Blind date
Each week, we fix up two Guardian readers
Blind date: ‘He tried to bond with the waiter – who was unimpressed’
Suzie, 23, a solutions engineer, meets Toby, 29, a barrister
Blind date: ‘We both grimaced as we gulped down oysters and pretended to enjoy them’
Nima, 27, works in fintech, and Maxim, 24, is a client success manager
Blind Date: ‘Is 12 a score?’
Ollie, 31, a financial journalist, meets Simone, 30, a health and wellbeing coach
Blind date: ‘His ex-wife had booked the same restaurant for her book group’
Peter, 70, a retired social worker, meets Linda, 73, a retired university lecturer
Blind date: ‘We completely lost track of time and chatted for hours’
Rebecca, 26, a senior marketing executive, meets Lars, 23, a journalist
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Blind date: ‘I was hoping to find the perfect plus-one for my granny’s 80th next week’
Agnes, 26, a classroom leader in a kindergarten, meets Tom, 25, a manager in a sexual health service
A Guardian Blind Date happy ending, the boy who fled the Nazis, and Philippa Perry’s advice on an alcoholic father – podcast
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Blind date: ‘I probably talked too much, but tequila has that effect on me’
Myrna, 52, a management consultant, meets Manos, 55, a marketing manager and author
Blind date: ‘I’ve given up trying to understand the male psyche’
Laura, 33, a PR consultant, meets Paddy, 30, a camera assistant and part-time gardener
Blind date: ‘My shirt went straight in the wash when I got home’
Nadeem, 57, an academic, meets Anona, 59, an environmentalist
Blind date: ‘She yawned when I was talking – but she told me she was just tired’
Maz, 32, a field marketing manager, meets Gianluca, 28, a sync coordinator and DJ
Blind date: ‘What did she make of me? Who is this weird Brit?’
Scott, 26, a teacher, meets Maria, 30, a freelance graphic designer
Blind date: ‘I warned him if he was less than complimentary, my girls would hunt him down’
Trisha, 61, a yoga teacher, meets Neil, 65, a meditation teacher
Blind date in Sydney: ‘Tall, good-looking, shirt decidedly unbuttoned – my doubts vanished’
Harry (left), 26, a supply planner, meets Jack, 27, a dictionary editor
Blind date: ‘Did we kiss? In public? Heavens, no, we’re British! But we did have a warm goodbye hug’
Sonia, 72, a retired civil servant, meets Stefan, 70, a software engineer
Blind date: ‘I spilled salsa roja down my cleavage. He looked away as I cleaned it off. Gentleman’
Sam, 25, a risk analyst, meets Zillah, 28, a photographer
Blind date: ‘She tells a great story. One of them is ripe for an eight-part Netflix series’
Hywel, 35, who works in charity communications meets Leah, 27, a storyliner
Blind date: ‘We got brain freeze from our rum slushies, but tried to hide it’
Jordy (left), 29, a graphic designer, meets Luke, 30, a design consultant
Blind date: ‘He didn’t flirt. Was that because he wasn’t into me, or just that he’s not a flirtatious person?’
Kirstie, 32, who works in emergency management for local government, meets Tom, 32, a doctor
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