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00:00So, here's one for the ladies.
00:03Happy Valentine!
00:06Having a partner during Valentine's Day is the best.
00:09I'm definitely an old romantic when it comes to Valentine.
00:12I feel so lucky to have found fruitcake
00:15and to finally marry her after all these years.
00:18And this is exactly what I want for our daters
00:20in the first date's restaurant.
00:22Merlin has prepared an incredible Valentine's Day cocktail.
00:25Well, we have a fuzzy feeling.
00:26It's giving you a little fuzzy feeling inside.
00:29Yeah, here's the butterflies.
00:31My advice on Valentine's Day, go for it.
00:34Flowers, chocolate, kisses, do it all.
00:39Am I romantic at all?
00:41Probably.
00:44How do you know I'm flirting?
00:46A few comments, cheeky smile.
00:49Let's start this service. All right, let's go.
00:51Come on, let's go.
00:53I'm so excited.
01:06Online dating is like a sweet shop.
01:09Everybody always thinks there's a nicer suite.
01:12Looking to unwrap her love life is 55-year-old Andrea.
01:18So I have literally tried, not saying every suite in the sweet shop,
01:23but I'm close to that.
01:27Everybody wants a life partner, a best friend,
01:29somebody to go on adventures with.
01:31So I would like a partner to travel with.
01:35I think now's the time.
01:37I mean, if I can't do it, you've got to be able to pull something out of the bag.
01:43Welcome.
01:45Happy Valentine.
01:46You are bursting with scholars.
01:49Do you want to take your coat?
01:50Yeah, please.
01:51So I've still got that glimmer.
01:54There is someone out there.
01:56But I have been looking for a needle in a haystack and I think I'm a bit done with it.
02:00What are you looking for?
02:02The male version of me.
02:03I want somebody who's got a zest for life,
02:06a light and sober party, but then who's got a kind heart, empathetic.
02:10Right.
02:12So what would attract me first?
02:14I'd say the banter more than anything.
02:16I'd have a cheeky sense of humour.
02:18I like quirky.
02:20I'd like someone who likes music.
02:22I miss sort of the Girls Alouda era.
02:24This one is for a cover from the Out of Control album, as any alloweder will tell you.
02:30Biology.
02:32What will the neighbours say?
02:34And finally,
02:36I'm just a love machine.
02:41For Valentine's Day, Patrick is hoping for something kinda ooh.
02:47So, one song to sum up your love life.
02:52I'm trying to think if there's a song called Non-Existent.
02:57How are you, Patrick?
02:58Not bad. Pleased to meet you, thank you.
02:59Nice to meet you too.
03:00So, where you come from, Patrick?
03:01I've come from Leeds.
03:03No women in Leeds?
03:04There are.
03:04Just not the right one for me, apparently.
03:05Not the one for you?
03:06So, my friends and family, they probably describe me as a bit of an idiot
03:11because I just live life to the full and I'm always up for a laugh.
03:15I need somebody who can put up with my nonsense because I never stop.
03:21And I'd like somebody who likes to travel the way I do.
03:25If they didn't laugh and they were deadly serious, I don't think we'd get on.
03:30Hi.
03:32Pleased to meet you.
03:33Hello, I'm Patrick.
03:33I'm Andrea.
03:34Andrea, pleased to meet you.
03:36I think we've got matching glasses.
03:37Have we?
03:38All right.
03:39These are new, actually, and I got them exactly the same pair that I had before.
03:43What would you like?
03:45Could I have a pint of Guinness, please?
03:47A pint of Guinness, a whole pint of Guinness.
03:48Just a starter.
03:50Are you nervous?
03:51If I said I wasn't, I'd be lying.
03:53Are you?
03:53Yourself?
03:54No, I'm excited.
03:55Excited?
03:56I'm like, kid me, I've been buzzing, like, can't wait.
03:59I've been...
04:00I've been...
04:00I've been pacing the room.
04:02No, I've been...
04:03I've been all right.
04:04So, where have you come down from?
04:18Erm...
04:18Are you quite a Valentine's-y person?
04:20I never used to be.
04:21Let that happiness out!
04:23Oh, my God!
04:24I know, I know.
04:24I know, we're celebrating love.
04:25It's just...
04:25I just feel so happy.
04:30All right, you party any mores?
04:31Yes.
04:31Are you ready?
04:32Yes, we are.
04:33Come on, let's go.
04:35I need to give you a hug.
04:36I need to...
04:38Oh, my God, just happy Valentine's Day!
04:44My best Valentine's Day was when I was about 21.
04:50He bought me roses and took me out for dinner.
04:55Oh, yeah, it was lovely.
04:56It was really sweet.
04:58Well, I am gonna be 50 this year,
05:01so I'm ready for the next one!
