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First Dates Ireland - Season 11 Episode 13
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00:02welcome to the first dates restaurant thank you very much as this season of seduction draws to
00:08a close we salute oh okay the singletons those brave few that took a chance on romance no nobody's
00:21losing their cool for some dreams would come true your gorgeous eyes stop it for others
00:30heaven would have to wait a little bit longer i'm in a village oh
00:35what but no matter what lay ahead
00:43they came prepared
00:47would you like to see each other again romantically
00:50three two one yes are you one of those guys who prepare for the date or is that just the
01:02last
01:03minute if you sure did that and run uh well not much needs to be done to this you can
01:10polish
01:20i'll have the hair washed the night before have a bit of tan
01:24i'm playing in a haircut doing like face masks
01:29sometimes i'll do like a little dance i'll put on some really fun music
01:33taylor swift glaring picking out the outfit
01:35picks the outfit change it a few different times
01:39i just get myself in the mode
01:43i feel like i can take on the world
01:48how attractive is someone who is comfortable in their skin
01:51yes
01:56would you consider yourself someone confident no
02:00you don't have confidence in yourself you're never going to get anywhere
02:04if this is me you either take me as i am or you don't
02:09this year's daters feeling good looking beautiful bursting with confidence
02:16do you think you're a good date
02:18i'm real what are you talking about
02:21i'm sound aren't i
02:23nice to meet you
02:24nice to meet you too bro
02:25you definitely brought positivity and style
02:30refreshingly self-aware
02:31lisa knew she wasn't everyone's cup of tea
02:37either way the taste buds of returning dater boo
02:41were about to be tickled
02:44you're a little bit nervous
02:45a little bit
02:46yeah okay
02:47take it with me with what you did and then i'll get you there okay
02:53everyone could be forgiven for feeling those pre-date nerves
02:58after all it's not easy putting yourself out there
03:02i was so nervous didn't know what to expect
03:05i was excited about the experience
03:07go big or go home
03:09yeah
03:09they say
03:10kind of mixed with terror
03:15it's julian
03:16absolute curveball
03:18we had three people there
03:20oh so which one of them
03:21oh my god so many things going on in your head
03:24i'm actually forgetting all the names already guys
03:26what what wait what
03:28hello
03:28hello how are you
03:29is that my future husband
03:31now if you are
03:32shake it a bit yeah
03:33she was gorgeous in the parents
03:34your date is at the bar
03:36i just remember looking over and saw a really bright blonde head
03:39man bun
03:40yeah
03:42man bun, man bun, he into man bun
03:44that's cuttable awful isn't it
03:46hello sir
03:47how are you
03:48i heard her first
03:49and i did get a little bit of a glimpse and i was like okay
03:52right i'm ready now
03:53hi
03:54nice to meet you
03:55she's beautiful
03:56i had a reason to be nervous
03:58so what's your favourite colour
03:59oh my god
04:01right from the start
04:03leah was entranced by jake
04:06and that was down to a combination of two things
04:09mullet moustache
04:11she granted my wishes
04:14like a fairy godmother
04:15what are you drinking
04:16i'm drinking a gin and tonic
04:18may i copy her please
04:20absolutely
04:20so you should
04:22sorry
04:23sorry
04:23no
04:24i'm not even more intimidated
04:25i'm just like you're right at the same time
04:27that's terrible
04:28i don't know how to feel anymore
04:30that's a good way to be at the start of a date
04:33can you tell how it's going to go or
04:36yeah
04:36well there's there's a strong inkling
04:40so what do you do
04:41so i walk in pharma
04:43like you're a fireman
04:46oh sorry pharma like
04:48you're a pharma
04:50pharma so like pharmaceutical
04:52oh pharma
04:53pharma yes
04:53sorry
04:54you'll get used to the accent after all you
04:57are you shitting
04:58i'm not the worst
04:59no i'm shitting
05:00are you why
05:01but now it's more real
05:02have you ever done that like this
05:04no it's the worst i've ever done it
05:05yeah it's not something you do all the time
05:07but
05:07the nerves you can see them like go away for the both of them
05:10where are you traveling from yourself
05:11west dimmer
05:12newcastle west direction
05:13i'm not too far away from yourself
05:14wailing newmarket
05:15oh really
05:16yeah
05:16yeah i mean about a half an hour to put us
05:18i knew sure he was a cultured enemy which was what i had asked for
05:22here we go
05:23it's a long time since i've done this
05:24and i haven't had a date in ten years
05:25in ten years
05:26in ten years
05:27okay
05:28born again virginia
05:29somebody
05:29he made me laugh from the moment he came in
05:32don't be saying those things to me
05:35who cracks from the awful you know straight away with us
05:39i live in dublin but i'm from galway
05:41galway girl
05:42she was bubbly and sweet
05:44it kind of just relaxed me a little bit
05:46are you sending it
05:47sending it
05:48yeah
05:48what does that mean
05:48it's like sending it
05:50i know honestly
05:52do you know
05:54this must be like dj lingo is it
05:56are you a dj
05:58oh shit sorry didn't say
06:00are you
06:00giving away all the secrets
06:01no way
06:02i don't know
06:03all you came over is waving the white flag over here already so
06:05the white flag was the red flag i don't know about that reaction
06:09at the start it's giddy and it's exciting and you know let's get to know each other and then the
06:13real conversations happen during dinner
06:17so why are you single at 28
06:19yeah it's a good fucking question
06:21probably have huge underlying issues or something like that
06:23mommy issues
06:24no
06:25daddy issues
06:26don't think so
06:27no
06:27just all other issues
06:29all other issues
06:33as kira and dara continued to work out their issues bernie and jerry had none to speak of
06:40good choice nice restaurant
06:44well done
06:45well done
06:45it is well didn't i
06:46and pink is beautiful
06:47fantastic
06:48thank you very much
06:49lovely very becoming indeed
06:50so tell me what are
06:52how you find in dating and stuff
06:55i don't do it
06:56at all no at all
06:57i'm actually quite recluse
06:58so okay
06:59like i've met the odd person but
07:01i just
07:02i'm not good with small
07:03like i don't
07:04i can't be honest with the shite
07:06i think my walls are up
07:07but i want them to come down
07:08like i want to be a wee bit softer
07:10i'm
07:12pleasantly surprised
07:13straight away
07:14just put me at ease
07:15and just kind of
07:16yeah
07:16maybe feel happy
07:18did you expect someone else
07:19i've been on more first dates than Mateo
07:22you know
07:24how have you been dating now in what
07:25poor god
07:26six seven years
07:27and now you are here
07:28so
07:29yeah i know
07:30yeah i know
07:31no that's amazing
07:32putting yourself out there
07:33gotta get out of your comfort zone
07:35but uncomfortable here
07:36yeah
07:37i feel you
07:39no one likes an awkward silence
07:42but Kira and Dara weren't about to let that get between them
07:47we're not there already are we
07:49what
07:51what
07:52what else to talk about like
07:53no
07:54i have to get to the gab
07:55the yapper
07:56yeah
07:57alright go on
07:59what's your question
07:59i don't have any questions as grand i don't care
08:01no questions about me
08:02don't care
08:03oh don't care
08:03perfect
08:04perfect
08:06maybe i could have prepared a few more questions and stuff but i try not to think about it too
08:10much like
08:10what else to do
08:11i can shoot
08:12shoot
08:13as in like with a gun
08:14yeah
08:18when it comes to firing up a date there's nothing quite like an interesting hobby or a unique skill and
08:25this year there were plenty of those
08:27are you ok
08:29yeah
08:30just landed on my forehead
08:33i play music
08:34do you play like a band or is it just like yourself?
