What else would you be doing on a Thursday night?
Whether we like to admit it or not, most of us are currently obsessed with the Irish version of First Dates.
Although every episode brings a brilliant new line up of daters whose stories and personalities are unique, there are definitely a few recurring thoughts we all have every time we tune in to the show regardless of who’s on it.
He looks a lot older/younger than that
As soon as their age pops up beside their name you think to yourself, ‘she’s only 19? She looks a lot older’. Or if you’re watching it with your mam you’ll probably hear, ‘sure your dad is about to turn 60 and he looks better than that guy’.
Either way, you can’t watch the show without doubting someone’s age.
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I know her from somewhere…
It’s Ireland. There are probably only about two degrees of separation between you and most of the daters so it’s pretty likely that you’ll spot someone you know, or kind of know, or at least someone you recognise but can’t place.
SHUT UP I know 2 people from the intro of #firstdatesirl
— rbca (@rebeccatkeane) May 12, 2016
Why would you order that on a first date?
The food etiquette on the show is something we love to pick at. What’s on the menu? How much does it cost? Who pays? But the one thing we all take issue with is people ordering messy food on a first date with a stranger.
Whether it’s wings or ribs or any other messy option on the menu, it just doesn’t make sense to order something that will only make the whole thing more awkward.
I wonder who I’d call when I went into the toilets?
Why do they call people when they go into the toilet? Are they not worried about what the person at the table might think about them being gone for so long?
Then you start to think about the people you’d call if you were on the show. It’s probably a toss up between your mam and your best friend. You’d probably go with the first option because it would mean less slagging.
"HELLO?
I'M ON A FIRST DATE, I'M IN THE TOILETS.
YEAH
I BETTER GO, ME DINNER IS GETTING COLD.
BYE."#FirstDatesIRL pic.twitter.com/io0jy0HsRm— Siobhán Doyle (@thekickart) May 12, 2016
I hope they both say yes
You’ll often find that some of the daters begin to grow on you as they say cute things and talk about their bad luck in their past love lives.
If both daters are well matched – in your opinion – you just pray that they’ll both say yes. You need something to believe in, a ‘no’ would crush you more than the people on the show.
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They definitely aren’t seeing each other again
‘We’ll definitely see each other as friends again,’ they say. Nah, they won’t. They are just being nice because one of them said ‘yes’ and the other didn’t want to hurt their feelings, but we all know the truth here.
That elevator scene is so awkward
If the date didn’t work out and they both said ‘no’, why are they getting the same elevator? Shouldn’t one of them pretend to tie their shoe lace and say, ‘its grand, I’ll get the next one’? It’s a glass lift, everyone can see the rejection. I hope there’s a stairs.
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