05:05Looking to fully book his love life
05:07is hairdresser Daniel.
05:10For years, I've been telling all my, you know,
05:12like, my single clients and friends, like,
05:14get on the apps, go do it!
05:16And I've been on the apps and, no.
05:19No, I can't.
05:20It's awful.
05:21What don't you like about the apps?
05:23The people that are liking you, I'm like,
05:25oh, no, that's not what I was thinking.
05:27I was thinking more like George Clooney, Brad Pitt vibes.
05:33Not...
05:34...Norman...
05:35...Sugee Retired.
05:38God, I am here to find the love of my life.
05:42And I think I need some help.
05:45Oh, it's hard out there.
05:47It's very hard.
05:48It's a bit deserty.
05:53How are you?
05:54Très bien, merci.
05:55Nice to see you.
05:56Nice to see you today.
05:58You all right?
05:58Yeah, really good, thank you.
05:59I know that person.
06:01You know him?
06:02Not personally, but that's the gazer from Gogglebox.
06:04You think that's the guy from Gogglebox?
06:05When you go on the apps, no one ever says anything about Gogglebox.
06:09People recognize the poodles, I tell you what, more than they recognize me ever.
06:13What's happening in your life?
06:14Ah, I need to find a date.
06:15No one's slipping into my DMs.
06:17Never.
06:18And it's Valentine, so if it doesn't happen today, it's never gonna happen.
06:22I have been single for about ten months.
06:27In the summer, I did have a little bit of dating frenzy.
06:30I went on, I think in one month, about 17 dates.
06:33Why didn't any of those 17 dates work out?
06:36I don't know why they didn't work out.
06:38What's wrong with me?
06:39There you go.
06:40Oh, lovely.
06:42Pleasure.
06:43What sort of person do you want to meet today?
06:44Oh, funny, kind.
06:47Kind.
06:47Always.
06:48That's very important.
06:49I'm looking for someone fit, healthy, with hair.
06:53Come on, bring out the gingers.
06:57Hello.
06:58I don't know what to say now.
07:02Here to rescue Daniel's love life is 48-year-old paramedic Simon.
07:08The elderly females like to get a little bit handsy with us paramedics, bless them.
07:14Yeah, they do tend to crab you.
07:15When I was dating, many minutes ago, people used to put stuff in a newspaper ad.
07:23What are your flirting skills like?
07:25I don't know if I can flirt.
07:27I'm not even sure I can.
07:28So, I'm not sure.
07:30You'll have to find out.
07:37Good afternoon, Simon.
07:39Nice to meet you.
07:40You too.
07:41What, are you going to the gym?
07:42Yeah, every now and again.
07:43It's good.
07:44It suits you.
07:45I come off all the dating apps and I want to find someone authentically.
07:49I like someone who looks after themselves.
07:51Dark hair.
07:52Someone who likes to have a laugh.
07:55There we are.
07:55Hi.
07:56Hiya.
07:56Hiya.
07:57How are you going?
07:59Daniel.
08:00Nice to meet you, Simon.
08:02Have you been here long?
08:04About that long.
08:06Hello.
08:07How are you?
08:07I'm good, thank you.
08:08Would you like a drink?
08:09Pink gin and lemonade, please.
08:12Enough gin.
08:14Have you come far?
08:15I have come up from Bryson.
08:17I am in New Haven.
08:19Oh, yeah.
08:20Literally like 20 minutes, like within 20 minutes.
08:22So, not far at all.
08:23Not quite what you asked for, but that'll hold you for now.
08:25So, you're going to have to know a little close,
08:26because I'm having a few issues with the machinery, I'm afraid.
08:28That's all right.
08:29No, thank you.
08:31Do you like champagne?
08:33No.
08:40Hey, baby.
08:42Hey.
08:43I pee by long times.
08:44Yes.
08:45Happy Valentine's Day.
08:46I wish she was here.
08:47Oh, me too.
08:48But listen, what I was thinking is, why don't you come and see me,
08:52and maybe we can have dinner here, in the restaurant.
08:54That would be amazing.
08:57All right, listen.
08:57Have a nice day.
08:58I will.
08:59Bye.
09:00Ciao, my love.
09:00Ciao.
09:01Have you got any children?
09:02I have.
09:03I've got son who's 30.
09:04My son's 30.
09:07I was a dad at 25.
09:09I've loved being a dad.
09:11Oh, I'm going to go.
09:12I get a bit muscle.
09:13Oh.
09:15To me, that shows you're comfortable with me, that you're already showing your emotion.
09:20How old are you?
09:21I'm 55.
09:22I'm 55.
09:23When I walked in, I didn't think you were 55, so I'll give you that.
09:26You look very good.