08:36i play myself like
08:37that sounds really weird
08:45i need bad dancing
08:46oh i can show you advanced moves
08:48fantastic
08:48they're horrific
08:49like that
08:50and it attracts all the women as you can see
08:54super
08:54oh my god
08:56that's what the girl was into
08:57bad dance moves
08:58yeah this is my signature move
09:00oh yeah
09:06smile though your heart is aching
09:08your date had complete opposite music tastes to you
09:11mm-hmm
09:12but that puts you up
09:14mm-hmm
09:15i can do a really mean name gallagher impression
09:17maybe
09:19sunshine
09:20it doesn't matter to me at all i couldn't care less
09:23like
09:24red flag
09:27he said he was a big swifty
09:28i wouldn't be that much of a big swifty
09:30i'm training clarinet
09:31i need to like play the recorder first
09:33yeah
09:33to learn how to finger
09:36and after my fingering was really good
09:39then leave me on to the clarinet
09:40i'll have to take your word for it
09:42oh
09:45i forgot i said that
09:46oh my god
09:47oh my god
09:50you want to try pole dancing
09:51i don't have to call for that
09:53i definitely want to manage that myself in here
09:55but you look good
09:56in terms of hobbies i'm a golfer
09:58are you any good
09:59i'm pretty hot
10:00are you doing your own horn now though
10:02do you know your chakras
10:04yes
10:04yes
10:04oh do you so
10:06you're interesting
10:06you're interested yeah
10:07that's great
10:08because a lot of men don't
10:10i know a little about everything
10:11a lot about nothing
10:18the more daters learned about each other
10:20the more they revealed their true colours
10:25for matt
10:26there was only one
10:27the lovely lady in yellow
10:30what's my name
10:33sally
10:35you just think about that
10:36yeah i did
10:37yeah you did
10:37could you like dj a song about me then
10:40alright i'll get some beats
10:42some sally beats
10:44we went on like a school trip
10:45to the bog
10:46i feel like everyone goes
10:47when you're in primary school
10:48did you know
10:49no sure i loved in the middle of it
10:50sure i didn't
10:51i feel like i'm an over sharer
10:54i'm like i literally know this man
10:55like half an hour
10:56why does he know about my
10:57school trip i went on in second class
11:00we have bog
11:00you burn it
11:01like in your turf
11:02you burn turf in your house
11:03see like i even forgot
11:04that was what a bog was for
11:06like in my head
11:06the bog was for bodies
11:08since when was it ever for bodies
11:10the bog buddies
11:11in berlin
11:12is that where you're from is it
11:13right in the middle
11:15right wow
11:15i'm like from the previous soviet part
11:17to east berlin
11:18watch the wall coming down as well
11:20like that's fascinating
11:20people like kind of mocked us
11:22for like not having
11:23access to bananas and stuff
11:25yeah
11:25but it was good
11:26you know as a child
11:27you can't miss what you don't know
11:29i loved
11:30the unity
11:33in how i grew up
11:35that's probably partly because
11:37everyone was spying on each other
11:38i grew up in an 11 story house
11:41with like they have
11:42four flats on each level
11:44oh yeah
11:45and a great thing about it was that
11:47there were kids on each level
11:48yeah
11:49and we all used to play with each other
11:51i had loving parents
11:51um
11:53i have an older sister
11:54that i was really
11:55i am really close with still
11:56so it was a good childhood
11:57definitely
11:58we didn't have much in the 80s
11:59but it was a good life
12:00i was born in raritan cabra
12:02a lot of good footballers came from there
12:03a lot of good footballers came from there
12:04Liam really allowed to bear still
12:05yeah
12:06i played football with Liam
12:07did you really?
12:08yeah i played for home farm
12:09yeah
12:09i paled with his sister
12:10yeah
12:11me husband was killed going to a football lodge
12:13was he?
