WEBVTT - MINI: Britt's Blind Friend Date

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<v Speaker 1>I heard podcasts he More Kiss podcast playlist and listen

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<v Speaker 2>Laura.

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<v Speaker 3>I know I just got married, but I sort of

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<v Speaker 3>low key went on a kind of blind date.

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<v Speaker 2>On the weekend. And it's not I don't want to

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<v Speaker 2>say date.

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<v Speaker 3>I went on a blind friends sporting date.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know what to call it.

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<v Speaker 1>Yet you seem confused because I didn't really know this

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<v Speaker 1>is a thing.

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<v Speaker 3>But I feel like it's a bit of a PSA

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<v Speaker 3>for people out there wanting to meet new people.

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<v Speaker 2>But like as friends.

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<v Speaker 3>So I was up on the Gold Coast and I

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<v Speaker 3>had this new obsession with playing paddle, like the paddle tennis.

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<v Speaker 3>If you guys don't know, it's like that little mini

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<v Speaker 3>tennis kind of thing that you play in a glass box.

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<v Speaker 3>Is it the same as there's a few people know

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<v Speaker 3>there's pickleball that paddle tennis.

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<v Speaker 1>Sorry, everyone's been trying to get me to play pickleball,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm like, I'm too pregnant for pickleball.

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<v Speaker 2>This so my sister started.

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<v Speaker 3>Sherry's started playing paddle at seven months pregnant, and she

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<v Speaker 3>loved it because it's it's not as like excessive as tennis.

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<v Speaker 3>It's really small, but ayway, whatever we're getting sidetrack.

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<v Speaker 1>We are not sponsored by people, sponsored.

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<v Speaker 2>By paddle or people.

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<v Speaker 3>So but the thing is you have to play it

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<v Speaker 3>against people, so usually you play two v two. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>And so we didn't have anyone to play with because

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<v Speaker 3>we don't have.

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<v Speaker 2>Many friends and people work.

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<v Speaker 3>So we found like this group where you go into

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<v Speaker 3>a WhatsApp group and it has all these members and

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<v Speaker 3>you just blind like put a call out for somebody

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<v Speaker 3>to play with. So it's just adults asking other adults

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<v Speaker 3>strangers that they.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't know this. You don't have pictures, you don't know

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<v Speaker 2>anything about them.

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<v Speaker 3>You put in your level of like where how good

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<v Speaker 3>you think you are, which we put ourselves at the bottom,

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<v Speaker 3>So you put hay where level C minus because that's

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<v Speaker 3>what we are.

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<v Speaker 2>So we're hey, guys, two people C.

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<v Speaker 3>Minus in this area looking for friends to play with,

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<v Speaker 3>and then other people respond that are also like C

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<v Speaker 3>minus or B and then you swap number and then

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<v Speaker 3>you just meet.

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<v Speaker 2>We were really nervous because we're like they're waiting.

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<v Speaker 3>You don't know who you're looking out for, Like all

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<v Speaker 3>these people walking past you like is that them?

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<v Speaker 1>And then the people with the rackets usually is the giveaway,

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<v Speaker 1>not la.

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<v Speaker 2>You're at a place with like fifty courts. Everyone has res.

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<v Speaker 1>You so I thought you're waiting at the front on

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<v Speaker 1>the corner.

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<v Speaker 2>Of the cafe. No, you go to coffee first guys.

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<v Speaker 2>You go to the courts and it's a whole tennis court.

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<v Speaker 2>How to go for you?

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<v Speaker 1>Were they nice?

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<v Speaker 2>So they normal?

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<v Speaker 3>These two guys turned up. One was Italian, one was English.

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<v Speaker 3>They were a bit above C minus. And it's the

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<v Speaker 3>equivalent of on a first date, the nerves and stuff,

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<v Speaker 3>because you you sort of have to start to get

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<v Speaker 3>to know them, but you're also playing against them and

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<v Speaker 3>you're trying to work out if you're friends and if

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<v Speaker 3>you want to play again.

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<v Speaker 1>You're not on a date, brist you're playing paddle bits

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<v Speaker 1>a friend date.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay.

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<v Speaker 1>Something that's slightly similar to this, probably actually more so

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<v Speaker 1>that you have to kind of like I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>how to describe it, Like I want to say feel

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<v Speaker 1>it out, but that's not the right words. Was when

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<v Speaker 1>I started doing solsa dancing, because you you obviously you

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<v Speaker 1>go as a solo person. Some people go with their partners,

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<v Speaker 1>but if you're single and you're going solo, Like, soalsa dancing,

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<v Speaker 1>you just end up getting partnered up with someone and

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<v Speaker 1>then you've got some random dude who's solsa dancing you.

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<v Speaker 2>He literally is feeling.

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<v Speaker 1>You up, and like half the time you're like.

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<v Speaker 2>Are you heading on me? Are we friends? Are we are? We?

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<v Speaker 1>Like?

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<v Speaker 2>What are we doing here?

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<v Speaker 1>And it's just like there's a weird dynamic that happens

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<v Speaker 1>because like you can obviously grow souls dancing, it's very platonic,

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<v Speaker 1>but there's a part of you that's like, how do

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<v Speaker 1>I make sure this person knows that this is a

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<v Speaker 1>platonic experience for him as well?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I just thought it was a really good way

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<v Speaker 3>to make friends as an adult, but it was funny.

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<v Speaker 3>So what happened was they came as twos and they'd

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<v Speaker 3>only met through paddle as well, so they've been playing

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<v Speaker 3>together for a few weeks. We went as three, so myself, Sherry,

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<v Speaker 3>my sister, and her partner and we just one of

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<v Speaker 3>us just rotated through. Anyway, we played for an hour

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<v Speaker 3>and a half, had a great time, got to know

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<v Speaker 3>each other. Then afterwards one of the guys texted Jay

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<v Speaker 3>separately out of the group and asked to switch partners,

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<v Speaker 3>and he said, will you be my new paddle friend?

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<v Speaker 3>And he didn't want to play with me and Sherry

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<v Speaker 3>and he didn't want to play with his friends.

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<v Speaker 2>So it was like this weird couple breakup. We only

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<v Speaker 2>just got together and now they're going off as too.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, anyway, grace, did you produce a grace?

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<v Speaker 2>Did you allow this? I didn't know would go in this.

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<v Speaker 2>It's weird. It's a whole new world out there. A

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<v Speaker 2>lot happened on BRIT's weekend. Hey, it was a real

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<v Speaker 2>well one. Sorry. Sorry, that's the life I leave. Give group.

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<v Speaker 2>Give us the update. I want to know. Did you

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<v Speaker 2>guys become friends? What happened next? Yes, we're friends. Oh great,

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<v Speaker 2>that's my point, Laura.

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<v Speaker 3>If people are out there, it's really hard to make

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<v Speaker 3>friends as an adult.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm just putting this out there for people. Produce

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<v Speaker 2>a grace. Joined to Adult Gardening Center. Yeah, it's a

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<v Speaker 2>community garden. Oh my god, ieer you continue and we've

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<v Speaker 2>made some lovely friends. We all have hats that say

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<v Speaker 2>city farmer. How old is everyone in this group? Range?

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<v Speaker 2>Beg range?

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<v Speaker 1>It would be the community garden, wouldn't it great?

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<v Speaker 2>All right,