09:27I mean, people at work, because I change who I work with all the time, they are shocked.
09:32And I think, I don't just think it's the way I look, I think it's your outlook on life.
09:36I think, live life to the full.
09:39This is why we match them, because my job makes me appreciate that.
09:42So my job, I work for a children's critical care ambulance service.
09:45I'm a call handler.
09:47What you hear on those calls of literally a child that is healthy one minute and not healthy the next
09:54minute.
09:55The job I do now is actual life and death.
09:59And it's like balancing templates at once sometimes.
10:03One of the hardest parts of my job is when we hear that that child hasn't made it.
10:11There's cases that do affect you.
10:13Like there's one case that stays with you more than anything and it was a little boy.
10:17He was 11 and he was obsessed with football.
10:20And he just collapsed and died on that football pitch.
10:24My son was obsessed with football.
10:25And I think to myself, that could have been my son.
10:35I couldn't do that job. I'd spend the whole day crying.
10:38See.
10:39We deal with it. We talk to each other about it.
10:42Yeah, I get that.
10:45What do I miss about being in a relationship?
10:47I'd say coming home from a hard shift.
10:50Just sharing and talking over that experience with somebody.
10:56So travel's a massive vice.
10:58That's what I've spent the majority of my money on in my whole life.
11:01Kind of at this moment when I was 40.
11:03That I'm going to visit every country in Europe before the day I die.
11:05Wow.
11:06So every day is your last day.
11:08Yep.
11:09I asked for the male version of me.
11:12Do you know what I'll...
11:14I think they've delivered it.
11:16You know what though?
11:17My music chase, people always go...
11:19What?
11:20Like what?
11:22My favourite band in the whole world is Girls Aloud.
11:26Don't laugh.
11:27There'll be no disrespecting of Girls Aloud.
11:30Don't you be looking like that?
11:31Should we just end this now?
11:47You're gonna roll, you're gonna roll.
11:48Happy Valentine's Day to you.
11:49Happy Valentine's Day to you.
11:56Thank you so...
11:57Oh, can I not...
11:58Can I have one?
11:59Of course.
12:00Drinks.
12:00You know what?
12:01I've always said, if Guinness was a woman I would marry it.
12:06You know what?
12:09Hello, hello.
12:10Do we happen to know what we'd like to eat?
12:12Oh, no.
12:13I just don't like garlic.
12:14I don't like garlic.
12:16I like the taste of it.
12:17Yeah.
12:17I just don't like the smell of it.
12:18That's a shame.
12:21I just have to go for the chicken burger.
12:23Gorgeous.
12:24Can I have the sirloin steak, please?
12:26No garlic?
12:27No, I'm joking.
12:30Cheers.
12:31Cheers.
12:32Lovely to meet you.
12:33Yeah, you too.
12:34So, how old are you?
12:3649 this year.
12:37Oh, so you're...
12:38I'm 50 this year.
12:39Okay.
12:40Weird, like, old people.
12:41We're used to meeting people in a pub or...
12:44I miss that.
12:44Yeah, like...
12:45My friend put me on the Tinder app.
12:48Oh, yeah.
12:49You know, split up with my ex.
12:51And I felt really old.
12:53How long were you together for?
12:5522 years.
12:57Wow.
12:57Yeah.
12:57Such a long time.
12:58We were married as well.
12:59Yeah.
13:00So, I've got two children.
13:01Have you?
13:02Yeah.
13:02Well, say children.
13:04They're 26 and 25.
13:05So, I had them with my ex-girlfriend.
13:07Wow.
13:08Yeah.
13:10I...
13:10When I was 18, um, my parents found out that I was gay.
13:18And I remember saying to my dad, I don't want to be put in a box.
13:20I didn't want to go through this life and not have children.
13:24I was 22 when my son was born.
13:27And then, when he was three months old, surprise, surprise, she got pregnant with my daughter.
13:32I just didn't want to raise the children with arguments.
13:34So, um...
13:35And yeah, it took a lot of soul searching.
13:37And we eventually ended our relationship.
13:40When you come out to her, what was she like?
13:44Interestingly, we met in a gay pub.
13:46So, you have a Jerry Springer, really.
13:49I met my ex-husband in the same pub.
13:52Oh, wow.
13:53Yeah.
13:54They know each other as well.
13:55So, there was no competition for her.
13:56It's not like I was going with another woman.
13:59Yeah, we were always putting the children first.
14:02They were one and two.
14:03So, they've known no difference.
14:05So, to them, they had two dads and a mum.
14:07I've only had two really long relationships.
14:10You know, you get to kind of our age.
14:11You're now single and I wasn't expecting that.
14:13And, you know, it's, yeah, it's taken some time.