12:14yeah
12:15he was only 26
12:16oh jesus
12:17yeah
12:18yeah
12:19he was a big tall blonde
12:21he was ever so handsome
12:23i was only 14 when i met him
12:26in a job i was in
12:27it was uh
12:28called brabison's
12:29it used to make jam
12:31and we used to wash the jam jars
12:33that time you were allowed to work at 14
12:36he was knocked down off a bike going to a football match
12:39i was young and i had to work all my life
12:41yeah
12:41i got no compensation for my husband's debt
12:44i'd go from that job to that job to that job
12:46but i'd done it
12:48and that's how i've known these
12:49i have two artificial knees
12:50from scrubbing floors
12:52i was lucky i had my mother and father
12:54they looked after the kids
12:55yeah
12:55i had a pal that had a brother that was in a bad place
12:59he had four children and they were rolling off to just
13:01and i ended up taking them and rearing them
13:04with my own children
13:05like yourself i'm hitting the 90
13:08yeah
13:09i'm 89 at the moment
13:11i'm 88
13:12so we're doing very well
13:13yeah we're not doing too bad
13:15not very well
13:15not too bad
13:17what did you like about your date
13:19well it was unusual
13:21at my age
13:22to have a date like that
13:26first dates can be hard to predict
13:30former x-factor contestant mary burn
13:32was hoping that musician jerry
13:34wouldn't be distracted by her celebrity
13:37yeah i do a bit of singing myself so
13:39yeah
13:39yeah
13:40where'd you go
13:42uncle
13:42down the pub
13:44karaoke isn't it
13:45yeah i do i do that as well
13:46yeah
13:46did you ever go to the kennedy's up on thomas street
13:49yes
13:49with uh...
13:51mckelly and all them
13:52yeah yeah
13:52good crack
13:54you don't recognize me do you
13:55no
13:56don't know you
13:57i love it
13:57i love it
13:59don't know you
13:59i just sat there and i went
14:01do i say it now
14:02and it just came out
14:03did you ever watch the x-factor
14:05no
14:05god
14:06that's even better again
14:07oh not mary born are you
14:09fuck up
14:10sorry
14:11don't be a word to cop it as well
14:12look
14:12i don't know what i was looking at
14:14i said
14:14ah bloody hell
14:15you do do a bit of singing now don't you
14:17right
14:19do you know what i like about it
14:20i never thought
14:21how do you think
14:21do you know what i like about it
14:22we got to know each other a little bit better
14:24without even knowing
14:25who the hell i was
14:26it didn't change
14:29the conversation or the feeling between us
14:32and i loved that
14:40two people lost in the moment
14:42basking in each other's glow
14:45that's how it was for michelle and harry
14:48at least on the face of it
14:50it's a beautiful smile
14:51thank you i appreciate that
14:53smile is everything
14:54no way
14:55oh my god
14:55well so i've done okay then
14:57because it's probably the only compliment i get michelle
14:59is
15:00people are like oh how are you single your crap
15:02blah blah blah
15:03i'm beautiful as well
15:04like let's
15:05go on
15:06sorry
15:06thank you
15:08i was so nervous
15:09coming over here
15:10because at first i thought i was going to be stuck with some bloke
15:12who just doesn't say anything
15:13before
15:15or some coat with brown shoes
15:17he was like i've got a tractor
15:18i thought i was going to bring brown shoes
15:21no i didn't
15:24i had twin brothers there at 18
15:26are your brothers Luke
15:27and
15:28jesus christ
15:29i actually taught them last year on placement
15:32barbie
15:33yeah
15:36small world
15:36what was the best thing about your date
15:39let's say figuring out that we were so close to each other
15:41you're by far the hottest girl i've ever had a date with
15:43you've got this aura about you
15:45it's beautiful
15:46oh my god
15:47i was like oh god
15:48way out of my daycare
15:51right okay
15:51can i feed you can
15:52you want to do a little
15:53you can't feed me an oyster
15:55no
15:57i will cheers you with this though
15:59i will 100%
16:00okay so
16:00welcome to the best first date ever
16:02i well
16:03yeah i think so
16:04there you go okay
16:21looks
16:22charm
16:23scintillating wit
16:24this year's hopeful singletons brought all that and more because old school chivalry was alive and blooming
16:32do you think that the art of romance is dead
16:35no i wouldn't say so no
16:36this year for example we had a lot of roses and this kind of little touches coming in
16:42i'm just here for romance i've got my rose i'm looking forward to meeting my date
16:47what about the price of flowers nowadays
16:49oh yeah yeah yeah yeah
16:51that's great
16:57oh my lord thank you so much they're beautiful
17:00he's a gentleman who brought me flowers
17:04roses my favourite
17:05roses are red my little
17:06yeah thank you very much they're beautiful
17:09i was very impressed
17:11i got these for you my mother had actually met them
17:14stop it really
17:15but you're so cute
17:19oh flowers
17:20oh yes
17:21give me your flower now
17:22cheers
17:23cheers
17:24cheers
17:24cheers
17:25great you should have thought about it
17:27here look
17:28see that vase there just grab it
17:33as boo was about to find out there are flowers and then there are flowers with benefits
17:42what's this
17:43my room key
17:44huh
17:47it was my room key
17:49oh
17:51well i actually think you're nicer than them
17:53so there is a driver organized to bring you home
17:56wow okay
17:58so you were expecting someone to go up to your room tonight were you?
18:02yeah
18:02you don't know who you're gonna meet
18:04okay
18:05i think you're more respectful
18:06so
18:07well you judge me right
18:10yeah i think so
18:13in hindsight like i kind of realized that uh i can feel it that much you know
18:27some people are more sensitive than they come across
18:45you know
18:55you know
18:57you know
19:01you know
19:01Actually, I broke my neck last year when I was pole dancing. Oh, fuck. I wasn't expecting to say that,
19:07yeah.
19:08When I got the hospital, I got all my scans and everything. It was absolutely terrifying. I was so scared.
19:14I was so, so scared.
19:16But luckily, I didn't have any paralysis. It was fixable.
19:20Yeah, you did get back on the pole. 100%. Get on that horse. I actually have a broken toe at
19:25the moment. Oh, really?
19:26Yeah. I see why they're paired us up.
19:28Yeah. It's like, two klutzes. Two playabilities there, yeah.
19:32So, sorry, is the rogue me, like, completely done now?
19:35Yeah. I got... Injuries? Yeah, I got a bad injury, so. It was just a head knot, like concussion.
19:44Stop. That's scary. I've had too many now, and I started getting symptoms, you know. I had really bad anxiety.
19:51Really, really bad anxiety.
19:53One of the symptoms, actually, was that I was forgetting names, so that's why I forgot your name, Sally.
19:58Got it now, though. Be back, baby. Yeah, I know it's bad.
