[Lifestyle] Blind date: ‘Did we kiss? The better question is how we kissed’

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Michael, 26, PhD student, meets Dom, 26, charity press assistant
Sat 9 Oct 2021 06.00 BST Michael on Dom What were you hoping for  A face out of Caravaggio’s sketchbooks? A body cut from the Parthenon friezes? Hopes should outpace expectations. First impressions Good. With cocktails on order when I arrived, Dom was clearly on the same page as me. What did you talk about
Our talk was extravagantly digressive. Here’s some of it: feeling at home in other countries, Rome in winter, Catholic families, coming out, that it has become un-chic to like Timothée Chalamet, peaches, the professor-student relationship. Any awkward moments
When his knowledge of Australiana outstripped mine. Being Australian is my whole shtick. Take that away and what am I Good table manners Faultless. Best thing about Dom?
He manages to be unstoppably funny without sacrificing sincerity. He has an inner warmth. Would you introduce him to your friends
In a heartbeat. He’d charm them all. Describe Dom in three words
Dalston’s hottest ticket. What do you think he made of you?
Earnest. In need of direction. Did you go on somewhere?
He offered to walk me to the station. (Notice how I didn’t answer the question?)And … did you kiss The better question is how we kissed.
If you could change one thing about the evening, what would it be?
I wouldn’t change a thing. Even the rain added something. He lent me his jacket.

Link: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/oct/09/blind-date-michael-dom