14:15How long have you been single for?
14:17About two years now.
14:18Me and my ex-husband concentrated on raising a family.
14:22And then you kind of sit back and go,
14:23actually, where are we now?
14:25Where do we find us?
14:27And I think we just became different people.
14:29I've been out on the dating scene for a long, long time.
14:33So, then to come back into it, I was like,
14:35this is just, like, so different.
14:38It's so different.
14:39I don't want to be on my own.
14:41I want to find that person that I can say that's home.
14:46I love kids.
14:47I've got three grandchildren as well.
14:50So, yeah.
14:50You're a granddad.
14:52Yeah.
14:52Shall I call your grandpa?
14:54No.
15:00So, he is literally the male version of me.
15:03As in, he's got a son the same age.
15:06He loves travelling.
15:07He's from Leeds.
15:08But he likes Girls Aloud.
15:14Hello.
15:15I thought I'd just pop my head in about the food.
15:18Yes.
15:18I'll read the burger that you've ordered.
15:20Within the marinade, there is garlic.
15:23I just thought I'd check with you.
15:25Just a salad is absolutely fine.
15:26Salad?
15:26Salad's fine.
15:27I'm so sorry about that.
15:28Thank you so much.
15:30It's not your day.
15:32Oh, dear.
15:36I've got a bit of a question for you, actually.
15:37Right.
15:37I was going to ask, could I sing a song?
15:40Because it's Valentine's Day and all that, and I think it's very special.
15:43Yeah, play something romantic.
15:45OK.
15:45I've got to think about it.
15:46I'll leave it to you.
15:48So, I've just rang my friend, because she said, ring me when you're in the toilet.
15:53So, I said, he's lovely.
15:55He is like the male version of me, but he likes Girls Aloud.
15:59What did she say?
16:01That's one.
16:01Did she say?
16:02So flamboyant then, she said.
16:07A lot of people think I am gay.
16:11I think because some of my taste in music.
16:13I love Girls Aloud, and as a middle-aged straight man, it's the most ridiculous thing ever.
16:21However, when my marriage broke down, it wasn't a happy marriage.
16:25It was around the time Girls Aloud reformed.
16:27So, there are certain songs that put me at certain parts of my life.
16:32So, I always remember being on holiday, my first holiday with the kids on my own,
16:36and No Good Advice was played.
16:38I always remember that.
16:38They just put me in a place of happiness that I can't rationally explain.
16:45I'd like to think when somebody meets me, they're going to like me and judge me for who I am.
16:51I always say, I'm a good catch, I just haven't been caught.
16:56Who do you think my celebrity crush was?
17:00Erm...
17:00Was it?
17:01Ken Barlow from Modern History?
17:04I don't know!
17:06Who was your celebrity crush?
17:08Kylie Minogue.
17:09Straight away.
17:11I've got Kylie Minogue K on me arm there.
17:14Kylie Minogue tattoo.
17:16Why are you like that?
17:22So, Aoife, Valentine's Day last year, you were single, but now you're in a relationship.
17:27Tell me, how is it different being in a relationship on Valentine's Day?
17:32Love is just at the core of everything.
17:33And do you think Valentine's Day reflects that?
17:34Yeah, because it gives an excuse to like celebrate what you have.
17:38Yeah.
17:39Do you know what I mean?
17:50Meet Fruitcake.
17:52This Valentine's, she's hoping for a date to remember.
18:05How are you?
18:06Good, thank you.
18:07How are you?
18:08Are you OK?
18:09Yes.
18:10Nice to see you.
18:12Nice to see you too.
18:13It's good that you come and see me at work.
18:14I know.
18:15It's in the evening, right?
18:16Let's go and have something to eat.
18:18This way.
18:18OK.
18:20I can completely sympathise with the data.
18:23That was nerve-wracking.
18:24What is nerve-wracking?
18:26Waiting.
18:27Oh, thank you.
18:28Oh, gentlemen.
18:30Yeah, of course.
18:31Thank you very much.
18:34You can see everything this way.
18:36Yeah.
18:39You're looking at me, you're making me nervous.
18:41What are you nervous for?
18:43Well, when we met, you were very confident.
18:45Yeah, well.
18:46You were?
18:47Yes.
18:47True.
18:48True.
18:48True.
18:48True.
18:49I don't know.
18:50My alter-ego.
18:52Yeah.
18:53Oh, it's your alter-ego.
18:54Yeah, yeah, yeah.
18:56Hey.
18:58Hello.
18:58Hey.
18:59So lovely to see you.
18:59Mwah.
19:00You look delicious.
19:02Oh, thank you.
19:03Thank you very much.
19:04Oh, my God, I'm serving the boss.
19:05This is weird.
19:06I don't really know what to do with myself.
