would make a
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point of telling guys before I even met them, you know, I'm curvy. I'm really curvy. You know, think, oh, you know, it'd be okay because he likes my personality. Um, but yeah, those insecurities, they still exist. Yeah, I
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still have parts of me that feels like that person. Do you like to work out? Do you work out?
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Where I live, it's quite scenic, but I go for a walk. Sounds lame, but I go for a walk and feed the ducks.
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You get to know the duck and the dynamics of the families of the ducks.
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know, but that to me is like going to a gym. It's difficult in the winter cuz it gets dark so early and freezing cold.
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[Music] I I mean I do a lot of work. I volunteer for cats. You volunteer for what? I volunteer at a cat. Okay.
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So, I end up rescuing a few cats, but I've had two strays that were wandering my estate and one by one I was looking after him. I drive around with a cat box in my car cuz I'm trying to catch this
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other one that's why you capture a cat that's got a home. You know, like a cat stealer.
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My friends probably know me as a few things, but the the one that sticks out is probably going to be the weird cat man. I carry cat food around in my bag with me everywhere I go. My fear is that
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yeah, as I get a bit older, I could descend into crazy catman territory. You're not a um cat person or It's weird.
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I'm obsessed with watching funny cat videos on YouTube, but I couldn't never look after one.
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Oh, no. I can't. No. But you don't have to think you could ever like bond with a cat.
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All right, mate. How's it going? Very, very well. How are you? Yeah, good. Cheers.
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Excellent. Let me just drop these off. What would you like? Um, can I get uh rum and ginger, please, mate?
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Rum and ginger. Yeah. For medical rep. Scott, the breakup of his last relationship was a bitter pill to swallow.
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At the end of the relationship after being together for 7 years, heart-wrenching, really hard to describe.
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I'm not really one with words when it comes to talking about feelings. Whether that's being a typical lad from the Northeast that finds out how to talk about feelings or whether that's all blocks in general.
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So, how long have you been single for? 18 months. Is that a long time for you?
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Only recently kind of got me head round that I'm single again. So, okay. And who are you hoping to meet?
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I don't know. Someone who's fun. Uh I don't know. Just have I'm I'm up for having a just a good a good day really.
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Firstly, you've got to find them attractive. When they walk through the door, they're a head turner. And then after that, I think somebody who doesn't take themsself or life too seriously. Go tonight. Hope you meet the right person.
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Thanks, mate. Fingers crossed. [Music] How are you? Hi, I'm good. How are you? What's your name?
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Charlie. Charlie. Makeup artist Charlie is no stranger to a wedding or two, but sadly not her own.
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It's actually an amazing experience to be part of like that special day. And again, probably helps the jealousy when you see them on their wedding day, especially when people are younger than you and they're like, "Oh, I've been
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together like 5 years and we're getting married and I'm just like, I'm so happy for you, but I also really hate you and you're really pretty." Yeah.
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I must ask you, what is this bag? Frog. It's a frog bag. Yeah. Leave him alone.
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We got a real prince now. But he was a frog before. Yeah. Nice to meet you, Charlie.
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Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you. What's this? My frog. Does the frog have a name?
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Pascal. Pascal. I've got a little test for guys on dates just to see if they're embarrassed of me. And that is this guy, Pascal. It's just to see how they like react to it really. And I think if they're like
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really like, "Oh god, oh god, that's so embarrassing. Put that away right now." Then why would I want to go out with you?
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Think it's mental. It's not. It's It's edgy. Edgy. Edgy. Oh, he's all right. Yeah, he's all right.
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Cheers. Cheers. Kind of a straw. Sorry. Very girly of me. It's all right. Leave me hanging.
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Cheers. Have a good night. [Music] Hi, Mom. You all right? Yeah. It's going really well, Mom. Like, she's she's quite lovely. Yeah. So, she's really nice. I don't know what time I'm going to be back home, though. Don't worry.
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No, I'll be all right. I'll see my mom every day. I go hang around with my mom and dad now. Um more than people at the minute.
Speaker A
I'll give you a call anyway when I'm when I'm on the heading back. You know, the weekend we went we drove to Wales, my mom and my dad. I was in the back seat. They were in the front.
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but would like to have a girlfriend that I can go and do these things with. How's everything going?
Speaker A
Yeah, he's nice. He's he's very genuine, very sweet. Lovely. Yeah. Thanks, Mom. I'll speak to you in a bit.
Speaker A
Nice meeting you. Nice to meet you, too. Please take a seat. Please do. All right. What are you?