20:01Oh, my God, I'm so sorry. I made such a joke about that.
20:03No, it's... Like, it's... I don't have that emotional attachment to it anymore because I found DJing, like...
20:11I want to give you a hug.
20:12Give me a little hug, like... Can I? Yeah.
20:14Oh, that is so sad. Sorry. That's actually really...
20:17Is this your hug in the road, like...
20:19Yeah. Oh.
20:20Are you long retired from work?
20:23Two years.
20:24Two?
20:25My God, you worked for good age.
20:28When I retired, I was a bakery business.
20:30Got me seven times.
20:32Very good.
20:33When I was 65, something just come over me. I said, I've had enough. And I retired out of government
20:39buildings.
20:40The first few weeks now, I was saying to myself, what am I going to do it myself?
20:44And I went up to a recruiting agency to look for a job. And the man looked at me. He
20:49had social welfare.
20:50And he looked at me. He said, will you go home and have a rest? Do you know all the
20:53years you have to work in?
20:55And I said, yeah, I'm going to join a club. In the clubs I'm in, we go out on holidays
21:00together.
21:00We all mix together. It's a great company, you know.
21:03I enjoyed life, and I'm retired. And I'm not going to stop.
21:09And that means that we're alive and well this time next year.
21:21Commitment is a risky game.
21:23So, when you meet someone that makes your heart beat a little faster, how should you play it?
21:34Do you keep your cards close, or do you leave them open?
21:38Oh, it depends who is sitting across.
21:40It's better to at least go, I'm looking for commitment.
21:43Some people just aren't looking at all.
21:48But I wouldn't lay the cards out and go, let's get Laurie.
21:53Whoa, whoa, whoa, slow down. Slow your roll.
21:58First, let's figure out, are we compatible?
22:01Let's figure out who's splitting the bill first.
22:09Even before he arrived for his date, James had it all figured out.
22:15I'm looking for me wife.
22:16I was straight, like, I'm ready to find a girl if I'm in hell.
22:20That girl was Faith.
22:22And she, too, was looking for the one.
22:24But would James measure up?
22:27How tall are you, actually?
22:30Six foot.
22:32Six, yeah, that's...
22:33Yeah.
22:35Now, I'll be honest with you, right?
22:36Right.
22:37I'm not actually six foot, but I say I'm six foot.
22:40Do you know what I mean?
22:40I'm a little bit on that six foot.
22:42Right.
22:42Like a couple of male, well, I have a pair of shoes on, don't worry.
22:45I'm six foot, like.
22:46Right.
22:47What are you?
22:49I'm five nine without heels.
22:51Five eleven without heels.
22:54Yeah, I felt a bit in Timidale when you came out of it.
22:56You gotta change your shoes for this one.
23:00Life is a mystery.
23:04Everyone must stand alone.
23:07I hear you call my name.
23:13And it feels like...
23:16Connection is a wonderful thing.
23:18Like Dermot from Cork and Shannon from Limerick,
23:21drawn together by a little town in Kerry.
23:24My sister, Nancy, is the Cockroles of Trudy, so...
23:27No way!
23:28Oh, my God.
23:29I actually went for the Limerick Rose this year, as well.
23:32Oh?
23:32It's so funny.
23:34How much we had in common was crazy.
23:35We both hit the jackpot, I think, here, huh?
23:38You're very well.
23:39Nice.
23:40I can see why you put us together.
23:42Like, we definitely agreed a lot on, like, morals and values.
23:45Are you into politics?
23:47Everything is political.
23:48Political.
23:49Everything is political.
23:50Do you like your live music?
23:52Yes, I love music.
23:53I'm a member of a full part of Harmony Chorus.
23:57We were ticking off boxes of the different things that we had in common.
24:01I travel a lot on my own, though.
24:02I go on holidays on my own, so...
24:04Would you travel on your own?
24:06Everything I've done recently is on my own.
24:08Is on your own?
24:09Yes.
24:11Would you like to go to America?
24:12I want to go to Nashville.
24:15That is my dream location.
24:17Like, you don't even understand.
24:19Well, it might happen.
24:19You never know.
24:21I've never, like, really got along with someone so quickly.
24:25I'm worried.
24:26I don't think we're supposed to get on with it.
24:27I don't think so.
24:28I think it's supposed to be awkward for a little bit.
24:30I really didn't expect him to match my personality as much as he really, really did.
24:35So, am I going to Roscommon?
24:37You come to Roscommon, you don't mind me, she'll fucking love you.
24:39You're very aligned in what you want.
24:42It's great when you meet someone that's cute, actually fucking intelligent, and can hold a conversation with you.
24:48But it doesn't happen that often.
24:49Is it because you're in Roscommon, or in general?
24:53Genuine question.
24:54The Office is my comfort show.
24:56Yeah, it's my comfort show.
24:57I watched that last night.
24:59I did too!
25:00Yes!
25:01Oh my God.
25:04The chats were absolutely amazing.
25:05She is exactly my type of girl.
25:07You're a Capricorn?
25:09Capricorn, yeah.
25:09Your greatest compatibility is Taurus and Cancer.
25:12Oh yeah, what are you?
25:14Not Taurus or Cancer.
25:15My biggest worry is that somebody will be difficult to get conversation out of.
25:19And she is certainly not that.
25:21This is a really big question.
25:22Oh God.
25:24Lions or Barry's?
25:25Barry's.
25:26Okay.
25:27Are you a lion?
25:28Lions.
25:29Yeah.
25:30Oh.
25:30If that's the biggest difference we have between us, we'll be okay.
25:34How hurt are you on a scale of 1 to 10?
25:36Are we here already?
25:38I just really liked that I could be myself.
25:41It was a safe space to be vulnerable.
25:44I've never felt comfortable with my skin.
25:47I've never actually wanted to be here.
25:49Once I had started drinking, I just fell in love instantly because it suppressed everything.
25:55Yeah.
25:56It just progressed rapidly.
25:59I wanted to escape the way I felt, you know.
26:02And I was drugs and alcohol and gambling.
26:05It brought me down some dark, dark roads and dark, dark paths.
