Caught on RAG Blind Date
On Tuesday night, Cambridge’s pubs, cocktail bars and restuarants were full to the brim with dates. Varsity took up the ultimate opportunity for people-watching and caught up with a few.

FIRST IMPRESSIONS:
Y: Interesting...not the average medic! J: I didn’t really know what was going on...
HEART METER:
Y: 8 J: 6
SNOG/MARRY/AVOID:
Y: Snog J: Snog
ARE YOU GOING HOME ALONE?
Y: ??? J: Perhaps. Perhaps.

FIRST IMPRESSIONS:
T: Very ‘friendly’ F: Very chatty which relieved the awkwardness of him admitting just how much shorter he was than me
HEART METER:
T: 6 F: 5
SNOG/MARRY/AVOID:
T: Snog F: Seems like the marrying kind...future investment banker, perhaps? Ka-ching

FIRST IMPRESSIONS:
J: Her clock necklace is forcing me to look straight at her breasts... K: He’s not my actual date but at least he found a replacement for me! He’s pretty cute.
HEART METER:
J: 6 K: 7
SNOG/MARRY/AVOID:
J: Marry K: Snog
ARE YOU GOING HOME ALONE?
J: Definitely K: It’s only 8.30, anything could happen!

FIRST IMPRESSIONS:
D: There was no whip... A: I am very (very) very happy.
SNOG/MARRY/AVOID:
D: Yes A: Marry
CHOICE TOPIC OF CONVERSATION:
D: Definitely not Alison. Who’s Alison? A: We bonded over our shared Indian heritage

FIRST IMPRESSIONS:
C: Very nice and polite girl R: Very posh
HEART METER:
C: 10 R: 3
SNOG/MARRY/AVOID:
C: Marry R: Avoid
ARE YOU GOING HOME ALONE?
C: Probably. Damn. R: I wondered... and then I found out he’s a massive tory.


FIRST IMPRESSIONS:
J: It’s all positive at this end! L: Lovely American accent
SNOG/MARRY/AVOID:
J: I reject the fundamental premise of the question L: Marry. ‘Obv’. ‘Blind date 4 lyf’
CHOICE TOPIC OF CONVERSTATION:
J: Ski vacations L: Geek chat and pizza vouchers

FIRST IMPRESSIONS:
J: Still can’t stop looking at her necklace/breasts... K: Pretty cute, I think I said. Two hours on, let’s make that very cute! I think his eyebrows are very alluring
HEART METER:
Y: 10 K: 6
ARE YOU GOING HOME ALONE?
J: Hell no! K: There’s three of us so probably not

FIRST IMPRESSIONS:
F: Uh-oh... J: I thought she was well nice.
HEART METER:
F: Flatlining. J: 7
SNOG/MARRY/AVOID:
F: Avoid. Like the plague. J: Marry
ARE YOU GOING HOME ALONE?
F: Yes! J: Long walk back to Girton...

FIRST IMPRESSIONS:
JOSIE: He’s really nice, friendly and sweet. JAMES: She’s really chatty, friendly and lovely
HEART METER:
JOSIE: 9 JAMES: 10
SNOG/MARRY/AVOID:
JOSIE: Marry, he’s great! JAMES: We should have a few more chats...if my girlfriend lets me
ARE YOU GOING HOME ALONE?
JOSIE: Probably going home to my boyfriend. JAMES: Probably going home to my girlfriend.

FIRST IMPRESSIONS:
M: Really very lovely B: He’s not awkward! By far this is the most important thing
HEART METER:
M: 7 B: 7
CHOICE TOPIC OF CONVERSATION:
M: Tupac! Finally a girl who gets Tupac B: We study the same subject so I’m afraid there was some faculty talk

FIRST IMPRESSIONS:
B: Lovely F: Decent looking but a bit of a toff...
HEART METER:
B:10 F: 7
SNOG/MARRY/AVOID:
B: Snog/Marry F: Snog
MOST AWKWARD MOMENT?
B: Too many to count F: When he tried to take a drink out of the glass holding the atmospheric candle. I had to tell him that it wasn’t his drink.
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