Speaker A
Thank you. Thank you. I think that the basis of love at the end of the day is self love. If you do not love yourself, it's going to be very difficult to get somebody else to love you.
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But sometimes if you can find that person that loves you, they can teach you to love yourself.
Speaker A
Where did the rose come from? From the flower pot. I like it. Thanks. Oh, the date was great. Really? Well, I was really nervous and anxious to start with, but she was lovely and she was brilliant and 10 out of 10 compared to
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how I was expecting. Let's go half. Let's go half. Let's go half. No, seriously.
Speaker A
No, no, no. The fact that you've offered is more than enough. Thank you. There you go. Fine.
Speaker A
It's very nice of you. pleasantly surprised. He was very very nice guy. Just just a genuine soul as well.
Speaker A
Oh, you can't forget your rose. No, I'm going to take my rose. There you go. You can keep that forever and ever now.
Speaker A
Hi. Hello. You okay? Missed you. Thanks. Love. You promise you're not going to run away as soon as you get out out the door?
Speaker A
Oh god. I'm not going to run away. I don't have to catch you. You're too fit.
Speaker A
No. Do I fancy any shirt? I think Yeah, I think you you have to. Of course. But I even even when you were in that picture.
Speaker A
A that's so nice. That's really sweet. Thank you. Thank you for dinner. Oh, I really appreciate it. No problem.
Speaker A
I just feel like right now it'd be friendship. It'd be friendship. But I really I would take that. Yeah. Happy take that.
Speaker A
Yay. Hope you have a safe journey home. Thank you. You too. But you were like one of the nicest people. I genuinely have met. I think you should just have like that confidence.
Speaker A
Thank you. It was just the reason she gave cuz it's always those same reasons. But hopefully someone will accept me for um for the way that I am.
Speaker A
[Music] You all right there? Here we go. Disney fanatic Matthew has visited the Magic Kingdom 25 times, but his Cinderella moment has so far elilluded him.
Speaker A
How are you? I'm all right. How are you? Yeah, very good. I like the bite.
Speaker A
I can make a little bit of an effort. You know what I mean? So, yes. I think my idol Disney prince would be Aladdin. come from the poor background, worked his way up in his little desktop with his pecs hanging out. I do not
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fantasize over Disney characters at all. I really don't. And who are you hoping to meet tonight? Let's not be too fussy.
Speaker A
Anything that comes. No, I'm joking. Cheers. I'm not really that popular with men. I'm just insecure about the way I look.
Speaker A
Maybe that's my issue. Maybe that's a bit of self-esteem issue as well. thinking, do you know what? I'm not going to talk to that person because they're too good for me.
Speaker A
I literally done an app sale yesterday and I was like wasn't scared at all. But then today I'm like, see what happens. You know what I mean?
Speaker A
Rubbing his genie's lamp in anticipation. His restaurant supervisor, Paul. Hello. How are you? I'm good, thank you. How are you?
Speaker A
Good, thank you. Reservation for Paul. Paul. Reservation or date? Date. My favorite Disney movie of all time is Aladdin cuz I want to be Princess Jasmine.
Speaker A
My Aladdin take me off on the carpet and sing to me and feed me grapes.
Speaker A
Hello, I'm Paul. I'm Matt. Nice to meet you. Are you all right? Yeah. Uh, long enough.
Speaker A
Thank you. Ain't been too bad. Ain't too bad. Hello. Are you hungry? Are you hungry?
Speaker A
I'm a little bit hungry. I'm always hungry. But can we eat standing up? Because my waist coat's really tight. It's hard to sit down.
Speaker A
I can't I can't do it. Oh, bugger it. I'm just going to have to open it up.
Speaker A
Just open it up and let it out. You don't mind? No, I don't mind at all.
Speaker A
As a gay man, the older you get, um, it is very daunting the idea of be being single. So, right now, I need to kind of knuckle down and find that one that I could grow old with. I mean, I'm still
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young, so we still got plenty of time to explore the world and live life. and then die together.
Speaker A
Have you ever done a blind date before? No. Me neither. No. It's the first time. What was you expecting?
Speaker A
Zack Efron. Zack Efron. I think I'm at the wrong table. No, you're right. You're right. Don't worry. Don't worry. Don't worry.
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[Music] Oh, bollocks. Before ordering, Scott and Charlie are still overcoming some initial nerves. I can't believe I've not smashed anything yet.
