Cris
Year: First
Major: Pre-med
Hometown: Alexandria
U.Va. Involvement: Madison House, Latino Student Alliance
Hobbies: Dancing, watching movies, riding bikes, running
What makes you a good catch: I’m a charismatic, energetic person that loves to have fun with my friends.
What's your favorite pick-up line? I seem to have lost my phone number, can I have yours?
Describe yourself in one sentence: I look at the positives of life, enjoy every moment and laugh every second.
Michaela
Year: First
Major: Pre-Batten
Hometown: Sterling
U.Va. Involvement: Still figuring that out!
Hobbies: Singing, listening to music, online shopping, Zumba, politics
What makes you a good catch: I’m easy to talk to, I’m not afraid to speak my mind, I don’t play games, I have really soft skin, I’m super cuddly, I’m not afraid to be silly and I’m well-networked.
What's your favorite pick-up line? “Dang, girl, are you my appendix? Because I don’t understand how you work, but this feeling in my stomach makes me want to take you out.”
Describe yourself in one sentence: Passionate girl looking to make her mark on the world.
Cris and Michaela met at 7:30 p.m. and went to Mellow Mushroom on the Corner.
Cris: I filled out the survey because of my friends. We were at lunch and one of my friends loves Love Connection and wanted me to do it. We had fun filling out the survey.
Michaela: I’m from the D.C. area and love reading Date Lab in The Washington Post. I’m too young to do it, so I thought this would be a fun way to have a similar experience.
Cris: I told everyone when I found out — they were all excited and wanted to stalk my date.
Michaela: I told my suitemates. They were like, “Oh my god. I want to go on a blind date!”
Cris: This was my first blind date. For me the blind date was exciting because you don’t know what you’re going to get. I didn’t want to have expectations going into it because I think that ruins the date.
Michaela: I had pretty low expectations — I was stereotyping the type of guy [who] would fill [the survey] out, and didn’t know if that would overlap with the kind of guys I am interested in.
Cris: When I was trying to find her at the Rotunda, I was lost and with a friend who was trying to help me. My friend went to the back side of the Rotunda and I went to the front. My friend found Michaela first then called me.
Michaela: I got there first and was just sitting on one of the benches. I saw this one guy [who] looked older and had a ponytail and I was like, “Oh my God. This cannot be my date. No.” But then Cris found me.
Cris: My first impression was that she was really friendly and direct. She opened up right away and I was like, “This is going to be so much fun.”
Michaela: He brought a girl with him to meet me, which was funny because I feel like the girl usually does that, but she was nice and I could tell he was friendly from the get-go.
Cris: For dinner I already had Mellow in mind and I love pizza, so I suggested we go there.
Michaela: During dinner we talked about a lot. Besides the basic stuff, we talked a lot about our passions. He’s Panamanian so he told me about Panama, and I’m actually thinking about going there for Spring Break, so that was really cool.
Cris: We talked a lot about what classes we’ve had and what clubs we’re in. She told me about her passion for the Jewish community and how she wants to get involved with policy.
Michaela: It was really funny how sidetracked we would get because there were so many interesting things to talk about — we would be talking about which classes we are taking and then one class would spark a conversation and we would forget to finish talking about classes.
Cris: The conversation was really easy. It flowed pretty well throughout the date. Religion is usually one of the topics you can’t talk about on a first date, but we talked about it really comfortably.
Michaela: We have really similar world outlooks — we’re both interested in serving the community, which is an important trait to me. We both have a nice balance of wanting to have fun but also pursuing passions.
Cris: We had a lot of common friends. We prank-called one of our friends during the date and were messing with him talking about the date.
Michaela: At the beginning, our friend who we were texting thought we were texting him [separately] but at the end, he was like, “Cris is texting me the same thing… When’s the wedding?”
Cris: After dinner I walked her back to Gooch. We exchanged numbers and I gave her a hug.
Michaela: I had my first First Year Players [party] night so I had to rush back to my dorm to change. I felt bad because I was enjoying spending time with him but I really had to go.
Cris: I texted her the next day to ask how her party went. I could see myself going out with her again. She was a lot of fun.
Michaela: I could see myself going out with him again, but I’m a traditionalist with that kind of stuff, so I’ll leave it up to him.
Cris: I would rate the date an 8. It was a really good date.
Michaela: I would give it a solid 8. It was definitely fun and exceeded my expectations.
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