- I like that you're like very easy to talk to.
You're kind of funny.
I mean, I don't know if I was
laughing with with you - Just a little bit,
just kinda. - or laughing at you.
- Yeah, okay.
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- [Narrator] A viral New York Times article
featured 36 questions that could supposedly
make any two people fall in love.
We wanted to see what would happen
if we asked these questions
to two complete strangers on a blind date.
- My name is Azariah.
I'm single, like alone a hundred percent.
Honestly I could say I know exactly
what I'm looking for in a person.
Someone fun, adventurous, outgoing, likes kids.
It'd be dope if she also loved God.
Ambition is cool.
Someone that doesn't need me
is like a number one factor, though.
The anticipation is killin' me though.
It's like when you're about to go
on a rollercoaster and it takes forever to start.
What's up?
- Hi.
- Hey, how are you?
- This is interesting.
- It is interesting,
what's your name? - Can we hug?
- Yeah, we hug. - Awe, we can hug.
I'm Nikki. I am 26 years old.
I'm hoping to find a best friend.
I think it's very important to bond with somebody
and to have that kind of connection,
before even thinking about taking it to the next step.
- It's like 37 different types of tea.
- Is there green tea?
- There's a green package.
- Or maybe- - But there's like
four green packages. - chamomile,
so I could calm my nerves.
- You nervous?
- No. Am I saying it right?
Chamomile, chamomile?
- I think so.
I'ma go with Earl Gray.
(Nikki chuckling)
- Do you have a secret hunch about how you will die?
- I feel like I know for a fact
I'm not gonna die in a car accident.
Like, - Really?
- yeah, like 100%.
I've came too close, too many times.
I feel like God is just like,
nah bro, that's not the way you gonna go.
- Yeah, I'm so messed up in the head.
I would think I would die
probably getting swallowed by a whale.
- What? What is the probability of that?
Like. - I mean, I'm just saying.
- I can't even see like,
it's so easily avoidable though,
you know? - I'm telling you,
it's gonna happen that way. - That's funny.
- Don't be scared.
- All right, all right.
Is there something
that you dreamed of doing for a long time?
And, if so, why haven't you done it?
- I have this thing where I feel like
since I was a little girl, I just felt like
I am supposed to be an entertainer.
Like I want to perform in front of millions of people.
Sing, dance, like the works.
I feel like I haven't pursued it.
I don't know why.
Maybe I'm scared, maybe I'm just lazy.
Maybe I just don't have the passion for it.
But, yeah I would say that
that's the one thing that I know
I think about constantly, like.
What about you?
- Actually, I would say no.
Everything that I've dreamt of doing
or like want to do in life is like
something I'm working towards now.
- Yeah. - And that kind of changed
the past like year of my life.
- Really? - I was like, dude
like life is for living.
And I'm tired of having like journals or whatever,
or like a bucket list. - Yeah.
- It's like I don't want to have that
and just like wait 'till I'm at a certain point
to start trying to accomplish it.
- I get it.
For me, I feel like it'll happen
when it'll happen, so I don't chase it.
Maybe that's not the right way to look at it.
But that's how I do it.
- I feel that.
I'm a big believer in God's timing, you know?
I think when we- - Exactly.
In Jamaica we say when, when man a plan, God a wipe.
- When man a plan, god a wipe?
- Yeah, so it's kind of like, no
it's kind of like you're making plans.
In the meantime, God is like wiping
'cause that's- - That's what's up.
- Yeah. - I don't know
if I explained it right, but.
- That sounds like something
from the book of Proverbs, though.
I should go to Jamaica.
- How do you feel about your relationship with your mother?
- My mom is like, she's dope.
That's my best friend.
She raised me and made me the man I am, you know?
She taught me so much.
And, my dad wasn't always in my life.
So my mom was like there a lot.
And she found a letter I wrote her in 2016.
And it was like basically me saying
I'm sorry for not listening to you,
I'm sorry for thinking that I knew better than you.
You're the best thing that ever happened to me.
All this like super sentimental stuff.
And I reread it and then she proceeded to show me
a picture of me coming outta her stomach.
And I was like, yo this is weird.
- It's not weird, it's life.
- Ah, hmm.
All right, what about you?
What about you and your mama?
- Huh, so I grew up with my mom not there.
I feel like I can count on one hand
how many times I've seen her in my life.
- Damn. - Or how many times
I've remembered her there.
I don't know why she left, I don't blame her.
It just kind of was like, my mom's not here.
My dad is, you know?
