As a firefighter, I asked if her smoke alarm was working
CHRIS, 41 VITAL STATISTICS SINGLE, no children. CURRENT ROLE
Firefighter and photographer.
YES.
WOULD LIKE TO MEET
SOMEONE pretty with a great smile.
DATING PAST
I’ve had a handful of serious relationships which have lasted two or three years, but I’ve never moved in with a girlfriend. basically, I haven’t found the One and my parents have given up asking when they’ll have grandchildren.
PRE-DATE NERVES?
I LOVED the idea of a virtual blind date.
FIRST IMPRESSIONS?
CHARLIE is a pretty girl. She has long blonde-brown hair and I thought she had blue eyes, but apparently it was her camera giving them a blue tinge. She wore a red dress with white spots and, while I don’t think she’d gone all out, she did look good.
EASY TO TALK TO?
we COVERED all sorts of subjects. Charlie runs two businesses, one as a chiropractor and the other as a breathwork coach. She said I can try one of her breathwork workshops.
She was impressed I have a couple of jobs, too. I showed her some of my work, one photograph of a horse and one of a spaniel: I think she liked them. I didn’t take my laptop into the bathroom to show her my shark print!
I get the impression Charlie is an adrenalin junkie. I’ve dived with sharks to photograph them and Charlie said she’d give it a go, too. She has been skydiving and bungee jumping so she likes a challenge.
EMBARRASSING MOMENTS?
CHARLIE knocked her lamp off the table and I teased her for breaking it. as a responsible firefighter I did ask her if she had a working smoke alarm and I told her off for not having one, only to discover, rather embarrassingly, that I’d left the hob on the whole time we chatted.
DID SPARKS FLY?
at the start I thought Charlie was pretty, but not for me. but as we got talking I learned more about her and felt relaxed. we laughed at one another’s jokes which is a good sign. we didn’t exchange numbers, but we did swap Instagram accounts and have been messaging one another since.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO MEET IN PERSON ? WHAT DO YOU THINK SHE THOUGHT OF YOU?
I DON’T know. She said it was nice to meet me; that’s good enough for me. WOULD YOUR FAMILY LIKE HER? Yes, Charlie is a pleasant and intelligent girl.