26:11And my friends used to say to me, we used to wake up every day and not sure if we
26:15were going
26:16to get a text saying, you know, Jimmy's passed.
26:18And my mum said the same thing.
26:24In 2021, I got this new treatment.
26:28It was like someone had pulled a sheet over my face and everything was, like, bright.
26:34It was no longer dark.
26:35And I was like, I actually want to live now.
26:38It was life-changing.
26:42And now, would you be part of, like, support groups or would you just do it?
26:46Yeah, I'd be in, like, a 12-step programme.
26:48Yeah, that's, like, my core, my core way of living.
26:54Yeah, I get you.
26:55To catch my vibe.
26:56I do catch your vibe.
26:57I was 21 stone.
26:59And I've gone down about six stone at the moment.
27:04And I'm still going.
27:06We are all broken in a certain way.
27:08Something small in some people, something big in others.
27:10But we all have to try and get the sticky glue and stick the bits back so that they start
27:16to shine again.
27:18I am soft as fuck.
27:20I love love.
27:21I'm mad about love.
27:22So do I.
27:22The next girl I'm getting with is the girl I plan on being with forever.
27:26Like, I'm not doing this whole situationships.
27:28I'm not doing same people.
27:29I'm not getting my award on anything, right?
27:31Oh.
27:33Do you want to get married?
27:35Yeah.
27:35Yeah?
27:35Definitely want to get married.
27:36That's good.
27:38Definitely want to have loads of kids.
27:40I'm white to have kids.
27:41I have a time with them when I'm having kids.
27:44What's that mean?
27:45Well, I have endometriosis.
27:46Because you've probably never heard it up before.
27:48So it's like basically a thing where it affects you having children.
27:51Why?
27:5225, 26 is probably the age where it'll be harder.
27:57No, it'll be much harder.
27:58I don't want to get busy.
27:59So I don't want to get busy.
28:02Come on, we just like a movie.
28:04You might as well get going.
28:08So if this was a rom-com, how would it end?
28:12I'd definitely like marriage and kids and a big house, like on the seaside.
28:18Oh, well, in five years' time, we could be walking around a zoo.
28:23Despite the fact they'd only just met and were even now living in the moment, some daters
28:29already had a vision of their happy ever after.
28:32Would you like to have a family yourself?
28:33Yeah, I would.
28:34I love that idea of like settling down with someone and coming home from work.
28:38I'll have your dinner waiting for you.
28:40It'll be nice.
28:41I like that you're family-oriented.
28:43I think that was like the thing that kind of drew us into each other a bit.
28:46And where do you fall on that?
28:47Do you want to have kids?
28:48Yeah.
28:49Do you want to settle down?
28:49Yeah.
28:50I want to have kids.
28:50I want to settle down, yeah.
28:51Whatever to sell.
28:52Me too.
28:53Yeah.
28:53Yeah.
28:54I think we have very similar values.
28:56Wants to get married, wants to have kids.
28:58Do you think you'd like to stay in Ireland, like, settle down in Ireland like that?
29:01I'd like to stay in Lillard Rostovar.
29:02Yeah.
29:03Did you have much in common?
29:05I suppose the fact that we were, what, 20, 25 minutes of that?
29:08Yeah.
29:08I guess you can never predict the future, but I would like to be with someone that I feel
29:13like we have a good foundation.
29:15See what happens now?
29:17I want to have a family.
29:18Yeah, yeah.
29:19Not too old, but not too young.
29:21Yeah, yeah, yeah.
29:21I was saying that we should go for coffee on the beach at Chamorre, but like, maybe that's
29:25maybe a bit too fast.
29:28I can't have kids anymore.
29:30Snapped?
29:30I got it there about two years ago.
29:32What have you met somebody who was, like, mad for kids?
29:35Well, you can reverse it, like, it's not, you know.
29:38He was nice, but I just, I'm not sure.
29:42I just have one child, which is my dog.
29:44So you've got to respect that book.
29:46Yeah, no, it's only that.
29:47Only that.
29:48Lena's coming from a background with no children.
29:49I'm coming from a background with children.
29:51I'm not sure if I'm really into...
29:56I think I'm happy with the dog.
29:58Yeah.
29:58Yeah, go on.
30:06Get that out of here.
30:09Come on, like, give me a chance.
30:12I can't help, Alex.
30:14Go on, check your face.
30:15No.
30:15Could be the one.
30:17Not interested.
30:19I nearly died.
30:21I was like, fuck's sake.
30:22But, like, that's just, like, I'm a single girl sitting in front of you.
30:26I'm obviously on apps.
30:29Well, obviously, still, slightly awkward.
30:33And on that note.
30:37Oh, my God.
30:38I've got a bit of a mess.
30:39It's okay.
30:40Renting was me and my best mate, and then just some random guy, I got off daft.
30:44Off daft?
30:45They're men on daft?
30:48Yeah, because it was just, like, a room to rent.
30:51Yeah.
30:53I miss the joke.
30:54No, it's a big man on daft.
30:56Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yes.
30:57Cracking myself up there.
30:59Straight over me and send you that.
31:01I do love dancing, like a dance party.
31:04That kind of surprises me.
31:05I was being sarcastic.
31:07Oh.
31:07Yeah.
31:08I was trying to be hilarious.
31:10That whole sarcasm that you did at the beginning was a crazy shock.
31:14Haven't met you.
31:15I don't know you're from a bar of soap, and you gave me all that sarcasm.
31:17I don't know what to think.
31:18You kind of sound like you're from Dublin.
31:20Do I?
31:20Yeah.
31:20I'm getting a lot of views for this recently.
31:22Are you selling you from Dublin?
31:23Yeah.
31:23Why do people call me, like, a uproar recently?
31:27No.
31:27You are giving a little bit of uproar.
31:29What?
31:31A little bit.
31:33Say?
31:34Okay.
31:35I'll take it as a compliment, too.
31:36That's what I meant.
31:37Yeah, yeah, that's right.
31:38Can I just say I love your accent?
31:41And I love yours.
31:42I can understand yours.
