🏘️ First Dates (2016) - Season 11 Episode 12
One restaurant. Many hearts. In Episode 12 "Love at First Bite", singles from all walks of life step into the iconic First Dates restaurant hoping to find connection. From awkward small talk to unexpected chemistry, watch as nerves, hopes, and humor unfold over dinner. Who will leave with a second date... and who will leave with a story to tell?
🔹 Episode Highlights:
• Diverse daters: unique personalities, backgrounds & relationship goals
• Awkward moments: hilarious missteps that turn into genuine laughter
• Surprise connections: unexpected chemistry sparks between unlikely pairs
• Waiter wisdom: Fred & the team offer heartfelt advice from the sidelines
• Signature First Dates warmth: authenticity, humor & the courage to love
🔹 Series Info:
• Format: Dating Reality / Romance Documentary / Feel-Good Serial
• Original Network: Channel 4 (UK) / All 4 / International Syndication
• Series Launch: 2016 | Season: 11 | Episode: 12 | Title: "Love at First Bite"
• Setting: First Dates Restaurant, UK | Language: English
• Runtime: ~45-50 minutes (full) | Clip/Highlight version: ~10-15 min
🎧 Prefer audio? Listen to dating show recaps & romance podcasts on Spotify, Apple Podcasts.
👉 Enjoying the series? Hit LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, and comment: "Which couple had the best chemistry? 👇" Turn on notifications 🔔 for Episode 13!
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⚠️ Copyright Disclaimer: This video is shared for promotional, review, and informational purposes only. All rights to "First Dates" belong to Channel 4, Twenty Twenty, and associated producers. This upload complies with Fair Use guidelines (Section 107, U.S. Copyright Act). No copyright infringement intended.
One restaurant. Many hearts. In Episode 12 "Love at First Bite", singles from all walks of life step into the iconic First Dates restaurant hoping to find connection. From awkward small talk to unexpected chemistry, watch as nerves, hopes, and humor unfold over dinner. Who will leave with a second date... and who will leave with a story to tell?
🔹 Episode Highlights:
• Diverse daters: unique personalities, backgrounds & relationship goals
• Awkward moments: hilarious missteps that turn into genuine laughter
• Surprise connections: unexpected chemistry sparks between unlikely pairs
• Waiter wisdom: Fred & the team offer heartfelt advice from the sidelines
• Signature First Dates warmth: authenticity, humor & the courage to love
🔹 Series Info:
• Format: Dating Reality / Romance Documentary / Feel-Good Serial
• Original Network: Channel 4 (UK) / All 4 / International Syndication
• Series Launch: 2016 | Season: 11 | Episode: 12 | Title: "Love at First Bite"
• Setting: First Dates Restaurant, UK | Language: English
• Runtime: ~45-50 minutes (full) | Clip/Highlight version: ~10-15 min
🎧 Prefer audio? Listen to dating show recaps & romance podcasts on Spotify, Apple Podcasts.
👉 Enjoying the series? Hit LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, and comment: "Which couple had the best chemistry? 👇" Turn on notifications 🔔 for Episode 13!
#ShowTVMovies #FirstDates #Channel4 #LoveAtFirstBite #S11E12 #DatingShow #RomanceTV #FeelGoodTV #BingeWatch #UKReality
⚠️ Copyright Disclaimer: This video is shared for promotional, review, and informational purposes only. All rights to "First Dates" belong to Channel 4, Twenty Twenty, and associated producers. This upload complies with Fair Use guidelines (Section 107, U.S. Copyright Act). No copyright infringement intended.
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00:01This is the first date's restaurant.
00:04And we're back.
00:05Finally.
00:07A place where anything...
00:10Garçon.
00:12Okay.
00:13Breathe.
00:14...is possible.
00:15You've piqued my interest.
00:17There's two of them.
00:18There's two of them.
00:19No, nobody's losing their cool.
00:21An instant attraction.
00:24Your gorgeous eyes.
00:25Stop it.
00:28A match made in heaven.
00:32I'm a big fan of your parents' work.
00:34Or a sudden shock to the senses.
00:37Ah, Scott!
00:39None of these daters know what to expect.
00:42I'm in a village all muff.
00:45What?
00:48What happens next...
00:53...is up to them.
00:54Cupid.
00:56Would you like to see each other again romantically?
00:59Yeah, no.
01:02Yeah, I would.
01:03I don't know about her.
01:10There were nights when the wind was so cold.
01:15Woo!
01:16Beneath her whimsical Canadian charm, the real Mariah is also charming and whimsical.
01:23Sometimes when people first meet me, they'll be like, oh, she's so fun and bubbly and she's a ditz.
01:29But like, no, I'm not.
01:31I typically go for personality, 70%, look, 30%.
01:35I still need a hottie.
01:37He has to describe himself as hot.
01:38Just to make sure he says, I am hot.
01:40Baby, baby, baby, when you touch me like this.
01:46And when you hold me like that, you won't storm away.
01:50I just think I'm fun.
01:51I have a lot to offer.
01:53And yeah, I think I'm going to have a great time with this.
02:01Hello.
02:04Your name, please?
02:05Mariah.
02:06Mariah?
02:06Yeah.
02:07American accent?
02:08Canadian.
02:09My apologies.
02:10It's so nice to meet you.
02:10I'm actually so excited to be here.
02:13You go, girl, you're ready.
02:14You look lovely.
02:15Yeah, thank you.
02:16It's always a bit nerve-wracking meeting new people and hoping that they like me and hoping
02:20I like them, so I'll be nervous, but I think it will be like good nerves.
02:25What brings you here?
02:27Well, love.
02:28But obviously that didn't work out, so here for the vibes now.
02:31I was in a four-year relationship with an Irish guy who I met in Toronto, moved here,
02:37and then two years after moving here, we broke up, and I have been here since.
02:42So all he was was a stepping stone to your real dream.
02:45You said that, not me.
02:48What type are you looking for?
02:51Really, like, fun person, outgoing, has a good head on his shoulders, confident in
02:55himself, has a good life, good friendships.
02:57Nice, yeah.
02:58Nice family, ambitious.
02:59You already did ten points.
03:00I think you should stop.
03:01Yeah.
03:02I can keep going.
03:03Okay.
03:04I'm going to draw my dream Irish man.
03:07We're giving him a bit of arm muscles, because I really like, like, a nice arm.
03:12I'm going to give him a pink shirt, because I think a man that wears pink is very confident.
03:16A lot of the Irish guys have, like, you know the Irish haircut, where it's like, shh,
03:21it's like shaved here, and then it goes up.
03:24This guy doesn't have that.
03:27Here we go.
03:28Meet Owen.
03:31Getting to know Ireland by myself, building my community.
03:35That's cute.
03:35It's actually been amazing.
03:36Yeah.
03:37You have to find your bearings all the time, which is tough.
03:40Yeah.
03:40So I found my bearings, and now I need to find my man.
03:45It's the one fault of mine, two for sure.
03:48You need to get ready now, go, can't go, but don't you, step on my blue sweatshirt.
03:53Thank you very much, is what Connor might say to his guitar.
03:59You got chopped up.
04:00Sometimes.
04:01With the guitar, that's a cheat code there, isn't it?
04:07I like a girl who knows what she wants, you know.
04:10Somebody who's confident and quite self-assured, and kind of has a bit of a presence.
04:15I think I'm very particular.
04:16I have to have, like, that spark.
04:19You look great, man.
