Emily
Year: Third
Major: Engineering and French
Hometown: Birmingham, Alabama
Hobbies: Playing piano, running, looking for four-leaf clovers, jigsaw puzzles.
Ideal Date: Fun, exciting, good sense of humor, kind, down-to-earth, confident but not cocky.
What's your favorite pick-up line? “No wonder the sky is grey today – all the blue is in your eyes.”
Glenn
Year: Fourth
Major: Engineering
Hometown: Portsmith, Virginia
Hobbies: Cooking, piano, drinking.
Ideal Date: Smart, funny, laid back, cute, not vegan.
What's your favorite pick-up line? Do you believe in love at first sight, or should I walk by again?
Glenn and Emily met at the Rotunda and went to Michael’s Bistro on the Corner.
Emily: I have always wanted to do Love Connection to see who I would be paired with and what would happen.
Glenn: I didn’t really have any expectations going into it.
Emily: I set incredibly low expectations. I’m with Engineering students all the time in classes, so I figured I could handle any social situation.
Glenn: It was pretty rainy and disgusting when we met at the Rotunda, so we were the only people there, which made it easy to find each other.
Emily: I was kind of late getting there, but luckily he waited for me in the rain under an umbrella.
Glenn: My first impression was that she was nice and cute. I suggested going to Michael’s Bistro because I love their food, and she was like, “Let’s go!”
Emily: We had a delicious dinner — their food is really good. During dinner we found out [that we have] a lot in common.
Glenn: She was really easy to talk to and laid back. We talked about everything that’s going on with Greek life and the whole Boy’s Bid Night debacle.
Emily: It was a balanced conversation. We talked about siblings, how U.Va. has changed since we both got here and how great, but weird, fourth year is.
Glenn: It was pretty funny because we kept forgetting to look at the menu and the waitress kept coming by to take our order, but we weren’t ready.
Emily: I thought he was an incredible guy. It was fun getting to know him. He does really cool work with 3D printing, which I loved hearing about
Glenn: We parted ways after dinner. She had something to do back at her sorority house.
Emily: After we walked [home], I gave him a hug and thanked him for a great night.
Glenn: I would rate the date an 8. She was a fun person to hang out with. It would be nice to see her again, but I don’t know if I will.
Emily: I would give [the date] a solid 7. [The dinner] was fun and [we had] good conversation, but there was more of a platonic vibe. It was fun hearing about another pocket of U.Va. It always amazes me that someone you might pass on the street could be doing the next incredible thing in science, like 3D printing.
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