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Girl about town: My nana and my dream man

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14 Mar, 2014 05:06 AM2 mins to read

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I discovered three things this weekend: Cupid is real; he is actually a woman and she is my nana.

Every time I visit her she informs me of all the new people she has met and whether their children, or even grandchildren, could be eligible bachelors for me.

She has asked her doctors, the staff in her aged care facility, her friends and, more weirdly, our extended family.

I'm starting to believe she thinks any man would be suitable giving my current situation.
When I saw her over the weekend she enquired how old I was.

"27, Nan."

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You should have seen the look on her face as well as the way her eyes bulged out of their sockets as she processed what I had said.

27. Single. And still looking.

At my age she had been married for five years and had multiple children running around her feet.

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Children are the furthest thing from my mind currently but she has got me thinking about what kind of fellow I would prefer her to set me up with, if it got to that.

My dream man, obviously besides Ryan Gosling, would have to be quite tall to begin with.
Being 6', I towered over my first boyfriend.

So I know TALL, dark and handsome is yet another cliche I am going to use, but it ideally suit my current needs.

He would appreciate the finer things in life like spending time over a well cooked meal and shamelessly enjoying political banter while we eat it.

He would know to take me to climb Kilimanjaro for my 30th birthday instead of a spending five days in the sun on a tropical island. Although that would be quite nice too.

We would be able to sit in each other's presence for hours not needing to talk or converse. Be 100 per cent comfortable with each other. But at the same time be able to talk for hours at a time not ever getting bored.

The kind of guy who will laugh at the movie The Hangover but doesn't understand where the humour lies in Borat.

Of course this is all accompanied by the normal girl check list of honest, loyal and trustworthy.

If you are reading this and you think you fit the bill, my nana would love to hear from you.

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