04:20We're okay.
04:21We're kind of casual.
04:22Casual.
04:23This is who I am.
04:23Take it or leave it.
04:24What do you want?
04:26You ready to go?
04:27I'm ready, man.
04:28Yeah, let's go.
04:28Go with it.
04:29Okay.
04:29Anybody that knows me knows that I don't go on dates.
04:33No blind dates are scary as it is.
04:36You made it.
04:36You brought someone.
04:37Yes.
04:37Hello, how are you?
04:38Hey, how are you?
04:39Nice to meet you, Connor.
04:40Lovely to meet you, Mariah.
04:43Where'd you come from?
04:44I live in Dublin.
04:46Yeah, how about you?
04:46I came from Galway.
04:48Oh, really?
04:48Yeah, yeah.
04:49I've been to Galway a good few times.
04:50Yeah?
04:50Like it?
04:50Yeah, I love it.
04:51Oh, wait, so you're from Galway?
04:53No, I'm originally from Brighton in the UK.
04:55Oh, you are?
04:55Yeah, can you tell me my accent?
04:57Yeah, of course.
04:59About ten years ago, I moved here fully.
05:02Didn't mean to.
05:03And actually stayed.
05:05Connemara got me.
05:06I think it does that to a lot of people.
05:08Do you usually date, do you?
05:09Or what's your...?
05:10Do I usually date?
05:11Mm.
05:13Regularly date?
05:13Oh, no, absolutely not.
05:15I just date my dog.
05:17I just date myself, so...
05:20That sounded really bad.
05:22I mean, I don't date.
05:24I don't date, so...
05:30Well, how are we getting on?
05:32Some people merely claim to be old school romantics.
05:37Said keeps detailed accounts.
05:41I think it's really important in a relationship to be really romantic.
05:45Like, I've done terribly cringy stuff.
05:47Like, I've had, like, art commissioned and stuff of them.
05:50And there was one relationship I was in.
05:52I saved every receipt from every single date we went on
05:55and put it in, like, a big scrapbook on our first anniversary.
06:00I'll never forget the moment we kissed...
06:03Just, like, a telltale of every single date we've been on.
06:06Oh, fuck.
06:09It's a trick.
06:10It's a trick, man.
06:11I got tricked.
06:12How are you getting on?
06:13Mr.
06:14Your name?
06:14Said.
06:15Matteo, nice to meet you, Said.
06:16Absolute pleasure.
06:17Where are you coming from?
06:18Uh, Ranley.
06:19Yeah.
06:19Okay, I used to live in Northern for seven or eight years, yeah.
06:22It's gorgeous, isn't it?
06:23Yeah, it's beautiful, yeah.
06:24My favourite part of Dublin.
06:25Oh, Ranley, it's expensive, eh?
06:27Yeah, yeah, yeah.
06:28I live in the tiniest box room ever, so, you know, we don't pay too much, but...
06:31Yeah, yeah, yeah.
06:32It's good.
06:32I know I don't really come across as a nervous person a lot, but deep down...
06:36Would you like a drink?
06:37I'd love a drink.
06:38What would you like?
06:39I would love a Negroni.
06:41Oh.
06:41Respect.
06:42He's in love with you now.
06:43Yeah, already.
06:44Good, good.
06:45Let's just skip this.
06:46Right, we'll go on a day together.
06:47Come on, let's go.
06:47Shall we?
06:47Let's just get out of here.
06:48Yeah.
06:49I just find it's a great way of getting to know someone better and delivering some kind
06:55of rapport.
06:56It's not like, if I'm there telling jokes and being funny, like...
06:59They won't know I'm shivering inside, like...
07:02We have, like, the most rubbish little box rooms with no insulation or anything.
07:06That sounds like every apartment in Dublin, so...
07:09It does.
07:10I wouldn't blame Ranelah for that.
07:11I'm not blaming Ranelah.
07:13Do you live with a lot of people?
07:14I live with four lads.
07:15Okay.
07:16Why don't you all just cuddle together in a bedroom?
07:18I've suggested it.
07:19They really...
07:20They keep turning me down.
07:22Like, lads.
07:23Why can't we just all cuddle?
07:24You know, if I was there, I would.
07:25I'd be like, yeah, no problem.
07:26It's fine.
07:27Thank you, finally.
07:28Anything to save money on electricity.
07:30Think about the bills.
07:31Yeah.
07:32What's the cheeky cuddle with the boys?
07:34I've had times where a girl has invited me over to her gap.
07:37I'm just sitting on this over together.
07:38She's making...
07:39Thinking back.
07:40She's making very obvious signs.
07:42And I'm just there like, oh no, I thought it was just friends.
07:45Someone who's a bit weird, like myself.
07:49That's good.
07:50A bit tapped in the head.
07:51I like that.
07:52Yeah.
07:52Honesty is good.
07:53You know, down to freak.
07:58Hey.
08:02Looks are personality.
08:04For Zaza, it's all about the beauty within.
08:09Definitely personality.
08:10They can be kind of goofy looking.
08:12I don't mind.
08:13They've just got kind of like an endearing sort of look to them
08:15or like some kind of charm or spark.
08:17Cause I'm just a teenage dirtbag, baby.
08:22I can be kind of silly and goofy, which I enjoy being.
08:24But I'm actually smart, hopefully.
08:26I think that I'm smart.
08:28And I think that can take a little longer to see
08:30because I just like to sort of goof around a lot.
08:33Hello.
08:33Nice to meet you.
08:34Beautiful.
08:35What's your name?
08:35Zaza.
08:36Zaza?
08:37Is that a short for something?
08:38Sure for Alexandra.
08:39Alexandra.
08:40Okay.
08:41In Croatia, we would call you Alex.
08:43Yes, yes.
08:44In the US too, we call me Alex, but...
08:46Zaza I did.
08:47I'm Zaza, yeah.
08:48Okay.
08:48I've gone on dates with like Irish guys, French guys,
08:51people from sort of all over because it is so international here.
08:54But you do need to have some sort of like stuff in common,
08:57you know?
08:57Your date is at the bar.
08:59Okay.
09:00No, no, no.
09:01You're not going without me.
09:01I'm going with you.
09:02Oh, you're coming with me.
09:03Sorry.
09:04Too eager.
09:06I feel like I'd be more nervous about what they thought of me
09:09than who the person is maybe.
09:12Hello.
09:12How are you?
09:13Good.
09:13Nice to meet you.
09:14Oh, are we going?
09:15What are we doing?
09:16Yeah, I think we're going.
09:16We'll do it all.
09:17Yeah, yeah, yeah.
09:17Not too awkward.
09:18Yeah, no, all good.
09:19Great start to things.
09:20Great to meet you.
09:21You look stunning.
09:21Love the dress.
09:22Thank you so much.
09:23You look at yourself.
09:24You won't bear for lack.
09:25Yeah.
09:25How are you feeling?
09:26Feeling good.
09:27I'm a little nervous.
09:28Yeah.
09:28I suppose you'd have to be.
09:30Yeah.
09:30Love the cowboy boots as well.
09:32Look at those.
09:33Those are class.
09:34Thank you very much.
09:35And where's that accent from?
09:37I'm from the US, Arizona.
09:39I guess.
09:39I guess the US.
09:40Bringing a bit of culture.
09:41Culture.
09:42Yes.
09:43I freak out.
09:44I get my housemates to say, no, it's fine.
09:46It's normal.