19:07No pressure.
19:08Allergies?
19:09Anyone got any allergies?
19:10No, no.
19:11No allergies.
19:11What do you recommend?
19:13The sea bass is good.
19:14Yeah.
19:14I'll have a Caesar salad, please.
19:16Caesar salad.
19:17Are we going to be having any wine?
19:19No.
19:19I'm going to have a cocktail.
19:20You're not going to have a drink?
19:22Because you're working.
19:23I've got a restaurant to run, babe.
19:25Sorry.
19:25I've got to keep my wits about myself, you know?
19:28So, how does it feel to be married?
19:32Amazing.
19:33Does it feel different?
19:35Does it feel different?
19:37Thanks, the sea.
19:38It feels different because I now refer to Fred as my husband.
19:43Yeah.
19:43That's nice.
19:44It feels warmer in your heart.
19:47It's been very good.
19:48Yeah.
19:48Long date, continue.
19:50What's happening?
19:52The boss is currently on a date with his wife.
19:55No.
19:56Yeah, yeah.
19:56I bet.
19:57Have you ever seen?
19:58Look at this.
19:59She's absolutely gorgeous.
20:00She's gorgeous.
20:00Yeah.
20:01She is.
20:02That's lovely.
20:03It's making me feel a little warm and fuzzy inside.
20:05I know.
20:06I liked it.
20:07Are you having a good time?
20:08Do you know what?
20:09I'm really enjoying myself.
20:10I was really concerned that I'd get somebody who was boring.
20:14And do you know what?
20:14She talks more than me.
20:16It's really nice.
20:17Oh, good.
20:19Hello, Patrick.
20:20I'm in the toilet.
20:21There's another man here.
20:22Have you made friends?
20:24I've just met him.
20:25I don't even know.
20:25What's your name?
20:26Daniel.
20:27Daniel.
20:27He's having a good time.
20:28I'm having a nice time.
20:29We're all having a nice time.
20:31So, how's it going?
20:33Yeah, it's going good.
20:34He's like me.
20:35He doesn't show up, so...
20:38She's disrespecting girls allowed, so...
20:40Oh, mate.
20:41How are you going to get over that?
20:42That's a hurdle.
20:43I don't.
20:43I haven't told her all the memorabilia I've got yet.
20:52I mean, we would always remember that day where we met on the street of Beckham.
20:56With you, it was just you were walking.
20:58I just like your eyes and you started to smile at me.
21:01A beautiful smile of yours.
21:02And I thought, oh, this is...
21:03And I smiled back and I had to stop and start the conversation.
21:08Ask you for your number and say, let's go for a drink later on.
21:11The rest is history.
21:13I remember our first day. I didn't want it to end.
21:16I remember everything about that day, even though it was 11 years ago.
21:22What do you?
21:23I remember it too.
21:25What was I wearing then?
21:26You were wearing jeans.
21:28Oh, yeah, yeah?
21:28With Olsen.
21:29Yeah.
21:29Yeah.
21:29Yes.
21:31And I feel like it was just...
21:33Maybe it had just stopped raining or something that day.
21:37It was a fine drizzle.
21:39Oh, fine drizzle.
21:40We call it a caisson in French.
21:42Best day of my life.
21:45You're so sweet too.
21:46Oh, I get emotional thinking about it.
21:53See, now, look at that, sun's out.
21:55So, because we're from North, sun's out, guns out, isn't it?
22:00You don't wear a vest, do you?
22:02No.
22:05I've got to give them a lot of T-shirts, but...
22:07Don't.
22:11Stop it.
22:13With the faces on.
22:15I've got some of the faces on.
22:22It was a good day.
22:23We had fun.
22:23We had a laugh.
22:24We did have a very lot in common, yeah.
22:27Apart from girls allowed.
22:32That was the curve ball.
22:35I think the one that would upset most people
22:37is the one that says,
22:38I'm just a love machine on it.
22:40Oh, I think that's quite funny.
22:41And a lie.
22:45Hello.
22:46Hello, again.
22:48This isn't awkward.
22:51I think that's funny.
22:52Can't do it.
22:56So, do you want to see each other again?
22:59Well, I'd quite like to go for a pint now.
23:01Oh, yeah, definitely.
23:02I think we've got more to talk about.
23:06I'm not putting out, though.
23:08I think we're very similar.
23:10We don't stop talking.
23:12I think it's not about the things we like.
23:15It's about our attitude to life.
23:18So, should we go on somewhere else?
23:20Yeah?
23:21Yeah.
23:22Sun's out.
23:24Right.
23:24I believe there might be a karaoke bar
23:26where I could sing you some kilt aloud.
23:30You've got your drink in your hand.
23:32Surely.
