Nate
Year: 2017
School: Engineering
Major: Systems
U.Va. Involvement: Club Sailing, Virginia Venture Fund
Hometown: Cumberland, Rhode Island
Ideal Date: Shorter than me by six inches or more, brunette or redhead, not overweight. Lots of freckles are a plus.
Ideal Date Personality: Funny, intelligence is necessary, knows how to have a good time.
Deal Breakers: [If they] don’t like “Kung Fu Panda 2.”
Describe a typical weekend: RAGE, RAGE, RAGE.
Hobbies: Raging, homework, making pizza in the Gooch-Dillard kitchen and napping.
What makes you a good catch? I have a very full head of hair, I’m pretty easygoing and I’m a good conversationalist. I can be a listening ear if necessary.
What is your spirit animal? The red panda, because I’m often told we look alike.
What's your favorite pickup line? Your body is 65 percent water and I’m thirsty.
Describe yourself in one sentence: I’m a good dude who likes to have a good time with good company.
Pinky
Year: 2017
School: College
Major: Global Public Health
U.Va. Involvement: Madison House, VISAS, Swing, PHE
Hometown: Arlington, Virginia
Ideal Date: Tall and well dressed
Ideal Date Personality: Animated
Deal Breakers: Clingy-ness
Describe a typical weekend: I carpe that diem.
Hobbies: Thinking about doing things, interpretive dancing, writing.
What makes you a good catch? Engaging, personable, calm.
What makes you a less-than-perfect catch? I have strong opinions on certain things and can be noncommittal sometimes.
What's your favorite pickup line? Feel my sweater? That’s boyfriend material.
Nate and Pinky met at Old Cabell and went to Berry Berry on the Corner.
Pinky: [I signed up for Love Connection because] at 2 a.m. my suitemates and I thought it’d be a good idea to continue to ignore our homework and do more relevant things with our lives.
Nate: My roommate last year did [Love Connection] and he had an interesting date. I wouldn’t say it went well for him, but it was an interesting article afterwards.
Pinky: I have not [been on a blind date before]. I didn’t really have any expectations.
Nate: I was surprised I was chosen because of some of the stuff my friend put on the survey.
Pinky: When I got there, I was like, “It’s the guy I passed on my way here.” There was a moment I was walking right behind him since we both live in Lambeth.
Nate: When I first got to Old Cabell, there were 30 girls on the steps because of a service fraternity rush event. I asked two girls if they were there for Love Connection and they said no, but then [Pinky] came up to me and introduced herself.
Pinky: [My first impression was that] he looks like a nice guy.
Nate: She had to be back for her roommate’s birthday party, so we didn’t have time to go out to dinner. We talked about what to do and decided to go to Berry Berry.
Pinky: [The date] was pretty easygoing. It didn’t seem forced or anything for the most part.
Nate: I think the conversation went both ways. There were some pauses, but it wasn’t really awkward. We were just thinking of things to talk about. It was a pretty easy conversation. She was pretty easy to talk to.
Pinky: We both live in Lambeth and we lived in Gooch-Dillard last year. We found out that we live in the buildings across from each other. My suitemates and I used to wave at their window all the time. What a coincidence.
Nate: We’ve never met her apartment-mates but we can see her apartment and we have matching gnomes looking at each other out the window.
Pinky: I couldn’t sense a romantic connection, but Nate seems pretty awesome. I could see myself hanging out with him again.
Nate: I wouldn’t say there was much flirting going on — maybe a little bit at times, but I wouldn’t say that much. I could see us maybe hanging out again. She lives right across the way.
Pinky: He paid — what a sweetie. We conveniently walked back together.
Nate: I could possibly see us going on another date, but we’d have to hang out more. She’d have to meet some of my friends. I wouldn’t really say there was a romantic connection.
Pinky: [I’d rate the date] probably a 6 or 7.
Nate: At the end, I asked for her number and got it. I would rate the date a 7.
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