09:47People go on dates all the time.
09:49What do you do?
09:50I'm a student.
09:51A student?
09:52And I work at a restaurant.
09:53What are you studying?
09:54I'm studying creative writing.
09:56Ooh.
09:56Yeah.
09:57A creative.
09:59Creative person.
10:00Yeah.
10:01How long have you got left?
10:02So you're...
10:03My thesis is due on Friday.
10:05Due on Friday?
10:06It's due on Friday.
10:06Yeah, yeah, yeah.
10:07And you're here.
10:09Yes, I'm here.
10:10This actually was making me more stressed than my thesis.
10:12Yeah, I can imagine.
10:13Once I get this out of the way, I'll be like, oh, okay.
10:16That's finished.
10:16Just a thesis now, yeah.
10:20So how long have you been in...?
10:22Ireland.
10:22Oh?
10:23Three years.
10:24What brought you over here?
10:26Love, to be honest.
10:27Really?
10:28Yeah.
10:28You know, when I first came, it was actually really hard.
10:30Like, I'm not sure how you felt.
10:32When you...?
10:33Yeah, it was strange.
10:34Like, for me, like, half my family's in England.
10:36Half them are here.
10:37So I'm kind of between the two.
10:39About 15 years ago, my dad and step-in moved over here.
10:42Took over a business that my step-mom had.
10:45So do you work for your dad, then?
10:47No, I, um, I work as a musician.
10:50Wait, cool!
10:50Yeah, yeah.
10:52What do you, like, what do you do?
10:53I'm a singer.
10:54Oh, my God.
10:56Yeah.
10:56Yeah, yeah.
10:56You're like, yeah, I know.
10:57It's pretty cool.
10:58I grew up in music.
10:59So, like, my dad is a guitarist and my step-mom is a saxophone player.
11:03So I kind of had to play music.
11:06When I moved to Ireland, the music scene on the west coast of Ireland is so good that I just
11:11felt at home.
11:12Do you sing in pubs across Galway?
11:14Yeah, yeah.
11:15The west coast of Ireland, yeah.
11:16Oh, my God.
11:1760s, 70s stuff, you know, like, Eagles.
11:19Oh, yeah.
11:20Creedence Clearwater.
11:21Wait, oh, is that them?
11:21Oh, no.
11:22I don't know.
11:24Oh, here we go.
11:25We're getting the voice out now.
11:27Give me more bites then.
11:28They'll come.
11:28Yeah.
11:30Would you do Irish tunes or, like?
11:32Not Irish stuff.
11:33Especially my accent.
11:34Yeah, I was going to say, they must hate you.
11:37I was like, get off the stage.
11:38That's why they're booing you.
11:44All right.
11:45I'm sorry.
11:46I never asked your name.
11:48I didn't ask yours.
11:49Mine doesn't matter.
11:50Mine's Zaza.
11:51It is not Zaza.
11:53It is.
11:53It's short for Alexandra, but everyone calls me Zaza.
11:55Everyone calls you Zaza.
11:56Yes.
11:57That.
11:57And I was Zaza before it was a term for weed.
12:01Before it was Zaza.
12:02Just to be clear.
12:03Yeah.
12:03I'm the original.
12:05And what's yours?
12:08My name is Said.
12:09Said.
12:10A pleasure to meet you.
12:11Proper.
12:12A handshake now.
12:13We did a hug earlier.
12:14Yeah, yeah, yeah.
12:14We're getting more formal as it goes on.
12:16Yeah, exactly.
12:17Will I just send you, like, an invite to, like, a Teams meeting?
12:19Yeah, that's fine.
12:20Yeah.
12:21That's all good.
12:22I could do anything for a first date.
12:23All that matters is sort of getting to know the person.
12:26I could go for a walk.
12:26I could go for a drink.
12:27I like to think I'm very sort of flexible and open-minded.
12:31So, what do you do?
12:33I didn't ask that.
12:33What do I do?
12:34I am a pharmacist.
12:36Okay.
12:36So I sell drugs.
12:37Cool.
12:38But, like...
12:39The chill kind.
12:40I really love it.
12:41I love being a pharmacist.
12:42And whereabouts do you live?
12:44I asked you this already.
12:44You did?
12:45Yeah.
12:45Yeah, no, no, no.
12:46I could piss some people off sometimes.
12:48Uh...
12:48Or annoy some people with the way I deliver things.
12:51You're from Ranala.
12:52Or you live in Ranala.
12:54And then you are from somewhere else.
12:57That's right.
12:58Okay.
12:59So you're asking me where am I really from?
13:01No.
13:02Nope.
13:02No, no, no, no, no.
13:03No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
13:05No, it's okay.
13:06Backtrack.
13:07It's okay.
13:07You can ask me that.
13:08Um...
13:09I was asking if we were really from Ranala.
13:11Or...
13:12Mostly I piss off my friends.
13:15Because then I'm with whoever they're with that I don't really know that well.
13:19And I'm delivering all these weird lines and saying weird crap to them.
13:22Okay.
13:23So, timeline...
13:25Timeline...
13:26Of your life.
13:26Let's do it.
13:27Timeline of my entire life.
13:28Is this another way of asking me where I'm really from?
13:30I'm not asking where you're really from.
13:32You just kind of...
13:33You just kind of did.
13:34You already asked me where I'm really from, so...
13:35I did actually, to be fair.
13:37I said so.
13:37To be fair.
13:38To be fair.
13:38So I said I'm from Cabra and you said, where are you really from?
13:40Nah, but actually like...
13:41You didn't say that.
13:41I was born in a place called Azerbaijan.
13:44Okay.
13:45But like...
13:45Know it?
13:46Know of it?
13:47Yeah.
13:47You know of it?
13:49Yes.
13:49Don't we all?
13:50No, we don't.
13:51Okay.
13:51Well, I do.
13:52Okay.
13:53How'd you know it?
13:54From, you know, the maps.
13:57From the maps?
13:58Also, I'm an F1 fan.
14:00There's a...
14:00Are you?
14:01Race there?
14:02Is there?
14:03There's a Grand Prix there.
14:04Yes.
14:04Yes, I thought so.
14:05Me and my dad both love Formula 1.
14:07Actually, I liked it first and then he got into it.
14:09I think he was like, finally she likes the sport.
14:11So, he started watching it too and now whenever there's a race on, we're like texting each
14:14other about it.
14:15We have races there.
14:17Yeah.
14:17Yeah.
14:18Yeah.
14:18I'm a race.
14:19You're a race.
14:20Okay, yeah.
14:22So, anyway, finally we hear where you're really from.
14:25Finally.
14:27I don't have to ask any more questions around that.
14:29No, just be silent for the rest of the night.
14:35No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
14:39no, no, no, no.
14:40There are two sides to Luciana and they're both a bit tasty.
14:45If you were a food type, what would you be?
14:50Sweet and sour chicken.
14:52It's sweet, but it's a bit sour because I could be a little bit, you know.
15:00I came here for holidays and then I met my ex.
15:05I started living with him like after two days.
15:08He could have been a serial killer.
15:12I was with him for four years.
15:14And then when I separated, I said, well, I'm going to stay.
15:20Look at you.
15:23I...
15:26I need to make an entrance.
15:29So what brings you here?
15:30I don't think you need any help of getting a man.
15:33Well, sometimes, you know, someone else that makes the choice for you could be a different perspective.
15:38I want someone, I have to say, honest, that wants to share,
15:43that wants to do things with me.
