Flyby Matchmaker Volume Two, Part One: Lost in the Art Museums
Welcome to this semesterâs first date recap for Flyby Matchmaker. With Valentineâs Day quite literally around the corner (t-minus one hour), hereâs to hoping we can spread the love a little bit.
Milan Sani is a freshmen from Port Washington, N.Y. She said she finds funny, intellectual and artsy men attractive, but doesnât care much for athletes. Gunnar Plunkett, also a freshmen, hails from Murrieta, CA and was âreally intoâ cross-country in high school. He enjoys listening to alternative, indie, blues, and classic rock. Milan and Gunnar recap their Matchmaker date, which took place at the Harvard Art Museums (a really neat location to hang out and maybe find love) below:
Milan: My roommate put the link in our group chat and so we all filled it out together one night⊠We did it on a whim.
Gunnar: My friend from my FOP group told everyone to do this. And I was like, I might as well. Seemed a little more comprehensive than DatamatchâŠ
Milan: I got to [Jennyâs CafĂ© at the Harvard Art Museums] and I saw so many different guys just by themselves. So I was writing my roommate group chat, âguys I donât know what to do.â
Gunnar: I walked up to the museum and I was trying to figure out where the cafĂ© was and I made eye contact with⊠I think it was her. But I thought âthis isnât the cafĂ© so itâs not her.â So I went to the cafĂ©.
Milan: I saw this guy⊠and he was kind of roaming around. And I saw him go into the art museum and then walk into the cafĂ© and I [thought] OK, I think thatâs him. And so I walked over to him⊠and was like âare you here for flyby?â I was the one to approach him.
Gunnar: First impression was that she was cute and that she seemed really friendly.
Milan: He was really warm the whole time and not awkward, so I was just kind of like âhey whatâs up?â I think we were both equally like, whatâs happening?
Gunnar: We didnât hug; we just kind of said hi.
Milan: I just got a coffee and he got a cookie and coffee. We just sat down and talked and we both went through our applications⊠like a âwhy are we matched?â kind of thing.
Gunnar: There was a question about what you would change about Harvard and I said I would want her answer to be ânothing at allâ or something very specific. She said something very specific about the social scene.
Milan: We had very similar music tastes, like same bands. And we both had a floating interest in literature and he kind of likes Shakespeare. Iâm super into Shakespeare. We had totally different academic interests.
Gunnar: I thought it was interesting that she was really into art. Also, I thought she had a cool interest in government and womenâs studies as well.
Milan: After we talked for a bit⊠we walked through the art museum. Iâd been there before but heâd never been so I took him aroundâŠWe [looked at] everything on the first floor. He was really interested in it, which was coolâŠ. He had a radio show [though] so he had to head out.
Gunnar: At the end when we were saying goodbye to each other⊠both of us were like âshould we hug each other?â and that lasted like thirty seconds and we didnât end up hugging. So that was awkward.
Milan: We friended each other on Facebook, so thereâs that.
Gunnar: We were messaging on Facebook a little bit yesterday. Weâre going to grab coffee.
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