31:44Picturing how the day could go horribly wrong, I thought there'd be lots of instances in
31:48me asking, sorry, what did you say?
31:51Sorry, what did you say?
31:52But that never happened.
31:53What do you do?
31:54I'm a HGV mechanic.
31:55A who?
31:56A HGV mechanic, so...
31:57What's that like to tell you?
31:58No, I fix all lorries.
32:00I look after a fleet of lorries in Galway.
32:02The what?
32:02I look after a fleet of lorries in Galway.
32:04Lorries?
32:05Yeah, yeah.
32:05The accent.
32:07A lot of people have a lot of...
32:08Lorries?
32:09Yeah, lorries.
32:09Fleet lorries.
32:10Oh, I love this accent.
32:12I work on cars.
32:13I was like, oh, I hate you, too.
32:16It's not your forklift.
32:18What it is.
32:19Why do you have a forklift?
32:20I like to...
32:22Fork things.
32:23I like to fork things.
32:27Is this my fork or your fork?
32:28I don't give a fork.
32:29It's your fork.
32:30Oh, my God, you didn't just do that one.
32:32I did just do a pun.
32:34You happy you didn't?
32:35Happy about the food.
32:36Not sure about the company.
32:38Joke it.
32:39Come on, you've hit me with all your sarcasm today.
32:41It's only fair if I get you back with, like, one.
32:44But you're a bit more of a princess than I'd be likely for.
32:46Oh, no.
32:47You're definitely more of a princess than I am.
32:49Wait.
32:51I'm definitely more masculine than you are, believe it or not.
32:56What?
32:57How are you more masculine than I am?
32:58Oh, I definitely am.
33:00Jesus Christ.
33:01Whoa.
33:02Whoa.
33:02That was a crazy low blow, like.
33:04There's no need to come out with that, like.
33:14You know what they say.
33:16Sharing is caring.
33:18And it's true.
33:19Up to a point.
33:20Do you want to taste?
33:21Would you like a taste?
33:23Hmm.
33:26Go on.
33:27Jesus, we are years at this.
33:29Look at this.
33:30Like, how long are you married?
33:32Well, I have no problem sharing food.
33:34I have no problem sharing food.
33:35I think sharing food is quaint.
33:37You're just open to sharing everything.
33:39Of course.
33:39Yeah, yeah.
33:40It's a nice story.
33:40I feel like you take the shirt off my back.
33:42Maybe later.
33:43Relax, relax.
33:46And how do you feel about, like, people feeding each other on a date?
33:49Oh.
33:51I feed you.
33:52No, I'm not going to feed you.
33:53I forgot.
33:54Oh, feed me.
33:55Fuck us.
33:55Really?
33:56Oh, my gosh.
33:57This is just shocking.
33:59You don't even do this.
34:00I never do it.
34:01I'm going to feed you next time.
34:18You're going to feed me?
34:19You know, if your lady's into this kind of games, it's a problem, you know?
34:23No, I can't say that.
34:30I was going to say how crazy it would be if we kissed.
34:33It wouldn't be too wild.
34:41Jesus, why would my mother think of me?
34:47Yeah!
34:48Public displays of affection. They're not for everyone.
34:52Thankfully, for the sake of both their mammies, Sorcha was just happy to admire Jennifer as Jennifer admired the view.
35:03Gorgeous eyes.
35:06Stop it!
35:07Yeah, you're looking good.
35:09Like a snack.
35:11Yeah, dessert.
35:13My mom killed me.
35:14I need to behave because my mother was like, you two better not be fucking talking dirty.
35:17My sister said, don't kiss and tell you.
35:19Oh, my friends all said, do kiss.
35:21They were like, if we don't see you shifting in the smoking area, it's a fail.
35:25If there's a vibe and it comes naturally, I don't think there's anything wrong with having a kiss.
35:30I don't think so either.
35:33You could definitely feel the chemistry between us.
35:35My glasses are steaming up now and everything.
35:38Romeo, love you.
35:39Just enjoy the views like, you know what I mean?
35:41Some view.
35:43Some view, babes.
35:45Yeah, okay, fair. He is a hottie.
35:47I can't, I can't deny that one.
35:49All the good things are illegal, immoral or they make you fat.
35:52Isn't that the song?
35:53That's perfect. Isn't that so true?
35:55I'm definitely prudish in ways, even though I'm very open-minded.
36:00It's like the Catholic Church teaching comes up in your mind all the time.
36:05I think we're kind of slightly coming out of it, but sex is taboo, taboo, taboo.
36:10I keep saying we are a strange species, but we are all similar.
36:13Absolutely. Everyone has the same feelings, emotions and...
36:18I love sex.
36:20Of course I do, I'm human.
36:22I love to just enjoy life.
36:25You have to.
36:27The romantic and physical I would really like, definitely.
36:30I have the energy.
36:33Here's to that song.
36:35Cheers.
36:38Hello?
36:39Hey, what's up?
36:42There are some things you just can't say in front of your date.
36:46Like how your date is going.
36:48Of course, you could always phone a friend.
36:51Or alternatively, ask an expert.
36:54He didn't recognize you, no?
36:55No, he didn't. That's exactly what I wanted.
36:57And that's cool.
36:58Yes.
36:59Let me show you the real marriage.
37:01Say no more.
37:03It's been ten years since this hair was messy, eh?
37:06It has to.
37:07It's been ten years since I hit a headboard anyway.
37:11I feel like he's maybe looking for something a little bit more kind of serious, a little bit more, you
37:17know...
37:17Like committed monogamous.
37:19Commogamous.
37:19Commogamous.
37:20Commogamous.
37:21Commogamous.
37:22That's it, I'm going with it.
37:24How are you getting on?
37:25Happy, Oslo.
37:26That's very good.
37:27The matchmakers have done a good job, sorry, yeah.
37:29I thought his brother was in Bora Bui and his sister at Parker was this year.
37:34What are the chances?
37:36Genuinely, what are the chances?
37:38I'd be terrified to talk to her if I saw her in the nightclub.
37:41Really?
37:41Yeah, yeah, yeah.
37:41I don't think I'd have the balls to talk to her, yeah, but now that I'm here, 100%.