15:45Oh.
15:46If he's hot, wonderful.
15:48And how has dating been in Ireland for you so far?
15:52I mean, not bad, but not that good.
15:57Okay, yeah.
15:57Yeah.
15:57I mean, that's why we are here today, right?
15:59Exactly.
16:00So...
16:00How do you find Irish men?
16:04That's the thing.
16:05Oh, they are gorgeous.
16:06I have to say some of them, they are very good looking.
16:11However, sometimes a little bit difficult on communication side.
16:15I am quite communicative.
16:17It always seems to work that way.
16:18It's like opposites attracts, you know?
16:19Yeah.
16:20But then it's like we are on a stage that it's like opposites attracts.
16:22Yeah.
16:23This is too opposite.
16:24It's too opposite.
16:24Yeah.
16:25Talk.
16:33Back in Civis after 20 years in the army, Dara is still doing his bit for the United Nations.
16:40I am looking for someone who is happy, outgoing and fun.
16:47I am divorced for three years and I have been dating Tinder, dating around.
16:52I had a relationship with a Brazilian woman, a relationship with a Polish woman.
16:57You know, I have met a lot of nice people, but I just haven't met like the one, I suppose.
17:03Mateo, nice to meet you, Dara.
17:03Yeah, it's a pleasure to meet you.
17:05The roles, huh?
17:06Yeah.
17:06Well done, buddy.
17:07Yep.
17:07I am just here for romance.
17:09I have my roles.
17:10I am looking forward to meeting my date.
17:11Believe me, when I show you your date, you are going to be happy.
17:14If you don't capture this chance, I'm after you.
17:17Okay.
17:18Let's do it.
17:18You'll make me proud, eh?
17:19I will.
17:19I will.
17:20Let's go.
17:21I'm definitely not for everybody, but I'm a chatterbox, so there won't be any awkward silences
17:26or anything like that.
17:27And I think whether we hit it off or not, we'll still have a good date.
17:32Hi.
17:33How are you?
17:34How are you?
17:35That's for you.
17:36Nice to meet you.
17:37How are you?
17:38Good.
17:38Great.
17:39Would you like a drink?
17:39I would love a drink.
17:40I love a whiskey sour.
17:41Whiskey sour, coming up.
17:43Nice.
17:43I like your tattoos.
17:44Look at all those tattoos.
17:45Yeah, yeah.
17:46They're so nice.
17:47Do you have any tattoos?
17:48I do, yeah.
17:49I like David Bowie, so it's like Bowie things related.
17:53Nice.
17:53And it's like...
17:58So, did you travel far?
18:00How did you came here?
18:01Yeah, I just got the bus, so...
18:03Oh, the bus.
18:03Yeah.
18:03Okay, good.
18:04Yeah.
18:05I came under Lewis.
18:06It's like the same.
18:07It's not that spot afar, yeah.
18:13Are you a little bit...
18:14You're a little bit nervous.
18:15Are you?
18:16No, no, I haven't been nervous, no.
18:17No, I've just been looking forward to it.
18:20And, you know, I didn't know what my date would be.
18:23And I was a little bit nervous about that.
18:24But now seeing you, I'm very happy.
18:25Oh, okay, thank you.
18:26I'll have it.
18:27That's good.
18:31Oh, yeah.
18:42So...
18:51We live on the farm.
18:53In...
18:53Connemara.
18:54Like my family home.
18:55Oh, really?
18:55Yeah, you know, it lands.
18:56We used to have chickens.
18:57What do I do with them?
18:58Do they lay eggs?
18:59They all die.
19:00They all die.
19:02Why?
19:03That's so sad.
19:03Badger.
19:04Road badger.
19:05What?
19:06A badger ate them.
19:07What's a badger?
19:09You know what a badger is?
19:10Oh.
19:12Never heard of a badger?
19:13No.
19:14You know, like, uh...
19:15How do I explain a badger?
19:18How do I explain a badger?
19:21Um...
19:22Do you like a fox?
19:22Yeah, of course I know foxes, yeah.
19:24Yeah, it's similar to a fox, but they're, like, more aggressive.
19:28What's an animal?
19:29I thought it was, like, a car rager or something.
19:30Like a badger.
19:31It's an animal, isn't it?
19:32I'll show you a badger.
19:33Okay, okay.
19:46So, what do you do?
19:49I work in the tech industry.
19:51Okay.
19:51Yeah, I do, like, coding and stuff like that.
19:53Okay.
19:53Well, what do you do?
19:55I work in recruitment.
19:56Procurement?
19:57Recruitment.
19:58Oh, recruitment.
19:59Yeah.
19:59Recruitment, yeah.
20:01Hmm.
20:03So...
20:03But, yeah.
20:05How would I know if your date's going well?
20:08I would say, like, you know, there'd be, like, a lot of smiling and eye contact would be good.
20:13Like, I've been told sometimes my eye contact isn't very good.
20:16But, like, I think if I'm, like, feeling someone I would be looking in their eyes and smiling and stuff.
20:21So, if you see me doing that, it's probably going well.
20:25Um, tell me something about you.
20:28Well...
20:29We're matching for everything.
20:31Um, I'm a, like, sporty guy, you know.
20:34I like doing sports.
20:35Okay.
20:35Like, you know, I was a boxer for a long time.
20:37Okay.
20:37And, uh, recently, in the last year or so, I've started dancing.
20:41I've started doing dancing.
20:42Okay, what dancing?
20:43Eh, like, fojo.
20:44Like, Brazilian fojo.
20:46I go to this dance studio, like, multiple times a week, basically.
20:49Which was a big barrier for me, by the way.
20:51Yeah.
20:52When you see the people down there, they're really good at, like, expressing themselves and they don't care.
20:56Yeah.
20:56It's, like, liberating.
20:58Yeah, yeah.
20:58Like, I would say, like, feel sexy and dancing and, you know, not feel embarrassed about it and stuff.
21:09When I was two years old, myself and my parents moved here.
21:13Okay.
21:13Eventually settled down in Dublin.
21:15In Soran.
21:16Famously.
21:17Well, see, this is the thing.
21:19This is the thing.
21:19I say Still Oregon, but, like, we move from place to place to place to place to place constantly.
21:24Okay, okay, okay.
21:24Yeah.
21:25We were put with other asylum seekers in, like, this old B&B out in Tip.
21:31Then we eventually moved up to Dublin.
21:33And, like, it wasn't easy, because there really wasn't many immigrants around back then.
21:36The only reason I say Still Oregon is because my school was there.
21:41Okay, yeah.
21:41And we just kept moving around.
21:43Yeah.
21:43Just kept moving around.
21:44Yeah.
21:44It was challenging growing up, but, you know, you get on with it.
21:51I went to college in Trinity.
21:53Okay, cool.
21:54Yes.
21:55And become a pharmacist.
21:56Which you are, currently.
21:57Which I currently am.
21:57Yes.
21:58I was working in a pharmacy in Coolock when the Dublin riots broke out.
22:05And I just remember it happening.
22:06And I remember people coming in.
22:08And the looks I was getting just felt different.
22:11And as someone who's, like, lived in Ireland their entire life, I love Irish culture.
22:18Like, if someone asks me where I'm from, I say I'm Irish.
22:20I work hard for this place.
22:21I work hard for its people.
22:24And then to say, no, you don't belong here.
22:27Yeah, it just doesn't feel great.