Speaker A
Are you clumsy? A little bit. When it comes to being in a relationship, I think I'm a bit of a jackal and hide. I think in a group of all my mates and and around people, I like to be, you know, a bit loud, a bit
Speaker A
brash, life in solar party, and a bit of a clown. I found out what artich chokes were the other week. I thought they were like sardines or something, but they're like, it's a vegetable. You want it?
Speaker A
Eggs. I know it is. I think behind closed doors, getting under the duvet, getting all snuggly wiggly, watching a film. I'm a right softy when it comes to that.
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[ __ ] the bed. Oh myest lad ever. How did you man? [Music] Oh, Himalayan rock salt.
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Sea salt. Yes, the little mermaid brought it herself. Do you like Disney though? I do.
Speaker A
I carry around a Mickey Mouse bag. Mickey Mouse tattoo. Wow. Well done. What's your favorite then?
Speaker A
I normally say Aladdin. Can I get another of your health here, please? Thank you.
Speaker A
If you were a Disney character, who would you be? Straight in there. Simba. Yeah.
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Tough life. Got through it. Yeah. Became king. Yeah. I'd like to go out with Pocahontas actually. Check out the animals. Wendy.
Speaker A
Yeah. Wendy from Pet and Pen. Oh no. Wendy seems too needy. That ideal man. Physically it really as long as they have a very kind face.
Speaker A
I kind of stay away from the gay scene now as much as possible because it is so superficial. Not all gays, but the ones that go to the gym and work out, they got the same shaped beard and the same
Speaker A
six-pack. You know, I like a guy with a belly. It's nice. It's natural. It's beautiful. No. What about you? Your ideal guy. Ah, Zack Efron. Zack Efron.
Speaker A
I don't see his appeal. Do you not? No. I like guys a bit more huskier than that. Ben Affleck.
Speaker A
before he got fit. Okay. Like so when he was just cuddly, [Music] how long you been single for?
Speaker A
Don't even know. Long time. You don't even know. Not really. Cuz you're busy. And everyone's a dick. I'm sorry. Everyone's a dick.
Speaker A
Everyone's a dick. So why is everyone a dick then? That's a very sweeping statement.
Speaker A
Convincing as well. Aren't they? Everyone's just horrible. You see like that you've been scarred.
Speaker A
I have been scarred by a nasty boy. A lot of them. I just attract them.
Speaker A
We shot the wrong ends. Mhm. I would say my past relationships have definitely shaped me because I have been hurt and it kind of it takes a bit for me to kind of you know to really trust somebody. I think people just made
Speaker A
me feel a bit rubbish about myself like that you're replaceable I think and I think that's kind of got the barriers up a bit and probably made me like scared of dating really.
Speaker A
Yeah, that's a bit rough to be fair. They're not all like that though. Wow. So like that.
Speaker A
I've never been the one to break up. I've always been the dumpy. And I think that's really made me really paranoid about what is wrong with me. Like what have I said? What have I done? Am I not
Speaker A
pretty enough? Am I not cool enough? I don't really know why. And I think that really hits my self-esteem.
Speaker A
This is lush. This is a good job. Do you like gor cheese? No. Tastes like metal.
Speaker A
What? Tastes like metal. It's got like a metallic twang. What's your favorite chocolate? Dairy milk. That's it.
Speaker A
Dairy milk melted. I hate milk chocolate. [Music] You know, at Easter they have the Cabri's cream eggs.
Speaker A
I hate cab. Have we tried the the cabri with the Oreo? I like Oreo.
Speaker A
Do I like Oreo? Tough crowd. Really? Not really. When you've been hurt in the past, it's only natural and instinctive to put up defenses.
Speaker A
But when these stop you from truly being who you are, you are only hurting yourself.
Speaker A
We always want something from somebody else to come first, but we should be the one giving first and we should be giving generously and then see if we get it back.
Speaker A
[Music] Oh dear. Look, my buttons are screaming. Undo it. Just undo it. No, because then you'll see the real me.
Speaker A
You don't want me to see the real you? Just undo it. Fashion is pain. Kate Moss, she said nothing tastes as good as skinny.
Speaker A
Do you believe that? That's a really bad thing to say, though. That is a bad thing to say. Come on. Say to a fat man. [ __ ] hell. You know what I mean?
Speaker A
I didn't mean it like that. Oh my god. No, I was just thinking about getting skinny. All right, see you later.
Speaker A
No, I was talking about like I think I'm just insecure about the way I look.
Speaker A
I used to have weight issues. Um, I used to be like extremely big at school.
Speaker A
I was fat at school. Then I went bimic and then I went fat again. constantly.