I would go like years without hearing from her.
Sometimes I would call her just to hear her voice.
And she'd just be like,
I can't talk right now, I'm busy.
- That's crazy, yeah.
- I'm gonna cry.
But, it's kind of just made me think that
if I do bring a child into this world,
I would never be that.
I love her, but it's like I don't
necessarily agree with, you know what she's,
- Right, yeah. - the choices she's made.
But you know, it's made me who I am.
- Yeah.
I mean, we just met, but I think
you still a hell of a woman.
You obviously respect yourself
and I like the way you carry yourself and whatnot.
- I'm a hell of a woman, okur.
Damn, I don't like you.
- Yeah, you chose the question.
You played yourself.
But nah, it was a good answer though.
That was cool.
- You said you played yourself.
Complete the sentence.
I wish I had someone with whom I could share
dot, dot, dot. (Azariah smacking lips)
- An entire cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory with.
'Cause like, they cheesecake is bomb.
- Oh, dude. - but I don't want
them calories in my life.
Yeah? Yeah? - You just nailed it.
- Yes.
- You don't want them calories, what?
- Nah, 'cause you know it's
like a thousand calories per slice.
That's death, - First of all,
I want three slices. - you will die.
Exactly. - Plus,
a whole can of whip cream.
Extra whip, no low fat.
That's how you have a cheesecake.
- It sounds like that's how you have a heart attack too.
But it's like, die happy though, you know?
- I'm saying, if it's the one thing
I really want in life and I had to eat
before that happened, - that's it.
- I would choose a cheesecake, I'm just saying.
And me, I wish I had someone
with whom I could share, I think
it's just gonna be corny.
- Tell the truth.
- I guess someone I could share life with, you know?
I think at the end of the day,
you could be so independent and a man or a woman
of your own, but going to the grocery store
is way more fun with somebody.
- That's true, that's mad true.
- You know, going on a hike
is way more fun with somebody there.
So, I wanna know that I have somebody there.
'Cause I'm always there for people,
so I feel like I don't question it.
I'm just like up and ready.
- That's what's up.
Nah, I dig it.
I actually want to change my answer a little bit to that.
- I can't do that.
- Yo, this is crazy.
It says, without speaking, stare into
each other's eyes for four minutes.
Like, first of all that number.
- [Producer] So I'll start the timer whenever.
- All right.
- [Producer] Starting now.
- All right.
- [Producer] (Indistinct).
(Nikki laughing)
- I can't do this.
- I'm up here.
- Okay.
That was very refreshing.
I really didn't know what to expect
or who to expect going into it.
So, I'm kind of a little bit impressed
of how it played out.
- She's dope, she's got good style, she's fun.
She seems like she respects herself well.
She's the type of girl you would bring home to your mother.
(Nikki laughing)
(Azariah slurping tea) - He's very funny.
I kind of get a vibe that he's very smart,
like he's advanced, like beyond his years.
I could see me and Azariah chilling on a daily.
- [Producer] Time.
- Wow!
- That was not four minutes.
- It felt a little shorter, right?
- I could not stop,
I know. - You was breaking rules
all over the place.
- [Producer] We're gonna go over
to those rooms, then we're gonna come back
at the end, okay? - Okay.
We'll be back.
All right, you gonna come back?
I'm gonna come back.
I'ma leave and I'm gonna come back.
- Okay, I'll see you later.
- All right, you remember him?
That was it. - All right.
- [Producer] Would you be interested in a second date?
- Yeah.
I hesitated, that was weird.
But like I would.
And if she's not, that's dope too.
Self love, you know?
But, nah she was fun.
She was definitely fun.
If not, I'm sure we would be good friends as well.
So, I think that's what's dope about it.
- Oh yeah, I, do we have to call it a date though?
I feel like I psych myself out with that word
because it's intense and pretty personal for me.
But we could definitely go get ice cream or cheesecake.
Hey! (clock chiming)
- When they asked you if you would
go on a second date, what'd you say?
Yes or no?
- I kind of said yeah.
- Yeah?
Dang that mad awkward, I said hell no.
Nah I'm just playin'.
- But did you say yes?
- Yeah, I said yeah.
- Yeah, I was like we could go
get a cheesecake or something.
- Right, a whole entire cheesecake.
100%. - I'll have
your slice, it's okay.
I'll have your cheesecake, whatever.
- Thanks for watching Tea For Two.
Tea For Two is a series
where we set up people on blind dates.
As always, there is no script.
- Yes.
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