22:35Oh, wait.
22:36You could bring three dinner guests to this table.
22:39I'm gone, because I'd be number one.
22:40But who would the three dinner guests be?
22:44Prince.
22:45Okay.
22:45And I would like to sit down with Brian Adams.
22:48I saw him live, literally, two months ago.
22:51He's so good.
22:52He's Canadian.
22:53At the concert, he, like, made everyone, like, flash.
22:55Really?
22:56And I was like, thank God, I didn't do it.
22:58Because an hour later, I was walking and I saw my boss.
23:01But anyways, Brian Adams, Prince, and last person.
23:04I thought it was you, the last person.
23:06No, no, no.
23:06I said, that's a given.
23:07So, like, I'm gone.
23:10Well, I said I'm a Gordon Ramsay.
23:11He made this meal.
23:13He made this meal.
23:14He made this meal.
23:18What's it like to perform?
23:19Like, you know, say, you're not working.
23:20You've got a weekend yourself.
23:22You can do anything you want.
23:23Well, I do, like, the same dancing.
23:26I do, like, um, heels.
23:28The pole dancing heels.
23:29Oh, yeah, yeah.
23:30Very sexy.
23:31I do pole dancing.
23:33I love heels.
23:34I love dancing with the heels.
23:37They are, like, this high.
23:39Eight centimeters.
23:41Very beautiful.
23:44And tell me this, tell me this, since you've come to Ireland, like, how's your dating been
23:47going?
23:48Well, it's not that I date a lot, actually.
23:51Well, I find it hard to believe, like, a woman like yourself is single and happy.
23:56Oh, well, I've been in long relationships.
24:00So I've been too long.
24:01Well, one long and the other one not that long.
24:03Um, but I entered a relationship.
24:05It was the same day that I was let go from my job.
24:09Bad timing.
24:10My God.
24:11Well, you know, when one thing happens, everything happens, right?
24:14It's like a range of parts.
24:15Yeah.
24:15Like, it was very tough because it was all the same day.
24:19Like, that's life.
24:20Also, it's acknowledging, right?
24:22Like, sometimes maybe it's me.
24:24So, that I'm going on the wrong way or doing the wrong thing.
24:28You know?
24:28Like, I don't know.
24:29Awareness of, okay, it's not only the other person because it's easy to blame the other.
24:33That's the communication thing, though, isn't it?
24:35Yeah.
24:36Oh, yeah.
24:37So you're just enjoying being single at the moment and...
24:39Oh, no.
24:39I was focusing more on myself.
24:41Like, uh...
24:41It's true.
24:42It's important to be happy on your... by yourself.
24:45Yeah.
24:46But it's a...
24:47It means...
24:47No one's meant to be on their own, either, you know?
24:49Mm-hmm.
24:56Try as she might, Fiona just can't seem to go out without attracting police attention.
25:03When we're going out, we say we're not going to go to coppers, and then the end of the night
25:07always ends up in coppers.
25:10You're not particularly looking for a guard, are you?
25:12Well, I wouldn't say no to a guard.
25:15I don't think anyone would say no to a guard.
25:18Or if you could find me a rugby player, that would be nice.
25:22Yellow, yellow, yellow is the colour of the summer.
25:25Oh, I'm such a hopeless romantic.
25:27Hello.
25:28I'd love to meet somebody, you know, at a bar or on the street.
25:31That's my ideal way that I'd meet my husband, but I'd...
25:33I don't know, in the century, is it going to happen?
25:36How you look lovely.
25:37Thank you very much.
25:39I'd like a gentleman, you know, somebody who's not cocky, can have the crack, but also
25:43is, like, really down-to-earth.
25:45Oh, thank you.
25:46A lot of yellow, I love it.
25:47Oh, thank you.
25:48I think you have to have a certain personality to pull off yellow.
25:51Do you know what?
25:52Me last year, like, would never have applied for this.
25:54Really? What changed?
25:56I broke up with my ex.
25:57I moved out of home, I started a new job, and I said, this is just the cherry on top.
26:03I'm just trying to push myself out of my comfort zone.
26:05Good. Fair play.
26:06Oh, God.
26:07Like, what have I done?
26:11There's been Susan and Jacqueline, and Karen was one.
26:16Angela's nice looking.
26:18She's dark and mysterious.
26:20To look at him, you'd never suspect that Tom has a passion for the auto-erotic.
26:27Angela is my most recent car.
26:30All my cars have names.
26:32I just think it suits them better.
26:35Nice to meet you, Tom.
26:36Nice to meet you, too.
26:36What a nice story, my man.
26:37How are you?
26:38I'm in the easy spot.
26:40How are you?
26:40Bit nervous.
26:41I'm fine.
26:42What is it that you are looking for?
26:45I want to find the love of my life.
26:46I think it's possible.
26:50Hi.
26:51How are you?
26:52Sorry.
26:52Nice to meet you.
26:53Nice to meet you.
26:54What's your name?
26:55Tom.
26:55Tom, Fiona.
26:56Nice to meet you.
26:57Where are you from?
26:57Kildare.
26:58Grant, Grant.
26:59Yeah, Kildare, but living in Finglas.
27:00Where are you from?
27:01Kilkenny.
27:02Fab.
27:03Yeah, lovely spot.
27:04Did you travel down this morning?
27:06No, I live in Dublin.
27:07Do you know Ashtown?
27:08Oh, yeah.
27:08I live, or I work on the Navin Road.
27:11That's outside my house.
27:12Stop.
27:14What do you do?
27:14I'm a nurse.
27:15No way.
27:16Yeah.
27:16So I work at the minute with adults with intellectual disability, so I work for a disability service.
27:22I actually love it so much.
27:24I used to do nursing.
27:26Did you?
27:27What type of nursing did you do?
27:29ID.
27:29Stuff.
27:30Oh, my God.
27:31I was in for a year, and then Covid came.
27:33Yeah.
27:33So I couldn't commit to it after that.
27:35So what do you do now?
27:36Uh, in data centres.
27:38My last job.
27:39I used to climb, like, radio towers.
27:41Oh, my goodness.
27:42That's bizarre.
27:43So you go from nursing to, like, you know, scaling buildings.
27:48That's bizarre.
27:48No.
27:51Hell.
27:52Okay, how long have you been single?
27:54Like, two and something years.
27:56That's a while.
27:58That's a long time.
27:59That's tough.
28:00I mean, I, like, there's been some dating in the middle.
28:02Mmm.
28:03I've been sitting at home, like, you know, twiddling my thumbs, but...
28:07No, that's fair.
28:08Yeah.
28:08What about you?
28:08I've, uh, 24 hours.
28:11Yeah, cool.
28:11Yeah.
28:12Yeah.
28:13Better than three hours.
28:13I kind of knew that this was coming down, so I just...
28:15You were like, let me just...
28:16Quickly just broke up with her.
28:17Cool.
28:18Yeah.
28:18Kind of this.
28:19I'll get back with her tomorrow.
28:20Clear the roster.
28:20Yeah.
28:21Clear the roster.
28:23Yeah.
28:24No, no, no.
28:24I've been single for a year and...
28:27A year and change.
28:28A year and change.
28:29Yeah.
28:30All right.
28:31I'd want him to be someone I could have a laugh with, you know, maybe split a bottle of
28:35wine, you know.
28:36Should we get shots?
28:37We could do one shot.
28:39Two shots.
28:42What would you do?
28:42Okay, what shot would you do?