37:46Oh my God, he's so fucking cool, and like, I swear, like, five minutes in, we were already talking about
37:52marriage.
37:52He is so funny.
37:55He's going to the bathroom, yeah?
37:56Is he?
37:57Yeah.
37:57You look gorgeous.
37:58I used to offer.
37:59I am.
38:00Georgina.
38:00How are you, Georgina?
38:01I've just said, he's very, very nice, your father.
38:05Very nice, yeah.
38:06I'm glad.
38:07I'm glad to meet you.
38:08How's it going?
38:09Oh, it's going good.
38:10Yeah, I know, he's going good.
38:11He's in love.
38:12He does know what to do.
38:13He was pitching a tent in his pants and everything.
38:16He can't be saying that things.
38:20We met great people anyway, I think.
38:22Both of the lads are lovely.
38:23We got lucky, didn't we?
38:25Yeah.
38:26Be gentlemanly.
38:27Offer her some of your dessert.
38:29Be a gentlemanly.
38:30No, I mean, stay gentlemanly.
38:33Quickfire.
38:34Yes, no?
38:35I think so.
38:36You think potential.
38:38Maybe.
38:38Yes.
38:40I think she's lovely, yeah.
38:42Oh, I love it.
38:42That's what you want to hear.
38:44I'll leave you, keep chatting.
38:44I would say the four of us go away after this.
38:46If it goes out.
38:47I don't think so.
38:47I think it would go back.
38:48There was definitely, like, no awkward, really moments.
38:51John, take a seat.
38:53I feel like usually I'm really good at thinking, like, what they're thinking, but I actually
38:57cannot tell.
38:59I'm really embarrassed to say it's going good in case he doesn't think it's going good.
39:03I'd say he thinks it's going good as well.
39:05Mmm.
39:07No real awkwardness.
39:09I don't really shut up anyway, so.
39:11Well, I'll shut up.
39:12She seems like she talks a lot as well.
39:14She likes a lot of energy as well.
39:15Yeah, so it's nice.
39:16Is he getting your sense of humour?
39:17I don't know.
39:18Not a lot of people get my sense of humour.
39:20I think that's why I'm single.
39:21Yeah.
39:21I didn't feel like he was overly excited about me being at the table.
39:26Would she be your normal type?
39:29Have you seen her?
39:30She's gone.
39:31She's gone.
39:32Oh, yeah.
39:33This girl is amazing.
39:36She makes bread.
39:38She likes fantasy books.
39:40She's a marine biologist.
39:42Super hot.
39:43She is absolutely stunning.
39:44She is a 10 out of 10, Leah.
39:46She is perfect.
39:47Well, I'm glad nobody's really losing their cool.
39:53Yeah, I enjoyed the meal.
39:54I enjoyed the company as well.
39:54Cool, man.
39:55Cool.
39:56As soon as I've seen you chatting and saying, this is going well.
39:59Yeah, there's no quiet moments.
40:01He's into mountain biking and he's also loving his freedom and stuff.
40:05It's just not my type.
40:08I hope it's not going to be awkward later on.
40:10You know, when we do like, do you want to see each other romantically again?
40:15Maybe just be like, oh, he was super nice and I really liked him, but no spark.
40:19Can I say that?
40:21Can I say that?
40:22Can I raise the bill?
40:23I will.
40:23That's a fair thing to do now.
40:26Oh, no pay.
40:28No.
40:29If he wants to pay, then pay.
40:33Ah, yes.
40:34The paying of the bill.
40:36A revealing transaction.
40:37Highly significant.
40:39To split or not to split.
40:42Who pays the bill?
40:44Who pays the bill?
40:44That question, that old nutshell that comes around every year.
40:53If you have no intention of seeing somebody again, I think you should split the bill.
40:56We're going to do 70 each.
40:58Lovely.
40:58Is that okay?
40:59Absolutely.
40:59Thanks.
41:00I didn't feel there was a lot of flirting.
41:03You know?
41:04Are you serious?
41:05No.
41:05Are you sure?
41:06I'm positive.
41:07All fashion, I like this.
41:08All fashion, that's it.
41:09You pay or you don't, for me there is no splitting.
41:12Yeah.
41:13That's a big number.
41:14Do I not go out?
41:15No.
41:16Why?
41:16Do you think I'm somebody else?
41:20Absolutely not.
41:21No, I've got it.
41:22I would never, ever take a girl on the first day and make her very joking.
41:25I would have paid half.
41:27Like, I actually don't, that doesn't bother me at all.
41:29Can we split the bill?
41:32I'm going to pay for all of it, alright?
41:34Alright?
41:34Alright?
41:34Yeah, I'd rather do that.
41:35My Irish friend told me not to argue.
41:38Don't, yeah.
41:38Because it just ends up being desperate.
41:40The awkwardness is worse than just sitting there going, oh, just let me get this, you
41:43know, all the time, you know?
41:45Yeah.
41:45This is not awkward.
41:47Why is it awkward?
41:48It's not at all.
41:49He's made this very easy for you.
41:50Perfect.
41:52It was like, that's the norm.
41:54I'm like, oh, Dublin fellas, take no.
41:56Are we happy to settle up?
41:58Yeah.
41:58Yes, please.
41:59No, we split it.
42:01I can pay for it.
42:02I don't mind.
42:04No, we split it.
42:07I would really like to see him again.
42:09Yeah, I would like to see him again as well.
42:12I thought you were going to say no.
42:14Really?
42:14I thought you were going to say no.
42:16Because when I offered to pay the bill, you were like, no, no, no, we'll split it.
42:18We'll split it.
42:19And I was like, oh, okay.
42:20I see.
42:20I was, okay, right.
42:22Bill here.
42:24Thank you very much.
42:26I want to have a look at that and see how much it is.
42:29There's no hurry.
42:31He's a lovely man.
42:32I think he was interested in some of the things I was interested in.
42:52Aый and Tellers
42:56So, what we do?
42:57Do you want to go halves on that?
42:59Yeah, why not? Yeah, please.
43:02My generation of men paid because women didn't have money.
