Don, 76, who works in TV and film, meets Claire, 63, a counselling charity manager
What were you hoping for?
To meet someone interesting. To be part of a cultural phenomenon called the Guardian Blind date. To have a pleasant lunch.
Blind date: ‘Bizarrely, she suddenly realised she knew my daughter’
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