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- I think the first thing that I notice
is usually someone's eyes or smile.
As cheesy as it sounds I really think that
the eyes are a good way to kind of like see
into someone's soul.
A good physique isn't bad either.
(laughing)
- If you pull it off I like it.
It's always been that like a girl with short hair
but she pulls it off, I'm into it.
So it's tough for me to just be like
oh I need her to be this, this, this, and this.
I'll know it when I see it.
I know that's a horrible answer for you
but I'll know it when I see it.
(laughing)
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- Your name is Julien and this is your story.
You are 25 years old.
For work, you are a graphic designer.
You grew up somewhere in California
and your cultural or ethnic background is Persian.
- Alright, my name is Andrew and this is my story.
I'm 26 years old, I am a car salesman.
I was born in Massachusetts and I am Portuguese,
full-blooded.
- Okay.
- Persian?
(laughing) That's the first time I got that one.
- I don't know, I just feel like.
'Cause you have hair and I know Persian men
are like hairier so that's kind of where
my observation came from.
- They're the only hairy men in the world.
(laughing)
- Your name is Jenny and this is your story.
I went 25 years old.
You work for some type of retail store
maybe as a manager or something
and you grew up here in California
and you've got some percentage of Korean.
- Interesting, okay (laughing).
- My name is Vivian.
I am 22 years old.
I am a health consulting intern as well as a student.
I grew up in Southern California
and my cultural or ethnic background is Taiwanese.
- Ooh nice.
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- I was working in a machine shop for like four years
working with my hands and I realized
that I was supposed to be dressin' up for work,
talkin' to people, being social.
Even though car salesmen get a bad rep,
I put a lot of customer service into my car sales
and I like the process.
I mean the hours are long but it's something
I'm naturally good at and there's no ceiling.
If you're workin', you're grindin', you're hustlin',
you're makin' money.
I don't like limitations.
- I've always been someone that enjoys
being in a committed relationship
and I just want someone who's ambitious
and has passion towards whatever they want to do
in the future and from a woman's perspective
and I think most women would agree with me
like we can definitely tell when someone
is trying to overcompensate for something.
- Your favorite emoji is the thumbs up emoji.
I said that your favorite holiday is Thanksgiving.
If you could pick a new name you would pick Anthony?
The person you are most like in your family is your dad.
- Not bad, uh actually it's the a-okay one.
- Okay (laughing).
- You were pretty close.
Crazy on the holiday, it is Thanksgiving.
(dinging)
Usually people don't see that coming.
I love it 'cause of the three F's.
Family, food, football.
(laughing)
And my name that I would pick, Brady, easy.
- Brady.
- Brady, yeah, 'cause of the Tom Brady who's my idol.
- Okay (laughing).
- And uh the person I'm most like in my family
would be my mom.
The ability to kind of like control the room,
I got that from her.
I put winky face as your go to.
Your favorite holiday is Christmas.
If you could pick a new name it would be Savannah.
The person you most like in your family
would be your sister.
- You were honestly pretty on point for a lot of them.
I'm actually surprised.
My favorite emoji is the winky face but with the tongue out.
So it's like a half winky face.
- It's a little more aggressive, yeah.
- Yes, my favorite holiday is Christmas.
If I could pick a new name I went with Ashley.
I don't know why, I just feel like
maybe I look like an Ashley.
The person I'm most like in my family is actually my dad.
I've gotten his drive and his sense of humor
and his just like absolute silliness.
- Okay, yeah sure.
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- I am from a small city called Diamond Bar, California.
(laughing)
It's very Asian-dominated.
Because it was so Asian-populated I think everyone
was really pushed and kind of had that pressure
to always achieve the best within our school.
I would say that I probably studied more than I should have.
- I tell my little cousins all the time
go to college, go to school if you can.
But that's not the only path to success.
It's a good one, a lot of people do it.
For me it just didn't make sense.
The way I'm gonna make my money
doesn't require a college education.
My skill set is sales.
They can't teach you how to be a good salesman,
let's put it that way.
