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I showed Chris the teddy bear I sleep with at night CHARLIE, 30

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VITAL STATISTICS SINGLE, no children. CURRENT ROLE

ENTREPRENE­UR and breathwork coach.

WOULD LIKE TO MEET

AN AMBITIOUS guy. I’m a free spirit who enjoys yoga; I hope he embraces this, too.

DATING PAST

I’ve dipped in and out of the dating pool, but I’ve never had a serious relationsh­ip. I’m a hopeless romantic and won’t settle for less than perfect. Some of the dates I’ve been on have been terrible. One guy invited me over for dinner, then halfway through announced we were skipping to dessert and called me a taxi home. He later told me he’d decided I was lacking something, hence cutting the evening short.

PRE-DATE NERVES?

I WAS nervous, I live on my own and lockdown has been tough, so this was a lovely thing to look forward to. while not all of my friends are settled, my brother and four sisters are all in relationsh­ips. whenever we go on a family holiday, I end up sharing a room with my grandfathe­r or parents!

FIRST IMPRESSION­S?

LOVELY. Physically Chris reminded me of Strictly finalist Jamie Laing, but when I told him this, he had no idea who I was talking about. He was casually dressed in a hoodie and jeans. I could tell he’s a good guy.

EASY TO TALK TO?

ABSOLUTELY, we’re both emotional people. Chris is a fireman, an animal photograph­er and volunteers at an animal sanctuary. He said he cries at anything to do with animals; that’s me too. I could see some of Chris’ animal photograph­y framed behind him. He’s very talented.

I even got my teddy Pluto out to show Chris. I’m on my own so I sleep with Pluto at night. Chris uses a teddy for his animal shoots so he can get the position and lighting just so before introducin­g the animal to the scene.

EMBARRASSI­NG MOMENTS?

NONE, except I dropped a lamp because I was trying to light my face. Chris laughed. Fortunatel­y, we had no problems eating on camera. Chris cooked for himself and had a thai curry with a bottle of Prosecco while I ordered in some salmon and a posh starter from a Japanese restaurant with a glass of red wine.

DID SPARKS FLY?

It’S so hard to tell on Zoom. but we did chat for almost three hours.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO MEET IN PERSON ?

I THINK so.

WHAT DO YOU THINK HE THOUGHT OF YOU?

we’ve been chatting online since the date, so that’s a positive sign.

WOULD YOUR FAMILY LIKE HIM?

THEY’D love Chris and take him in straight away.

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