Blind Date: Carpenter Liam, teacher Alexandra talk their love for animals, travel and playing clarinet - PerthNow

Liam, 32 says:

I thought I was running late for the date. I had never been to the restaurant before so I wasn’t sure where to go and ended up lining up for a comedy show by accident.

I met Alex and my first impression was “wow, she’s very pretty”. We introduced ourselves then sat down and started chatting. I’d describe Alex as genuine and kind.

Blind Date - Liam and Alexandra at Double Rainbow on Saturday March 25th, 2023. Liam Picture by John Koh. John Koh Credit: John Koh/The West Australian

Alex and I had a lot of similar interests. One big one was animals — we are both big animal lovers. We bonded over music and our love for food. Everything about the date was pretty easygoing with no awkward pauses or anything like that. Neither of us were in a hurry to get out of there so that’s always a good sign.

This was my first proper date after a 15-year relationship so the nerves were high for me. The countdown to the date and not knowing a single thing really played into that. A lot has changed in the dating world. I’m glad I was able to meet someone face-to-face rather than online where I think due to my work commitments (FIFO), it would be hard to keep the momentum going if there was a spark. I also think it would be pretty hard to get a good sense of someone online whereas face-to-face you can tell pretty quickly if you’re going to get along or not.

We stayed at Double Rainbow for a while then I walked Alex back to her car. We ended up exchanging numbers and discussed going on a second date.

My phone needs an update and for some reason, messages were not coming through so I missed Alex’s texts — I have the worst luck sometimes, I swear! Luckily she found me on Instagram and all is back on track. Thankfully she persevered — very lucky guy here!

I’m glad I put myself out there and gave this a shot — it’s something different and out of my comfort zone. It was a really fun night.

8/10

Alexandra, 29, says:

I was nervous before the date. Thankfully, the date wasn’t planned weeks in advance so I didn’t have a lot of time to get stressed about it. I think what was so nerve-racking for me was the possibility of going into it and not connecting with the person and the conversation lacking. That would be hard to sit through. Thankfully, my date was far from this.

My first impression of Liam was that he seems like a gentle soul. He is kind-hearted and sweet. He also seems like someone who is genuinely nice, which is kind of rare. I think we had a lot in common as well so that was great.

One of the main things in common we had was our love of animals. All animals. As lame as it sounds, I believe that how you treat animals says a lot about you and I don’t trust people who don’t like them. That’s a deal-breaker for me. At one point during the date, we were exchanging photos of our pets which I loved.

Alexandra was thrilled to learn Liam also loves animals. Credit: John Koh/The West Australian

We had a very random thing in common as well, we both played the clarinet in high school. What are the chances! We spoke about travel and places we’ve visited in Europe and the places we both would like to go in the future. We are also both close with our families which is a nice thing to have in common.

We ended up staying at the restaurant until about 10pm. We could have kept on talking for hours but we decided to save it and continue the conversation on another date when he is back from work. It’s my 30th soon, so he mentioned going out to celebrate. Liam walked me to my car through Northbridge thankfully because there were some characters out and about. One of them yelled out “Your girl is hot” to Liam.

I applied for Blind Date because it’s something different and I’m not someone that goes out a lot so I struggle meeting new people, plus I’m not a fan of dating apps so I thought I’d give this a shot!

9/10

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2023-04-01 07:25:00Z
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