23:35I just look like I've knits it.
23:36You can't have your drink.
23:38I can now, look. I've knits it. I've knitted the glass.
23:40Stop.
23:41I love having you here.
23:44Right, I've got to do some work, but I love you.
23:45Come on.
23:46I love you a lot.
23:51Okay, thank you for your patience.
23:53Thank you very much.
24:00Do you like ghost cheese?
24:02You don't?
24:03I'll try it.
24:06I want to see you eat it.
24:08Oh, God.
24:11Okay.
24:11I don't know.
24:13I don't know.
24:20Do you know what they say it tastes like?
24:23Old man's crunch.
24:24Jesus Christ.
24:41what do you think of valentine's day fred i love valentine's it's my favorite day of the year
24:46for other people or for yourself for me
24:48oh my everything like a shining i'm sure i recognize you somewhere why do i recognize you
24:58you mate have you watched cocoa box yeah i was in google box with my ex
25:10we were the guys with the poodles sitting on the couch okay i was married um up to last year
25:18okay we were together for 12 years okay when you break up with someone especially if you've
25:25been married and you've given your heart to it it's very yeah it's very upsetting and it was upsetting
25:31i definitely felt like i was grieving for a good six months it was very hard to get over it
25:40for me like if you're going to get married you think you're going to be together forever you
25:45know your heart is stuck on that so when you separate it's very hard to get out of that funk
25:52and it was hard to get out of that funk i want to build a new future being in relation
25:58with someone
25:59else just ready for that new love it is difficult though because we still live together okay but we're
26:14going to set our place and then move on maybe i should move to new haven
26:21it's all right not with you
26:26hi happy valentine's day
26:32i love you so much i love you too what would you ask someone on the first day are you
26:39on the role
26:39play now yes robley robley so what's your name michelle
26:56what's yours my name is friend why do you call me a fruitcake why do you know what it means
27:07do you know what it means but if you call someone a fruitcake
27:10somebody a bit loopy yeah so why do you call me fruitcake i don't know you don't call me fruitcake
27:17because
27:24so i told you to smile it's all about you
27:36it's dr p you're the boys unique no one like me could fix your teeth hey come see me leaving
27:42your teeth gonna
27:42look so cheap keep you sweet when a girl don't smile i'm like that's pete hey
27:49number one we the best it's another hoping for a date with a winning smile is 31 year old dentist
27:56phil are you on a mission to make dentistry sexy i guess without knowing it maybe
28:09i've got a really close group of friends we're all starting to have kids and all this i've worked
28:15really really hard with him i've built a decent life myself but there's no point having all that
28:19if you've not got anyone to share it with
28:26you're still relaxed trying to be how you doing feel you okay i'm good how are you nice to meet
28:30you nice to meet you very good have you been on many dates before i have updated quite a bit
28:35yeah i
28:35think trying something new all right shall we take you through yes do it come with me cool
28:42dating's not worked out for me as well as my career has so i guess um it's time to get
28:50a bit of help
28:51so when was the last time you were dating so i was in a long-term relationship 18 months ago
28:56all right and then since then not been dating as much as i've gotten older i think it does get
29:02a little bit harder okay and now you're ready you have space so what's your type good energy
29:08looks after themselves keeps fit now i'm looking for a best friend really who obviously i'm attracted to
29:15working together as a partnership power couple vibes so is it important your date has good teeth
29:22a good smile yeah if a girl turns up to date with bad teeth then unfortunately it's a red flag
29:31hi you've got nice teeth you've got a nice smile oh thank you i've had these done
29:37looking to seal the deal is medical sales manager jessica
29:44my friends would say i don't know if i'm allowed to say this but a boss
29:50bitch that's their words not mine describe to me what is a boss bitch then i would say somebody
29:56that just can be quite ruthless at times but i really am a massive softy inside
30:04all my friends are getting married my best friend just had a baby it would love to be married by
30:0930.
