To be honest, I was pretty anxious going into the date. I’ve never done anything like this before. The thought of it being planned by someone else, there being a photographer capturing the date, it being in the paper. All these things were a bit scary, but it was also very exciting because it was all so new to me. I told my friends about it and they were all so excited as well.
I arrived a couple of minutes before my date. My first impression of Rhys was that he seemed like quite a creative person. He was wearing a matching set that had beer print all over. I knew he definitely wasn’t a dull person.
We started off with some small talk. He told me about the party he had been to the night before, we shared what we did for work, etc. I found his job very interesting as it’s quite different to what I do. We spoke about being gay, our parents and how accepting or non-accepting they were when we came out, what the gay scene in Perth is like, all those types of things. Conversation was very good.
We had a lot of laughs during the date talking about our past dates and the ones that were not so good. There ended up being a funny accident with the photographer where his camera broke mid-shoot, which made us all laugh. He managed to capture enough before that happened thankfully.
I think we did hit it off, we had really great conversations, but as we spoke more, I think we realised we are not so compatible in certain ways. It was interesting because I really liked the date and had a great time. After dinner we ended up going for a walk to get ice-cream and keep chatting. I’d definitely be happy to catch up again, but I think it will be more as friends in my opinion. We added each other on social media and have spoken since. It was a lot of fun and I’m glad I gave it a go.
7/10
I was worried going in that I’d end up meeting someone I already knew so I was quite relieved when I walked in and had never met Sho before. I was pretty nervous beforehand; I don’t go on a whole lot of dates. I was feeling a whole range of emotions. Scared I was going to be stood up but also very excited to try something new. I’ve been trying to put myself out there a little more recently, so I knew even if the date was bad, at least I gave it a go.
I think the most awkward part of the date was the initial breaking of the ice but once we got into it, it was all smooth.
Sho and I didn’t have any mutual friends, which is almost unheard of in our community. Conversation flowed easy throughout the date. Not a whole lot in common with us between what we get up to in our spare time to what we do for a living and we obviously don’t hang out in the same circles, but we still had plenty to talk about.
We discussed coming out and family dynamics. Our experiences were different but there are always aspects that are similar but still very much our own stories. We discussed dating and exchanged bad date experiences, which was funny. I vaguely remember applying for Blind Date after having a string of bad dates. I think I saw an article pop up and I thought, why not give this a whirl? What is the worst that can happen?
I’d say there probably wasn’t a romantic connection between us but he is someone I’d easily hang out with again — he was a really lovely guy and whoever ends up with him will be lucky as he is very smart and handsome.
We went and got ice-cream after the date and Sho dropped me home as I had Ubered in. We are now following each other on Instagram. I would definitely see him again, he’s such a nice guy, but it would be as friends.
9/10
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