43:06Now I know women do have money, but he didn't even offer.
43:09Can we split it, Alice, please?
43:11It shows a lot about his character to me.
43:16Would you like to see each other romantically again?
43:21I wouldn't, particularly. I wouldn't jump at it.
43:25Yeah.
43:26Yeah, I agree.
43:28I totally agree.
43:35Negative feedback.
43:36Some daters could see it coming.
43:38Others would only learn the truth when it was too late.
43:44Would you like to see each other again?
43:46Oh, my God, you're going straight for it.
43:48Straight for it.
43:48Straight for it.
43:49It's going to be so cringy.
43:50I would, yes.
43:54Oh, no.
43:59I don't think I would.
44:01We were disappointed so many times.
44:03That's true.
44:04Remember right, no?
44:04That's very true.
44:05They're like, oh, this is being written.
44:07Yeah.
44:07There's a lot of that as well.
44:10Falling down the ground.
44:12The best first dinner day I've ever been on.
44:14You've never been on a fucking dinner day before, so shut up.
44:17Like, a new set the bar.
44:21Um, I don't know if there was, like, a lot of chemistry going on.
44:26Yeah.
44:27Thanks.
44:28There was no spark.
44:30Yeah, yeah.
44:30It's really hard to find a spark, like, immediately anyway.
44:34I'm not falling to defend my life.
44:38Mrs. Mark wasn't there, huh?
44:40That's it, you know?
44:41Yeah, yeah, yeah.
44:41But that's, that's life.
44:42I don't like being in situations with people like me.
44:47Like you?
44:48Yeah, people like me who are a little bit, a little bit wild.
44:51And people that are calmer than you handle you?
44:54No.
44:59I would say we'd be gone as friends.
45:03Would you agree?
45:04Yeah.
45:05I think I'd make a show everywhere we go.
45:08It was a very nice evening.
45:10I mean, so I would love to kind of get to know you better on a friendship level, if that's
45:14all right.
45:15Felt the same kind of, yeah.
45:16Yeah.
45:19Ah, still, for every no, there was a, well, you know.
45:27It sounds like you do a lot of traveling, so you, um, perhaps some, you know, if we
45:31were to have a second date and beyond, it's something that we could do together.
45:36It just started to feel comfortable, feel right.
45:40When you know, you know.
45:42So what does it feel like to know?
45:44You can't describe it.
45:46It's something just clicks inside.
45:47It's like a puzzle and a piece goes together and it just makes sense.
45:50It just feels right.
45:51Like, I wouldn't have any, at the moment, have any reason to go up to Dublin, yeah.
45:58There you do.
45:59Yeah.
46:02Didn't feel like a first day, I suppose, which is the best thing, yeah.
46:04You can sleep on a sofa in my friend's house, which is where I'm sleeping tonight.
46:08Is our house accessible?
46:11No.
46:12Hmm, didn't think so.
46:14My house is.
46:16Yeah.
46:17It was easy, yeah.
46:18It was very easy.
46:19It was very easy.
46:19There was no awkward silence.
46:21No.
46:21No.
46:21Four people you have to impress before I can say it.
46:24My ma, my nanny, Alex, my best friend, and me, Andy.
46:28When am I meeting them?
46:28Come on, give them a ring there.
46:29We'll meet them somewhere now.
46:30Get it all out of the fuck away, like.
46:32He was like, my mom wants to speak to you.
46:34And I was like, really?
46:35Because, like, my mom wants to speak to you.
46:37So what else?
46:37So we gave each other each other's phones.
46:40What's the crack?
46:41How are you?
46:42How are we again?
46:43How are they?
46:43What's your name?
46:44How are you?
46:45How are you?
46:46Your son's a lovely young place.
46:49Your daughter's gorgeous, isn't she?
46:50Yeah, what's your name?
46:51Yeah, we're still on it now.
46:52I'll be all over the camera.
46:54I know.
46:54You're going to get you a few seconds of fame, yeah.
46:59That's the first hurdle to own it, do you know, man?
47:01When you meet the mayor, that happens, like.
47:04You can never tell how a first date will go.
47:07Or, what will happen next.
47:10But there's one thing you can be sure of.
47:13Nothing gets in the way of true love.
47:16What's going on?
47:16What's going on here?
47:17Mary said, experience over the youth, so off I go.
47:24He made me feel comfortable.
47:25And I'm really grateful for that.
47:28So we're going to see your children again anyway.
47:33It definitely ticks all the boxes I was looking for.
47:36Oh, do you fucking match me?
47:37Do you guys want to see each other again romantically?
47:40Ladies first?
47:41I just think so.
47:43Hell yeah.
47:47Oh, that was beautiful, it was.
47:50You still have it.
47:51What was there will always be there.
47:53We were very, very well matched, weren't we?
47:55Yoo-hoo!
47:57She kind of ticked all those boxes definitely, so I knew that maybe within the first 30 seconds.
48:01You guys fancy each other?
48:03Yeah.
48:09Thank you so much.
48:11See you.
48:11I feel like I had a smile on my face the whole time.
48:14And still.
48:15There's a lot to explore there.
48:17And I think we should go for a drink now.
48:18Keep talking.
48:19I'm really glad we met.
48:21This is something special.
48:22A hundred percent, yes.
48:23A thousand percent.
48:25Yes!
48:27I think she is spectacular.
48:29Yeah, you do.
48:30Yes, I do.
48:33The date continues.
48:35I think so.
48:36Where will your second date be?
48:38I'll be glad you'll have it with me.
48:40I'll be glad you'll have it with me.
48:41If it's easy, I'll bring it in.
48:43Oh, she's too.
48:52I just love your vibe.
48:54I just think, like, I have to be grounded a little bit.
48:56Like, and I think you're the one you were able to do for us, you guys.
49:02Honestly, the best first date I've ever had.
49:05It's a summer for you.
49:16If you'd like to take part in the next season of First Dates,
49:20apply online at cocoacontent.ie forward slash first dates.
49:25We'd love to hear from you.
49:37.
49:37The last episode.
49:38.
49:44.
49:58One, two, three.
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