30:10i mean that's very ambitious isn't it 28 but this is what my mum always said you've got plenty of
30:16time
30:17like no mum nice to see you you too you're looking amazing thank you and what a smile you have
30:27actually your date is at the bar yes can you see yeah
30:33i've been single for quite a long time and now i'm ready to like meet somebody and ideally settle
30:39down i'm looking for somebody ambitious determined sporty teeth smells are very important because i
30:46think that gives away their character shall we go yeah yeah i'll let you go first i do have stuff
30:52for my instagrams hello how are you i'm good thank you how are you nice to meet you nice to
30:58meet you
30:59you okay i'm okay you good yeah what's your name sorry i'm jess jess phil nice to meet you nice
31:04to
31:05meet you wow goodness me where have you been down from at chester that's nice and i um i work
31:11in
31:11leeds so i got the train from leeds yeah what do you do in leeds i'm a dentist
31:19very good so i can tell by the pearly ones yeah sorry what was your name again remind me
31:26jess yes i'm really sorry just nervous just nervous um i went to the like the thermobaths
31:32did you yeah i love all that yeah lots of swimming lots of saunas lots of like steam room
31:38work out yeah i do a lot of i do three four times a week oh wow yeah yeah are
31:44you are you into it
31:45yeah train every week and try and tie that in with the golf oh you're a golfer yeah i love
31:51that
31:51yeah so you need like a plus one on the buggy yeah of course we're cupids little wings flying around
32:03it's not like a pigeon
32:07do you live with any other people i'm on my own with with a cat
32:11what's your cat's name barbara i'd like a dog i'd like to get a sausage dog but then
32:17they'll work away every week so stick with your pussy
32:28well that was an experience wasn't it god i've never been on a blind date before but
32:34yeah it was interesting really nice all right what's the dealio i'm buying oh that's very kind
32:41of you my pleasure oh yeah you're right
32:48so would you like to see each other again you go first okay um yes i'd like to see you
32:57again um
32:59i don't know if there was a romantic connection between us i'm not sure i don't feel like we
33:04was i didn't feel any flirting was going to us yeah but um i didn't want to see you again
33:12i felt like that i felt like i don't know happy friends only tell her already but we'd like to
33:17see
33:17you again yeah because i feel like we have lots in common yeah and um oh you never know second
33:23time
33:24we are gonna have to try some new food we'll just think of all the great places that we can
33:28go
33:29lots of champagne
33:32garlic yeah okay yeah there's lots of places that we won't go to
33:38you go first oh thank you
33:41let's push this is the first time i've ever been out with a granddad
33:47he tried to call me grandpa earlier i was like no
33:51no
34:00how romantic it is it's nice isn't it we've been through a lot in the time we've been together
34:07and you know when your support to me when i was ill
34:11last year and how grateful i was to you for looking after me it was a horrible time
34:19and that time that was yeah and and to be diagnosed with um bell's palsy and
34:28not even knowing what bell's palsy even was the thing is look when you call the ambulance they thought
34:34you were having a stroke yeah when when the ambulance arrived you know they straight away they that's what
34:39they believed that you you were suffering from them yeah and you know and oh to
34:46not even be able to recognize myself when i look in the mirror
34:52yeah and to you know kind of in some ways be a bit of a recluse
34:57because i wasn't confident with going outside and my face you've done very well
35:03um yeah the fact that i'm still not quite over the hill yet even though everyone says oh i can't
35:08see
35:08it the fact that sometimes i still suffer with a bit of pain and stuff but well we got your
35:14back man
35:14thank you you back oh don't let me cry but no thank you thank you thank you
35:23right a song shall i do um
35:29yeah i'll be the best sign
35:37thank you so the vegan nourish bowl thank you and a medium steak for you here
35:43thank you guys cheers you're quite good at cooking like the meals for you yeah i do all that
35:48it's like your vibe yeah okay like you want to love and look after someone yeah i love it go
35:53on
35:53love that yeah i love it i love all that sort of stuff like home cooked food is like make
35:57my vibe
35:58yeah my mum's like around the corner she's literally like always at my house just like she
36:03comes around i might make a meal during the week and i'll go to like my mum's once a week
36:09oh that's nice that's so cute i love that so like how long you've been single for um 18 months
36:17okay you come out of quite a big relationship or um we were together for a year okay just didn't
36:24work out like
36:28yeah i did think she was the one i had in my head like oh i'm gonna marry this girl
36:32you know we're gonna build this life together but it just came out of nowhere when she broke up with
36:36me
36:37it was like i had a stone in my chest it's hard to even move or do anything without feeling
36:44the pain
36:47i didn't know it took me a while to come out of my shower yeah so yeah but hey it's
36:52all good
36:55um so i guess what i learned is that i need to be looking for someone who is the same
37:01at the same
37:01life stage has the same goals might even have kids someone who i'm aligned with that lasts long term
37:10what's what's your go to i do a lentil doll i do a really good lentil doll tickly lentil doll
37:14which is really good i'm just gonna sit away patiently for my meal
37:19are you yeah they've done well i hope they've done well okay good yeah they haven't done too badly
37:36yeah
37:37thank you so much don't you feel like that's just a restaurant it's like destiny
