{"id":182551,"date":"2023-12-20T21:56:22","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T21:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotworldreport.com\/?p=182551"},"modified":"2023-12-20T21:56:22","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T21:56:22","slug":"find-out-if-juliet-and-martin-hit-it-off-on-this-weeks-blind-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotworldreport.com\/lifestyle\/find-out-if-juliet-and-martin-hit-it-off-on-this-weeks-blind-date\/","title":{"rendered":"Find out if Juliet and Martin hit it off on this week&apos;s Blind Date"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Find out if Juliet and Martin hit it off on this week&#8217;s Blind Date<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Every week, FEMAIL asks two singletons to report back from their blind date<\/li>\n<li><strong>Would you like us to find you a date? Are you a singleton, or is there someone you&#8217;d like to send on a blind date? Email: blinddate@dailymail.co.uk\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Juliet, 82<\/h2>\n<p>Vital statistics<\/p>\n<p>Widow of six years, married twice, four daughters, nine grandchildren.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Current role<\/p>\n<p>Retired homemaker.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Would like to meet\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>An amusing extrovert.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/20\/20\/79189025-12886653-image-m-16_1703105583261.jpg\" height=\"1216\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Juliet, 82, a retired homemaker, is looking for an amusing extrovert\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dating past<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been married twice; my second husband died more than six years ago. I had lunch with one guy recently who suggested a cruise with a shared cabin, which was a bit forward on a first date. We haven&#8217;t seen one another since because he&#8217;s been ill. That&#8217;s the trouble with dating when you&#8217;re older \u2014 men don&#8217;t last as long as women, do they?<\/p>\n<p>Pre-date nerves?<\/p>\n<p>A bit! Since my husband died, I&#8217;ve lived on my own in the countryside with just my two dogs, Victor and Monty.<\/p>\n<p>First impressions?<\/p>\n<p>Good! Martin has grey hair and is quite attractive. He was friendly and came across as confident. I wore a black pinstripe trouser suit I last wore when my late husband and I went out to celebrate buying a villa in Menorca. Martin complimented me on my make-up. I felt confident, but then I did a modelling course when I was young, so it all came back.<\/p>\n<p>Easy to talk to?<\/p>\n<p>Yes. I was excited to meet Martin because he&#8217;s from Yorkshire, like me. Even though I now live in Sussex, I&#8217;ll always be a Yorkshire lass at heart. We talked about our daughters briefly \u2014 it was refreshing to be a woman first, rather than a mother or a grandma. I couldn&#8217;t believe I was out on my own in London, I haven&#8217;t done that in years. Martin is a lifelong aficionado of sailing, which sounds adventurous.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/20\/20\/79189027-12886653-I_was_excited_to_meet_Martin_because_he_s_from_Yorkshire_like_me-m-18_1703105651703.jpg\" height=\"597\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>I was excited to meet Martin because he&#8217;s from Yorkshire, like me. Even though I now live in Sussex, I&#8217;ll always be a Yorkshire lass at heart<\/p>\n<p>Embarrassing moments?<\/p>\n<p>My daughter, Josephine, arrived at the restaurant after we&#8217;d been there for two-and-a-half hours. She&#8217;d organised a taxi home, and whisked me off like Cinderella, just as Martin and I were getting into our stride.<\/p>\n<p>Did sparks fly?<\/p>\n<p>I like Martin very much. I didn&#8217;t fall head over heels for him \u2014 those feelings are reserved for the younger version of Brad Pitt. But it was a fabulous date with a charming man. Martin did flirt with me, paying me lots of compliments, and I giggled back.<\/p>\n<p>See him again?<\/p>\n<p>Possibly. It&#8217;s a long way up to Yorkshire, but Martin&#8217;s attitude is &#8216;where there&#8217;s a will, there&#8217;s a way&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think he thought of you?<\/p>\n<p>Oh, he liked me. Put it this way, he didn&#8217;t need any encouragement.<\/p>\n<p>Would your family like him?<\/p>\n<p>My daughter sat down with us and warmed to him. My youngest granddaughter is 11, going on 30. She&#8217;d have a lot to say about my love life.