He’s a nice guy, but I prefer the Mediterranean look

ROSS, 27

VITAL STATISTICS:

SINGLE. CURRENT ROLE: EVENTS manager and anthropology masters student. WOULD LIKE TO MEET:

SOMEONE clever — I’m a bit of a nerd and hope to do my PhD. I go for dark hair and eyes.

DATING PAST

I’VE bEEN single for three-and-a-half years and before that I’d had only two relationships, each of which were a year long. My last relationship broke up because I moved to turkey in 2016. I came back in January.

PRE-DATE NERVES?

I DoN’t really get nervous.

LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT?

HE Was lovely but, sadly, there was no attraction in that sense, as he couldn’t be further from my romantic type. He’s a lovely guy, but I knew instantly he wasn’t for me — I normally go for the Mediterranean look.

EASY TO TALK TO?

YEs, and there was no awkwardness. We chatted about everything — we talked quite a lot about travel and living abroad, because I’ve just returned from turkey and he spent a lot of his upbringing in abu Dhabi. We laughed a lot and just got on well. You can tell he doesn’t have a problem making friends.

EMBARRASSING MOMENTS?

I DoN’t think so. I had to apologise for my bad language, because I swear a lot, but he wasn’t offended!

DID SPARKS FLY?

For me, no. He was a lovely guy and we swapped phone numbers because I enjoyed his company. We spent a long time on the date and even stayed for espresso martinis, but there was no romance for me.

DID YOU KISS?

No. I would never lead anyone on if I didn’t think that there was potential.

WHAT DO YOU THINK HE THOUGHT OF YOU?

I assuMED he liked me because he asked for my number, and I was happy to give it to him because I liked him, too — but I’d have to tell him only as a friend.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE HIM HOME TO YOUR FAMILY?

No, but only because he’s not my type to date.