Blind date
Each week, we fix up two Guardian readers
Blind date: ‘I was in the bathroom when she arrived – the maitre d’ thought I’d done a runner’
Bridget, 52, a yoga teacher, meets Sacha, 59, a psychotherapist
Blind date in Cologne: ‘He walked me to my car. Unfortunately, I had parked very close by’
Monique, 50, who works for the UN, meets Ian, 52, an English teacher
Blind date: ‘I wish I hadn’t said the lighting made me feel like I was going for a smear test’
Henry, 38, a software engineer, meets Anna, 38, who works in social impact marketing
Blind date: ‘He said I looked like Kate Moss, then went, “No, wait, Kate Bush – I still fancy her though!”’
Emily, 26, who works in publishing, meets Jack, 25, a caseworker for a Labour MP
Blind date: ‘Did we kiss? After the night we had, it would’ve been rude not to’
Adrian, 35, who works in advertising, meets Catherine, 36, a yoga teacher
Blind date: ‘He was very handsome, with a great set of teeth and a bold look. I knew it would be a night to remember’
Lewis (left), 26, a digital video executive, meets Max, 23, a business management trainee
Blind date: ‘I was quite vocal about my distaste for German food – and then learned of her German heritage’
Yukari, 29, a freelance motion designer, meets John, 31, a furniture sales manager
Blind date: ‘I was hoping to meet a total babe. She was a total babe’
Gráinne, 31, a software engineer and musician, meets Alexander, 34, a civil servant
Blind date: ‘I really enjoyed chatting to her – even when she critiqued my dating app profile!’
Matthew, 24, a tax consultant, meets Izzy, 25, an advertising executive
Blind date: ‘We went on two dates eight years ago – he didn’t want a third. That was an icebreaker’
Ben, 36, a writer, meets Maxim, 35, a freelance interior stylist
Blind date: ‘I hoped my first ever blind date would be with a good human … nailed it’
Holly, 42, an NHS service manager, meets Johnny, 45, a product manager
Blind date: ‘We asked a fellow diner to take our photo. It turned out she was a fan of the column!’
Sadiye, 55, a retired lawyer, meets Iwan, 62, a radiologist
Blind date: ‘Awkward moments? When she said I looked like her ex. And again when she said I looked like another ex’
Clemmie, 27, a television writer, meets Joe, 28, a civil servant
Blind date: ‘Would I introduce him to my friends? Definitely. They’d probably all fancy him’
Jordan, 23, a civil servant, meets Frances, 24, a journalist
Blind date: ‘He handled an allergic reaction with stoicism, while I fretted about having to tell the Guardian I’d killed my date’
Felix, 24, a film programmer, meets Erin, 23, an archaeologist
Blind date: ‘The glare of the Christmas lights made his eyes look really beautiful and I just had to tell him’
Ash, 38, a photographer, meets Darren, 39, a TV producer
Blind date: ‘He looked like a cross between Andrew Garfield and my primary school crush’
Joe, 29, an academic, meets Alison, 30, a book publisher
Blind date: ‘It took some not-so-discreet pointing from the waiters to realise I was heading in the wrong direction’
Abhijit, 34, a software engineer, meets Alanna, 29, a doctor
Blind date: ‘My rushing to make the tube doors felt rather shabby, definitely not chic’
Tom, 49, a boatbuilder, meets Francoise, 46, public sector worker
Blind date: ‘She is a good hugger. None of this air-hug, spongy blancmange stuff’
Katy, 44, a clinical psychologist, meets Nick, 47, a consultant
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