28:43It would be tequila if I was doing a shot.
28:44It would be tequila.
28:46But then also have a serious conversation.
28:48I can trust him.
28:49You know, I want to feel like I really know him.
28:51I have an understanding of him as a person.
28:52And then I think, like, whatever problems come up, you can deal with them as long as
28:55you have that sort of baseline understanding.
28:57Okay.
28:58All right.
28:59To a first date.
29:00How do they say cheers in American?
29:02Cheers.
29:03You guys say sláinte here.
29:04I am fucking with you.
29:05Yes, sláinte.
29:06Oh, okay.
29:07Sláinte.
29:10Mm.
29:11Mine was very salty still.
29:12That was worse than the shot.
29:13Yeah, I know.
29:18I literally look at all of my best mates.
29:20They've all been in relationships.
29:21Yeah.
29:22And I'm not.
29:23And here we are.
29:24And here we are, yeah.
29:26Have you had, like, a relationship before?
29:28Yeah, yeah, yeah.
29:29We were together for about three years.
29:31I lived together on that.
29:33Nice.
29:33And it just didn't work out.
29:35Like, I kind of realized towards the end of it that we weren't really suited.
29:39Okay.
29:39And, like, I'm not one of those kind of people who just don't, like, stay in something because
29:43you feel like it's the right thing to do, you know.
29:45Yeah, you're like, good for him.
29:46It's hard.
29:46Yeah.
29:47It wasn't right.
29:48We weren't right for each other, but I still loved her.
29:50So it was kind of, it still hurt a lot, you know.
29:52And then I'm just not great at, like, online dating.
29:57Oh, it's awful here, isn't it?
29:58Online dating back home, you match with someone and 80% of the time they'll write you and
30:06at least say hello or come up with a pick-up line, whereas, like, on dating apps here,
30:10like, I match people and I'm like, it's a ghost town.
30:12I've downloaded it a few times for, like, just to see, but I've never gone on an online
30:17date.
30:18I'm not as confident as you think I am.
30:20Are you not?
30:20Oh, no, no.
30:21I'm surprised when you're not confident.
30:23I feel like being in position, you kind of have to be.
30:25When you're singing and you're playing music, it's like, you can hide behind it.
30:29Back home, we're very direct.
30:30So, like, if we like something, we say it.
30:32If we don't like something, totally fine.
30:34We say it and we move on.
30:35For me, personally, if I like someone, I'll say it.
30:38When I brought my friend Meg, who was visiting me from Canada to Galway, and we went to a
30:42few pubs, we went to one of the live music.
30:43It was really, really nice.
30:44It was you that was playing.
30:46Who knows?
30:46Imagine.
30:47That's why it was so nice.
30:48Imagine.
30:48Oh, my God, that guy's so hot.
30:49Yeah, yeah, yeah.
30:51And now we're here, I'm like, like, damn.
30:53I've seen it.
30:54I may know his voice.
31:02I can't believe you're only working on the Navin Road.
31:03That's bizarre.
31:05My residents, like, we go out driving every day.
31:07So, like, I'd be driving down the Navin Road in, like, this big red bus.
31:10Oh, I've definitely seen a big red bus.
31:12Oh, my God, you definitely see me, like, driving the bus.
31:16That's so embarrassing.
31:17I used to love the bus.
31:19Get everyone out for a spin.
31:20Yeah.
31:21You build such big relationships with your residents, and it's very much about integrating
31:26them into community life and promoting independence for them.
31:29You can see the difference it's making in their life, so it's really nice to see.
31:34So, what does your parents do?
31:36Mom was an ID nurse.
31:38No way.
31:40Oh, my God, it's meant to be.
31:43And my dad was a guard.
31:45Mm-hmm.
31:46I actually wanted to ask him before, like, did you meet in coppers?
31:50I think they were weird and got married, like, in a shopping centre.
31:54What was the reason?
31:55I don't know.
31:56I think they just wanted to have fun.
31:58I love that.
31:59Oh, my God, like, don't stick with the norm.
32:02Who needs a church?
32:04How do you feel about, like, the whole, like, traditional marriage thing?
32:08I don't know.
32:09I don't know.
32:11Hi.
32:12Do you have anything?
32:14No, I like to believe I have, like, guardian angels.
32:18It's a bit comforting.
32:19That's lovely.
32:20I wouldn't be, like, a big God guy.
32:22Yeah, that's lovely.
32:24I feel like I'm on the fence about it.
32:26Some days I do and some days I don't.
32:28I think it's more of a comfort thing.
32:30Like, I want comfort in knowing that there's something else afterwards.
32:39I was over in Spain last week, actually.
32:41Oh, really?
32:41Yeah.
32:42Where did you go?
32:43Salute.
32:44Okay.
32:44Yeah.
32:45I have two kids.
32:46Okay.
32:47My daughter's just going ten.
32:49So you have a girl, ten, and a boy?
32:51Yeah, and a boy, seven.
32:53Okay.
32:54Like, last year we went to Disneyland.
32:56Oh, really?
32:56Yeah, every year I just bring them somewhere, like, you know.
32:59It's like spoiling them.
33:00They're having the best time at this point.
33:02That's what you have to do.
33:03That's their childhood, basically.
33:05You've got to have childhood memories and stuff like that.
33:07Yeah.
33:08I'd go without the kids.
33:09I love it.
33:09Oh, really?
33:10To, like, roller coasters.
33:12No?
33:12No, I can't.
33:13No, I don't want to suffer.
33:17Maybe I'm just a bit of a kid.
33:18I don't know.
33:22Days by myself.
33:23That sounded so bad, though.
33:25Right.
33:26Would you ever go for, like, solar dinners?
33:28Or, like, solo, like, lunches?
33:30Yeah, yeah, yeah.
33:30I think a lot of people nowadays have a bit of a problem with it.
33:33Yeah.
33:33They think they have to be with someone.
33:35Yeah.
33:35I've kind of gone through that stage now.
33:37I'm, like, doing that all by myself.
33:39I think when you're single, like, 50% of the time, you're like,
33:41this is great.
33:42Out on the weekends and that is fine then, but it's when it hits,
33:44like, the Monday mornings or the Monday evenings and, like,
33:47you're by yourself.
33:49For now it would be more nice to, like, have someone to do it with.
33:52And not go by yourself all the time.
33:53Yeah.
33:53Because I probably am starting to look a little bit like a loser.
33:56You know when you meet people and you're like, there's energy there,
33:59but you don't want to make a move because then what if they're actually not into you
34:04and they're just being nice?
34:05It's just a minefield.
34:07I think it's about the dog honesty as well.
34:08I've got it.
34:09Are you sure?
34:10I've loved my time.
34:11It's so good.
34:12That's really sweet.
34:15Moment of truth.
34:17Would you like to see each other again romantically?
34:22Ladies first or see what me and you?
34:24I can go first.
34:25Yeah.
34:25I'd love to.
34:26Yep.
34:27I'd love to.
34:27Yep.
34:29Yeah, I thought we were going really well.
34:31Yeah.
34:31It was really fun.
34:33So what did you ask for tonight?
34:34Somebody who's, like, chatty, likes music, nice person.
34:39How about you?
34:41I asked.
34:43Oh my God, no.
34:44What is this?
34:45This is.
34:46I had a massive look.
34:49This is my dream man.
34:50I like someone who is a family man.
34:53Yeah.
34:54Someone who's confident, but I think you're very confident.
