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Love Connection: Taylor and Lauren

Good conversation, good vibes and good Mexican

Taylor

Year: Third
Major: Global Development Studies
U.Va. involvement: Students for Stop Hunger Now, Student Council, Sustained Dialogue
Hometown: Newport News, Va.
Ideal date (physical attributes): Brunette/dark hair, athletic, medium height
Ideal date (personality): Playfully intelligent, spontaneous, philosophically inquisitive, passionate
Ideal date (activity): Going to a local hole-in-the-wall restaurant and then doing something outdoorsy — walking around outside, stargazing, contemplating life.
Deal breakers? Smoking
Describe a typical weekend: Hanging out with friends, catching up on some work, sometimes going on runs, trying to explore Charlottesville
Hobbies: Running, having random life conversations, playing volleyball
What makes you a less-than-perfect catch? Time is hard to come by depending on the week.
What’s your favorite pick-up line? I can never deliver them well, so I refrain from using them.
Describe yourself in one sentence: I do my best to never live the same day twice.
Do you like horror movies? No.
Have you ever (or will you ever) travel around another country alone? Of course. Plus when you travel alone, you can have some interesting conversations with the people sitting next to you on the plane.
Wouldn’t it be fun to chuck it all and go live on a sailboat? Oh heck yes. Imagine how many fantastic sunsets you could witness.

Lauren

Year: First
Major: Undecided
U.Va. involvement: Center for Politics
Hometown: Stanley, Va.
Ideal date (physical attributes): Tall (5-foot-10 or taller), lean, brown or black hair, nice teeth.
Ideal date (personality): Funny, easy to talk to, humble, honest, nice, quirky, a little on the nerdy side
Ideal date (activity): Get something to eat, take a walk, see a movie
Deal breakers? Smoking, excessive partying, being really “cocky”
Describe a typical weekend: Catch up on a little homework, have a movie night with friends, go out on the Corner, read a little, or go to the football game
What makes you a good catch? I am a good listener, honest, funny and don’t consider myself to be pretentious.
What makes you a less-than-perfect catch? I have a temper and I always try to argue with people.
What is your spirit animal? An owl
_What’s your favorite pick-up line? I asked Barack Obama if you and I could get together later, and he said “Yes, you can.”
Describe yourself in one sentence: “I go to seek a great perhaps.” – François Rabelais
Do you like horror movies? NO.
Have you ever (or will you ever) travel around another country alone? Yes, I want to and soon. I have travelled to other countries but always with family.
Wouldn’t it be fun to chuck it all and go live on a sailboat? Yes, that would definitely be an adventure!

Taylor and Lauren met on the Rotunda steps on Friday at 7:30 and went to El Puerto.

Lauren: My roommates and I filled out the Love Connection survey the third week of school as a joke because I honestly didn’t think anything would happen and I just forgot about it. I got a text for it and I was like “Oh God, I completely forgot.”

Taylor: I had the opportunity to meet one of the Love Connection writers and it seemed like a fun thing to try. I had heard about it before but really didn’t know many people who had done it.

Lauren: I told a couple friends and then they helped me get ready and pick out what to wear. I wore leggings and one of those tunic type things and flats.

Taylor: This was my first blind date. I went into it hoping to have a fun time and meet a new friend.

Lauren: I didn’t have extremely high expectations because I didn’t know what to expect, really, so I was trying to keep an open mind about it and I was pleasantly surprised.

Taylor: I thought I was running a few minutes late, but when I got there, no one was on the steps. Every time a girl walked by alone, I was wondering if it was her. After a few minutes, Lauren (who I didn’t know at the time) came up and was sitting by herself and looking around. After a minute or so, we approached each other.

Lauren: He was the kind of guy that I like to hang out with and have conversations with. He was really easy to talk to and made me laugh and that took away the awkwardness of it. It was a little awkward the first five minutes and after that it was completely fine. I had no idea what I was getting into.

Taylor: Coming into the date, I wanted to try something different from the usual Biltmore or Virginian so I thought it would be fun to go to a more “hole-in-the-wall” restaurant. I thought Continental Divide would be a nice choice and asked her if she thought that would be a good idea.

Lauren: We went to El Puerto downtown. That was one of the things that he said: he didn’t want to be like everyone else. So we went somewhere different and unexpected.

Taylor: We talked about life and just got to know each other asking questions like “What two things would you take if you went to a deserted island.” We didn’t start with the usual year, major, hometown questions at first. Instead we did that towards the end.

Lauren: I thought that that was a really good idea because the conversation was more freeing. If he had known that I was a first-year off the bat that would have made things a little more awkward because he was an orientation leader.

Taylor: I thought conversation flowed really well. I think there was an even balance of talking and it was not very awkward at all.

Lauren: When we sat down to eat he guessed what my year was and what my major was — he got my major but he guessed that I was a third- or fourth-year. I had to tell him that I was a first-year, and he was kind of surprised because he said I don’t act like a first-year.

Taylor: It was just a good conversation all around. I think it was more of a friend vibe. I don’t think there was all that much flirting on either side.

Lauren: I don’t know [if there was any flirting going on] — maybe. I was too into what we were talking about to pick up on any of that. I’m not the type of person who picks up on lots of flirting.

Taylor: I didn’t feel a romantic connection but we talked about going to grab coffee at some point in the future. She added me as a friend on Facebook and I accepted.

Lauren: He paid. He was a complete gentlemen, opened doors, paid for dinner, walked on the side of the street next to traffic. It would be fun to hang out with him again; he could definitely hold a conversation and not get boring.

Taylor: Her ability to keep the conversation going [was her best quality].

Lauren: I would give the date an 8. I had a really nice time.

Taylor: I would rate the date an 8.

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