37:42faith yeah it's like so much happening oh you've done your nails why did you do that
37:54it's like it's feeling there's an energy yeah it's a big energy come in what is the love language
38:00my physical touch as well yeah there is that there is also that you like that yeah okay good yeah
38:08it's actually quite nice to sit down here see what's going on i can keep an eye on everybody
38:14it's all about them it's all about them having a magic magical day yeah no it's nice because you
38:20can see love blossoming imagine that's your job we're very lucky yeah you want kids yeah i want kids
38:28yeah absolutely before i was so career driven and wanted to do really well so i really focused on
38:34my career because i knew i had to catch up basically i have epilepsy okay um and i've had it
38:40since i was
38:41about 11. um so school was really really tough so i'd have like absentee she said like i'd be
38:46talking to you now yeah and then all of a sudden i'd just black out so i wouldn't faint but
38:50like i'd
38:51just start sewing into space and they did all the scans and then they realized that actually i had a
38:55a stroke before i was born so the left side of my brain's pretty much dead yeah it's mad isn't
39:01it
39:01it's so scary yeah it's crazy at school i could never remember anything there was an element of
39:08or there's something wrong with her you know when sometimes you have separate classes for those that
39:13struggle academically that that was me you want to do well don't you and you know you have the
39:19ability to do something and that's what became really frustrating i managed to get into university
39:25and then i was like right i need to smash my career yeah so you're not easy no no i
39:31strive to do
39:32well and i've struggled to meet somebody who like matches that kind of energy and determination and
39:38yeah no like life's great and my career's going really well it's like now it's time to focus on
39:44like what else do you want in life what's like yeah what's the bigger picture do you want kids you
39:48want to meet someone i do like kids so i used to go into schools and like teach kids about
39:52all health
39:53through like my own like songs no way did you so like rap about teeth now it's nice to see
40:00you've
40:00got like a bit of a softer side it's like it's so loud is that for me edible art oh
40:10thank you
40:13now i could do it with a fork actually yeah well maybe i could feed you dip it in a
40:20bit of chocolate
40:23can't risk it all right this is what the data's do you know go on go
40:37you like it hmm
40:40feed you again hold on why you put this in front of me because if i get chocolate down my
40:45friend
40:45you gotta come closer yeah no no i can't risk it look
40:56it's kind of a lady it's like the arabian knight the way you put your finger like that
41:01and you're going to start doing the belly dance
41:07there's something about being fed that's very sensual and very nice and yeah you might be lucky
41:17later
41:18do you want some more i'm lucky every night well it was very very nice of you to come and
41:27see me
41:27of course i've really enjoyed dinner me too i've got to go back to work babe
41:31okay okay shall i meet you up after work you come and pick me up when we finish yeah no
41:36problem
41:36all right okay let me take you back oh thank you you can hold my hand down the stairs
41:47you know how clumsy i can be sometimes
41:53are you okay now yes thank you go ahead i'm good are you ready for your performance i'm ready i'm
42:00ready
42:00i'm good awesome thank you very much forward to it thank you enjoy i will good
42:09outside of the wrapping to songs children do any like other wrapping i might do one like on my own
42:16unlike um social media retainers or like brushing so cleaning retainers yeah bane of my life what do
42:25you recommend retainer pod keep your retainers fresh retainers blessed retainers cleaned you know what
42:31i mean just pop one tab in a pod and let it oh my god that's brilliant how did you
42:42go oh really well
42:44yeah no i really liked him i think he's definitely boyfriend material maybe marriage material who knows
42:51ticked a lot of my boxes all the important ones he ticked and more
42:55already you're trying to inspire me anything like that i'm like totally go for it it's really really good
43:15so would you like to see each other again yes definitely yeah i'm gonna split i'll get it okay if
43:27that's
43:27okay yes of course it's okay well i'll shoot you oh thank you it's all right should i get the
43:31next
43:31one then yeah it's on you you've done really well you're really driven and family's really important
43:37to you it's really important to me and there aren't many people that kind of have that balance i don't
43:42think do you exchange numbers in it yeah i think it's just a really nice vibe like you you're obviously
43:48a strong woman like you've been through a lot and then now you really settled and you're like kind
43:53ready to to find someone so i thought that was cool as well
44:01so you whispered in my ear and you told me to
44:06so i love a life worthwhile it's all about you and i would answer all your wishes if you asked
44:18me to
44:20so if you deny me one of your kisses don't know what i'd do so hold me close and say
44:29three words like you
44:30used to do dancing on the kitchen tiles it's all about you yeah thank you very much thank you
44:50could you cope with me a girl's allowed gig that's the real question you can't wear a t-shirt
44:57then she's not coming
45:04and i would answer all your wishes if you asked me to
45:10but if you deny me one of your kisses
45:15out on first dates i think it's gone great
45:21here with my honey and i think we're gonna go again
45:27it's all about you
45:31it's all about you baby
45:34it's all about you
45:40sharing you're sharing oh yes you ready
46:00fancy a date at the first date restaurant you're just gorgeous to be a part of the
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