34:57Even though you're like, I don't know.
34:58Should've split the belly and should've left.
35:02A really nice smile.
35:04You have a great smile.
35:06That was so fun, wasn't it?
35:07That was great.
35:09Who is Owen?
35:10Owen is the old Mariah.
35:12Oh.
35:15Good boy, Owen.
35:16Hello, Connor.
35:17Yeah.
35:22What's happening with the hair?
35:24I'd like to see you draw me.
35:25I would love to.
35:31Okay.
35:37Why?
35:37Thank you, ladies.
35:38All the best.
35:39What?
35:41Hello?
35:42Hello?
35:42Hi, how are you?
35:44Good. How are you, more importantly?
35:46Oh, my God, he's so nice.
35:49Is he? Yeah.
35:50He studied a year as an intellectual disability nurse.
35:53No way!
35:54And his mother is an intellectual disability nurse.
35:57I know. That was a match made in heaven.
36:00Fucking hell, I know.
36:02I don't know, though, is he my type?
36:04Really? And what does he do?
36:06He does stuff with cables, I think.
36:09I don't really understand his job.
36:15How do you like Dublin city?
36:17Oh, I think it's wonderful.
36:18I have, like, 10 million inhabitants where I'm from.
36:21In just that city?
36:22Only Buenos Aires, 7 million more, yeah.
36:24Now here, for me, I don't have the countryside.
36:27Yeah, I love it here.
36:30Ireland has changed so much now.
36:31Like, you know, in the 80s and 90s, people used to leave Ireland,
36:34you know, because there were no jobs here.
36:36Oh, yeah.
36:36That's why there's Irish immigrants all over the world, you know,
36:39but now people are coming here because, you know,
36:41there's opportunities here,
36:42and I think it's, like, better.
36:44All the different nationalities.
36:45I think it's great.
36:46I like that, too.
36:48That mix of cultures.
36:50It doesn't matter where you go.
36:52Like, Irish people itself are very welcoming.
36:55I remember when I arrived and I went to a pub.
36:58First time I was on my own.
37:00There was a group of people there.
37:02They see me on my own and say,
37:03Oh, join us for drinks.
37:04And they start getting drowned.
37:05And I was like...
37:07I thought that was very nice, right?
37:09It's the place that makes you feel part of.
37:11So, for me, I needed that feeling of belonging,
37:14and I got it here in Ireland.
37:16Cool.
37:17It's good here.
37:18Mmm.
37:21I love just, like, a plain cheesecake.
37:23That's nice, yeah.
37:24Have you ever been to the...
37:25Have you ever been to the U.S.?
37:26I've actually never been to the States.
37:27Okay, that's okay.
37:28No rush.
37:29No, I'll wait until they're less racist over there.
37:32Yeah.
37:33Hopefully it goes eventually the less racist route.
37:36Just a bit.
37:36Currently it's going the other way.
37:38It's going very much so the other way.
37:40Yeah.
37:40Racister.
37:41More racister.
37:42To be fair, I have family over in the U.S.
37:45Where does?
37:45In D.C.
37:46Mm-hmm.
37:48So, I...
37:49I was born there, actually.
37:50You were born in D.C.?
37:50Yeah.
37:51Well, like, the suburbs.
37:52Like, in Virginia, the suburbs, but...
37:54Like, I'd want to know we were kind of aligned politically, hopefully.
37:57Religion doesn't matter to me as much.
37:58I'd be more flexible about.
38:00Would it be, like, your dream job?
38:02That's an interesting question.
38:04As a writer, there's none.
38:05There's no jobs.
38:06Oh, sorry.
38:06Yes, you're a writer.
38:07Yeah, so...
38:07You will never be employed.
38:09Yeah, no.
38:09You know, I like my restaurant job, but I don't think that I'd want to be in a restaurant
38:12forever.
38:13Working at a restaurant is great inspiration for writing, because so many different people
38:16come in, you know, you hear something and you're like, you know.
38:20If I could just, like, be a writer and survive, that would be ideal.
38:23That's what I was going to ask.
38:24Yeah.
38:24Do you read, or...?
38:27Both my parents are writers, so lots of books in our house.
38:32So they definitely supported me being a writer.
38:34They might have supported me less if I wanted to be a doctor or something.
38:37It's, like, the opposite.
38:38Favorite book ever?
38:40Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro, you know?
38:43You're pulling out some niche stuff.
38:46It's so fair.
38:47It's really not that niche, I hate to say.
38:50I actually think it's really not that niche.
38:52All right.
38:52Now you're just making me look stupid.
38:54It's not that niche.
38:55My mom had a brain tumor for about eight months before she passed away.
39:00She always loved everything I did that was even, like, kind of out there.
39:03She, like, she was so supportive.
39:05And me moving to Ireland, she was the one who was like, you should absolutely do it, you know?
39:09Repeat the name of the book.
39:11Never Let Me Go.
39:12Never Let Me Go by...
39:13Kazuo Ishiguro.
39:14They're clones, but it's a sad book.
39:19Oh, that's the one where they, like, use their bits and other people's bits.
39:23I have heard of this.
39:24Yeah.
39:25Their bits are for sale.
39:27Their bits are for sale.
39:28Bits are for sale.
39:28Yeah, yeah, yeah.
39:28They put the bits in the other bits and then...
39:30And then they die.
39:31Then they die.
39:32Yeah, yeah, yeah.
39:32I haven't read it in years.
39:33Like, maybe I'd read it and think it was shit now.
39:35I don't.
39:35Yeah.
39:37Sometimes you do need to revisit the same place to figure out how much you've changed.
39:41Wow.
39:42That's very touching.
39:49So, I'm now an auntie.
39:51Really?
39:52He's only four days old.
39:54Four days as well.
39:55He's so small.
39:56He's growing by the minute.
39:58Four days.
39:58He's so new as well.
39:59Like, it's...
39:59Like, yeah, like, he's really new.
40:01He's precious.
40:02Yeah, he's gorgeous, like.
40:03So, who's your brother?
40:05No, my sister.
40:06So, it's just me, my sister, and my mom at home.
40:08So, yeah.
40:09He's gonna grow and be like, Jesus Christ, I'm surrounded by women.
40:12What's it like for me?
40:14I have three sisters.
40:15They definitely were in charge of the house.
40:18But I would still get away with everything and still be the favourite.
40:21Do you get it?
40:23I kinda do.
40:24Yeah.
40:25You know, oh my God, I love him so much.
40:27Like, I literally love him like he's my own child.
40:41I know.
40:42I'm looking for it now.
40:43But it's something that I, like, I can't wait for.
40:46I suppose, like, it's the milestones, isn't it?
40:48Like, because it was only my mom and me.
40:50Like, obviously, you go through these milestones and being like, God, like, I wish my dad was
40:54there.
40:56And what happened with your dad, if you don't mind me asking?
40:59So, when I was, I think I was 12, he had a stroke.
41:05And my mom found him.
41:07And he was rushed to hospital.
41:09And then he was in ICU for a long time.
41:11And then he went to rehab for a few months.
41:13He lost the power of his right arm and his left leg.
41:16But they got him to be able to put himself in a wheelchair.
41:20And they got him his speech back, not completely.
41:24But he never got the capacity back, his brain capacity.
41:28So, he ended up in a nursing home.
41:30And then he passed away when I was 17.
41:32It's tough.
41:33That's really tough.
41:34It's tough.