Speaker A
I'd be at the gym like 6:00 in the morning, seven days a week. But then I just got a bit depressed and I was like, I can't do this all the time. And then I moved down to London,
Speaker A
said, do you know what? Bug at this. And became who I am now. Love to get a bit slimmer, but yeah, just go with it for the moment.
Speaker A
I'm I'm still learning to like myself. Why? I actually had a lot of problems when I was um in my 20ies with weight.
Speaker A
Oh, really? I still have that feeling like I don't really want to show myself too much. I've been massively overweight and I've got short legs. So, I look like a dumpling. I look like a Chinese dumpling.
Speaker A
But it's really tough like going from this size, shrinking down to this size and still not being perfect.
Speaker A
So I would like someone who would take me for all of me. They do want me fully.
Speaker A
I spent too much time worrying about what my friends thought and what people thought of me. I'm like no. I went out once with cling film off.
Speaker A
Did you? I'm serious. I was like quick cling film. How did it look? Did you have like protruding?
Speaker A
No. I don't know all the way up here. I was like, "Yes, I'm skinny again now." Oh [ __ ] the bed. Look what I've done here. Look.
Speaker A
How's everything with the frog lady? Yeah. All right. Yeah, it's good. Yeah. Pascal threw me a little bit.
Speaker A
Pascal. Pascal has got a name. The frog. The frog's got you met him. It's funny.
Speaker A
Oh, I think she was going. Enjoy. Bollocks. I've just spilled water all over my crotch.
Speaker A
Oh my god. Jesus. Sorry. Just getting him ready. What do you What the hell do you put in that?
Speaker A
Everything. [Music] That [ __ ] frog. Can't believe you prefer that. It's Pascal. It's just a bag. She just got a name.
Speaker A
What's your beef? Charlie is someone who I would really get on with, but she didn't go as far as enough to let herself go with that. She held herself back a bit.
Speaker A
All right, I'm weird. Go for it. So, who paid for the bill, by the way?
Speaker A
He paid for all of it, which is so nice cuz that's never ever ever ever happened to me in my whole life.
Speaker A
Was it all on there? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It's been nice, isn't it? Hello.
Speaker A
Yeah. All right. Yeah. How are you? Good. Excellent. Come on. Would you guys like to see each other again?
Speaker A
I think I would. Yeah. I think we were good bands. What's your ex? Um um I thought I thought I absolutely love the date and I thought I thought you were um I thought you were cracking last. Um, I
Speaker A
think that you've got potential to be um, Don't laugh. All right. Okay. You've got potential to be a proper sound lasted date.
Speaker A
Mhm. But I think that you put up such a massive barrier. Thanks very much.
Speaker A
I'm not I'm not being mean. I'm just You're not being mean. This is good.
Speaker A
It's good info. Thank you. See you later. Cuz you're a proper sound lass. You are a quality lass.
Speaker A
Thanks, mate. Nice to meet you, love. Take it easy. See you later, love. Enjoy.
Speaker A
Come with a hug. Yeah, come. Come here, girl. We can have a hug. Of course we can.
Speaker A
[Music] [Music] You know, since I moved to London, I'm like, let's try something different like every year.
Speaker A
That's great. Like going on blind dates, like doing an app sale. App sale. You did the charity.
Speaker A
You know the company I work for, they have a big dog costume. Yeah. All right. And he was wearing it coming down the building in this dog costume.
Speaker A
[Music] I do fancy him. I don't know if that's a good thing. You know, I'm really looking forward to getting home and opening this up. the man boobs coming out.
Speaker A
I try and be confident, but then I'm always thinking, "Oh, they're not going to like me. I'm too fat for them. I'm not their type of bloke." Like this one.
Speaker A
I'm like, he's a good-looking guy. It's not going to happen, though. I'll get it.
Speaker A
No. Yes. No. Why? No way. That's very sweet of you. Thank you. Are you all right?
Speaker A
I'm fine. I can't breathe. Have you undone it now? Yes. Why didn't you undo it earlier?
Speaker A
I don't know. It's a weirdness. It's a weird weird. So, would you like to see each other again?
Speaker A
I would say yes. Yes or no? All right. So aggressive about it. Yeah. No, four drinks. Good. That's cool.
Speaker A
Yeah. Start from there. Ladies first. What do you mean ladies first? Are you going to wear the the dog suit?
Speaker A
Why am I in a dog seat? Oh, I was going to dress up like Minnie.
Speaker A
Anywhere that says sells alcohol, please. Thanks. [Music] Bless all folks. [Music]
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