# Blind date: ‘He was very handsome, with a great set of teeth and a bold look. I knew it would be a night to remember’

Lewis (left), 26, a digital video executive, meets Max, 23, a business management trainee

## What were you hoping for?
To meet someone nice, and if it seems like there’s a mutual interest there, to try not to laugh it off, but go with it!

## First impressions?
When the barman pointed Max to my table, I was quite happy.

## What did you talk about?
Our dissociation with the wider queer community, and Max’s desire “to do more gay stuff”.

## Most awkward moment?
Finding out Max was born post-2000 was a bit sickening …

## Good table manners?
He offered to go vegan for the night so we could share some dishes, which was very kind of him.

## Best thing about Max?
He’s very genuine, and a really good listener. Also, his relationship with his mum, who encouraged him to sign up for the blind date. A big thank you to Max’s mum!

## Would you introduce Max to your friends?
Max – quite boldly – stated that Gavin & Stacey wasn’t really his thing, so he’s got some atoning to do first.

## Describe Max in three words
Kind. Hopeful. Cowboy (yeehaw).

## What do you think Max made of you?
There was prolonged eye contact.

## Did you go on somewhere?
To a pub for some nerdy Star Wars chat.

## And … did you kiss?
Hey, I don’t kiss’n’tell! Although we didn’t … so I guess I can?

## If you could change one thing about the evening, what would it be?
Max asked whether we’d be meeting up again. I said “yeah definitely”, but not in a very convincing way. I wish I’d just properly said YES!

## Marks out of 10?
8.

## Would you meet again?
We’re planning on seeing each other in the next couple of weeks.

## Would you introduce Lewis to your friends?
If he promises to still hang out with me sometimes.

## Describe Lewis in three words
Colourful, perceptive, empowered.

## What do you think Lewis made of you?
I hope he felt I was worth spending an evening with.

## Did you go on somewhere?
Yes, we joined an old lady at a pub.

## And … did you kiss?
No.

## If you could change one thing about the evening, what would it be?
That I sat next to him instead of across from him.

## Marks out of 10?
8.

## Would you meet again?
I would like that.

## Lewis and Max ate at the Landseer, London N19. Fancy a blind date? Email blind.date@theguardian.com

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