<\/p>\n<h2>Martin, 79\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>Vital statistics<\/p>\n<p>Divorced 22 years ago, two daughters, six grandchildren, one great granddaughter.<\/p>\n<p>Current role<\/p>\n<p>Retired accountant.<\/p>\n<p>Would like to meet<\/p>\n<p>A funny, well-travelled lady.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/20\/20\/79189021-12886653-image-m-20_1703105679880.jpg\" height=\"1252\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Martin, 79, a retired accountant, is looking for a funny, well-travelled lady<\/p>\n<p>Dating past<\/p>\n<p>I was married in 1971 and we split in 2000. I then had two long-term relationships while living in Canada for a few years, but nothing significant since I moved back to the UK in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Pre-date nerves?<\/p>\n<p>No, none. I love surprises and it&#8217;s part of my belief system to live life (at times) outside my comfort zone.<\/p>\n<p>First impressions?<\/p>\n<p>Juliet looked elegant in a smart suit. She is a petite, blonde and very attractive. I&#8217;d made an effort and wore a dark blue blazer with black trousers. I didn&#8217;t bother with a tie because I&#8217;ve forgotten how to tie one! I&#8217;d arrived with a single yellow rose for Juliet. She has a fairly impish sense of humour and joked: &#8216;Just the one?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Easy to talk to?<\/p>\n<p>Yes, I had to borrow Juliet&#8217;s glasses because the writing on the menu was so small, but there was a sense of ease about it. We talked a bit about our love of sailing, although neither of us do it much now. I got the impression Juliet is more of a cruise-ship girl these days. I&#8217;ve lived in Scotland, Canada and Namibia and although Juliet is better travelled than me, it is very different when you actually live in a country.<\/p>\n<p>Embarrassing moments?<\/p>\n<p>Just as I was about to go in for the kill with a kiss, Juliet&#8217;s daughter turned up. We had a ten-minute natter but it was clear she&#8217;d arrived to whisk her mum away. A kiss could have been a perfect end to the date.<\/p>\n<p>Did sparks fly?<\/p>\n<p>I think so, but I&#8217;m an eternal optimist and romantic. If we&#8217;d have spent another hour together, I like to think the conversation would have veered towards something more amorous.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/20\/20\/79189023-12886653-image-a-21_1703105718432.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Just as I was about to go in for the kill with a kiss, Juliet&#8217;s daughter turned up. We had a ten-minute natter but it was clear she&#8217;d arrived to whisk her mum away<\/p>\n<p>See her again?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d love to see Juliet again and I&#8217;d be terribly disappointed if I didn&#8217;t. We did touch on it \u2014 there is an expectation that this might develop into something. Perhaps a weekend in the Cotswolds together next year?<\/p>\n<p>What do you think she thought of you?<\/p>\n<p>I thought she quite liked me and that&#8217;s good because I really was on my best behaviour. I didn&#8217;t tell any rude jokes and kept the atmosphere light.<\/p>\n<p>Would your family like her?<\/p>\n<p>My grandchildren would adore Juliet because she is very much her own lady. My two daughters can be critical of me, and warn me &#8216;not to mess things up, Dad!&#8217; I think they would be pleased if I was involved with someone.<\/p>\n<h2>Juliet&#8217;s verdict<\/h2>\n<h2>8.5\/10\u00a0\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>Liked?<\/p>\n<p>Being out with a grown-up.<\/p>\n<p>Regrets?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>None.<\/p>\n<p>Coffee or cab?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Coffee.<\/p>\n<h2>Martin&#8217;s verdict\u00a0<\/h2>\n<h2>9.5\/10<\/h2>\n<p>Liked?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Juliet is very nice.<\/p>\n<p>Regrets?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Her daughter turning up.<\/p>\n<p>Coffee or cab?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Coffee.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-12886653\/Find-Juliet-Martin-hit-weeks-Blind-Date.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Find out if Juliet and Martin hit it off on this week&#8217;s Blind Date Every week, FEMAIL asks two singletons to report back from their blind date Would you like [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":182550,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8.1 - 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