I'm gonna try to be as nice as possible
but you can't learn it in a book.
You either got it or you don't.
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- You are good with money.
And I said a good salary for a couple in the US
(mumbles) is maybe like $130,000.
You learned about financial management from your father
and you think an appropriate number of hours
to spend working per week is about 45.
And I think that you think the man
should be the breadwinner.
- Yeah, I'm pretty solid, money has never been an issue.
I'd say get to 100 grand and you're good.
Anything over that is gravy.
It's just that mindset thing I had.
Uh financial management was my mother.
She helped me out with that.
And then 45 to 50 hours a week.
I'm kind of changed my mind over the years.
I'm not big on it but yeah I would,
if I had to pick one I'd pick the man obviously.
- Okay.
- I put you're great with money.
A good salary for a couple in the US would be about $90,000.
You learned about financial management from your mom.
An appropriate number of hours to work is a clean 40.
You think the woman is stepped up over the man.
- I'm pretty good with money.
I haven't had any issues in the past.
I said a good salary for a couple in the US
is probably like $120,000 but I also think that depends
on what state you're living in.
I learned about financial management
actually from school at USC.
For me an appropriate number of hours to spend working
per week I think is about like 50.
Okay so for the next one I actually think
a woman and a man should be equal
in terms of being the breadwinner.
I think in my opinion that both partners
should be contributing together.
So I think growing up in a really like,
I wouldn't say it was really Asian
but I was definitely raised with Asian culture ideals
and my parents always stressed the importance of education.
To kind of like, to learn more about the world
but also to realize what you want to do in life.
So for me I think it would be hard for me to date someone
that doesn't have a college education
just because it's been stressed so heavily on me.
- So that is where we're different.
It's not because I don't value college education.
I tell all my cousins to go right,
it's just like I am a big believer everybody's different
and I knew at a certain point that going to school
wasn't gonna help me further myself career-wise.
It was just gonna be a piece of paper for me
that said I graduated.
Instead of that I made the choice that I was better
at selling, being myself, I had something to offer
to the workforce as far as making money that way.
I'm a hard worker, I show up all the time.
I just, it worked for me, but I tell people all the time,
go to school, go to college, it's important.
- Yeah.
- But if it's not gonna help you get where you need to go
then you should probably save your money
and you could put it somewhere else.
- Yeah, I feel like super, I actually feel like
I totally understand where you're coming from.
Like if you think you don't need it
and if you're at a good place and you're learning
by working and like you have good opportunities
and I don't think it's you know
like something that's mandatory.
It doesn't like define who you are.
- Absolutely.
- Yeah, I completely understand that.
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- So when I first saw you I decided
(laughing)
that I would date you.
But after talking to you I uh,
still decided that I would like to date you.
The reason why, I could tell that you seem nice
and approachable.
I mean you could tell just by your smile.
I mean talking to you more and finding out
what you're about I was like oh, green light.
So I put a smiley face.
- When I first saw you I decided that I would date you.
- Nice.
- You seemed really approachable, you were dressed nicely.
After meeting with you I still decided I would date you.
(laughing)
And despite having that difference on our educational views
I really appreciated that you said that you work hard
and I think that's something that's really important.
- Surprisingly that went well.
You know I mean I had no idea what I was walking into.
- Yeah, I've never been on a blind date
so this was definitely an interesting experience.
- Everybody's got an opinion.
Whenever you see somebody it's,
you feel like you know already what they're all about.
- I think it was also cool for me to like
re-evaluate my views on the whole education thing.
Well have you gotten lunch?
(laughing)
I'm really hungry.
- Oh my God yeah, I'm always hungry.
- Assumptions are good to a certain extent
but they're not everything when you're
trying to meet someone new.
- [Andrew] It was honestly a pleasure to meet you.
- [Vivian] It was great meeting you too.
- Oh, I'll definitely take that lunch.
(laughing)
- [Vivian] Okay, sounds good.
- [Andrew] Alright.
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♫ Soul pancake
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