41:34But, like, you're so resilient when you're younger.
41:36Like, you kind of just go into overdrive when you're that young.
41:39You don't even think about it.
41:40But when you stop when you're older and you're like, God, like, that actually has really shaped
41:44me as a person.
41:45You know, it's tough.
41:47But, like, now that there's a baby involved, you're kind of like, God, like, this is life.
41:51You know?
41:51Yeah.
41:58And did you, like, speak English before you came to Ireland?
42:00Oh, yeah, I did.
42:01Yeah, yeah.
42:01Because your English is, like, perfect.
42:04Do you speak Irish?
42:06Well, we learned at school, yeah.
42:07Like, but I haven't, I don't speak regularly.
42:10But I'm okay.
42:12Yeah, but I'm okay is, like, the people that say, oh, I speak Spanish.
42:15And they say, hola, que tal.
42:16I can have a bit of a conversation.
42:18Okay.
42:18But I say, like, kind of start to you.
42:20How are you?
42:22Yeah.
42:23Dara, I'm done.
42:25It's very long.
42:28I'm, I'm data, the date, maybe.
42:31This date.
42:31I'm enjoying this date.
42:32Okay.
42:32Of course.
42:33That's good.
42:33That's important.
42:34We are here to have fun.
42:35That's the important thing.
42:37Yeah.
42:38I'm just gonna pop this here.
42:39Oh, thank you.
42:40I'm gonna get that, by the way.
42:41Oh, no, we could share, we could share.
42:43No, we're not going to have an argument on live television.
42:45Really, I'm not that like it, really.
42:47I know, I know, but I want to get it.
42:49Please let me.
42:49Okay.
42:52First impression, I thought she looked amazing.
42:54And getting chatting to her, she seemed really nice.
42:57Did you fancy her?
42:59Absolutely.
43:07So, would you guys like to see each other again romantically?
43:11Um, I can go first.
43:14I think, as a friend, yes.
43:17But I think romantically, maybe not.
43:19I mean, I have a lovely date.
43:21I have a lovely time, but I don't think there was that spark, maybe.
43:25But, yeah.
43:26Yeah, I'd love it.
43:27Like, I would have said it would have been a yes for me, but...
43:31So, that's fine.
43:32I pretty respect that.
43:34You know, you've got to have that spark and stuff like that.
43:36Yeah, yeah.
43:37But I think I'm having a great time.
43:38Thank you so much.
43:39Thank you very much.
43:40Pleasure to have you.
43:40It's been great to have you both.
43:42Thanks again.
43:43We tried to get along, lovely.
43:44But, yeah, it was something missing on that conversation, right?
43:50How he had paid.
43:51Yeah.
43:52I always would do that anyway, so...
43:53I don't know, but I always...
43:55I know you wanted to, but...
43:56Yeah, no, I wanted to pay for it, honestly.
44:00Safe home.
44:01Have a great night.
44:02I didn't feel there was any awkward moments.
44:04For me, there definitely wasn't.
44:06I definitely enjoyed just kind of getting to know her and chatting, you know.
44:10And I had a really nice time.
44:22Are you sure we can go splitsies?
44:24I can get it.
44:25You get the next one.
44:26I felt relaxed.
44:27I felt chilled out.
44:28I hope that she did as well.
44:30Perfect.
44:31Thank you very much.
44:33All good?
44:33Thanks.
44:34All good.
44:35Lovely.
44:36He was very funny and very nice.
44:38Like, it was very easy to talk to him.
44:39Like, very personable.
44:41After you.
44:41Oh.
44:43Oh.
44:44Any jackets?
44:45Mine is just over there.
44:46The one with the black one with the orange inside.
44:49Hello.
44:50Well.
44:51Here we are again.
44:52Best of luck.
44:53All the best now.
44:54I'm back this way.
44:55Yeah, straight ahead.
44:56Straight ahead.
44:57Would you like to see each other again?
45:00Romantically.
45:04Yeah.
45:06I'm not sure.
45:07I think no.
45:09That's fair enough.
45:10Sorry.
45:11I had a lovely time, though.
45:13Oh, good.
45:13We had a great chat.
45:14No, I think we had a really good chat.
45:15Yeah, I was laughing.
45:16You should be a stand-up comedian.
45:19Sorry.
45:21Right, so.
45:22This is the end.
45:23Did you have a lovely...
45:24I did.
45:25You made me feel very calm and, like, relaxed.
45:27And I really appreciate that.
45:28Yeah.
45:29Good.
45:29It was a lovely time.
45:30It was, actually.
45:31Yeah.
45:31The initial thing was more friendly, for sure.
45:35And we will...
45:36Pleasure.
45:36Stay in touch.
45:37We'll stay in touch.
45:38Yeah.
45:40Do you crack it, or what do you do?
45:42I think we're supposed to crack it.
45:46It's actually really good.
45:54Are you happy?
45:55Are you happy?
45:56Happy with the date?
45:57I'm very happy.
45:57Yeah?
45:58I'm very confident I'm going to say yes.
46:00What I was going to say now, I don't...
46:01I'd be panicking so much.
46:08I don't know what I was going to say.
46:10I'm just...
46:11I've taken your words away.
46:12Do it a little bit.
46:13I like that.
46:20Let's go, Hobbs.
46:22Are you sure?
46:24Okay, I don't...
46:25I'm okay.
46:25Yeah?
46:26Is that what you're saying now?
46:27I didn't say that.
46:32Okay, so...
46:33Would you guys like to see each other again, romantically?
46:38You're a race.
46:39I would, yeah.
46:41Yeah, I would.
46:43Yeah.
46:43Yeah.
46:44Yeah, I would.
46:46Yes!
46:47Do you want to just do it down the middle?
46:49Yeah.
46:50Yeah.
46:50Perfect.
46:51She's really, really pretty.
46:53And we got on, yeah, we got on really well.
46:56I said to the girls today, I was like,
46:58my husband is somewhere getting ready.
47:00Like, he's talking to his friends.
47:01He's talking to his family.
47:01He's nervous.
47:04She's nervous.
47:05So do you fancy each other?
47:07Yeah.
47:08Yeah, I think there's potential there.
47:10Yeah.
47:11I do fancy you.
47:12I only have potential, but that's fine.
47:15Okay.
47:18He did a year of nursing,
47:19and he has three sisters,
47:21which is like, you know, tick, tick, tick.
47:23So it's good.
47:24Like, he's really nice.
47:27What do you like about each other?
47:29You were very passionate about your family.
47:31That's, like, really passionate about me.
47:34Like, it makes, it's nice to hear someone talking about it.
47:37I, like, he's half a nurse, and I'm a nurse.
47:41So, like, he's obviously very caring.
47:44So, we'll get on well.
48:02What do you want to do?
48:04Connemara?
48:07Yeah.
48:08Or water dog?
48:09We'll find out.
48:11We'll figure it out.
48:12I can't stop this thing.
48:14We started.
48:16You gotta know it's right.
48:20I can't stop this.
48:22Of course we've plotted.
48:25Yeah.
48:30So, second date, guys.
48:31Where are we going to go?
48:32What are we going to do?
48:35I was on about a walk or hiking or something.
48:38Yes.
48:38I said this too.
48:39I said it mutual.
48:54If you'd like to take part in the next season of First Dates,
48:57apply online at cococontent.ie forward slash firstdates.
49:02We'd love to hear from you.
49:36We'd love to hear from you.
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