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topicnews · September 5, 2024

One of the most awkward dates ever!

One of the most awkward dates ever!

Schleiden/Cologne – Are we experiencing one or perhaps THE most unpleasant first encounter between two singles at “First dates” always?

Leon’s (20) views do not conform to the norm. © Screenshot/RTL+

Katharina (20) and Leon, who is the same age, are fundamentally different in many ways – not only the viewers notice this, but also the two of them very quickly.

One of the controversies is family planning. “I could imagine adopting children. But I don’t want to have my own,” says the nursing home care worker from Schleiden in North Rhine-Westphalia.

The philosophy enthusiast continues at length: “Arthur Schopenhauer assumes that life is always suffering. If you bring life into the world, you automatically bring suffering into the world. If you don’t have biological children, you are in a state of avoidance.” You didn’t cause the suffering, you just tried to deal with it.

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First Dates – A table for two
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Katharina wants to start her own family and is also irritated by the explanation.

Katharina (20) finds Leon’s lack of desire to have children irritating.

Katharina (20) finds Leon’s lack of desire to have children irritating. © Screenshot/RTL+

But she hadn’t gotten over the strange topics yet. The law student asked the 20-year-old what was important to him in a relationship.

When asked what was actually a simple question, he comes up with an example over herb gnocchi and tagliarini. The two were called Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir; they were two philosophers. They had made a love pact that they would always be there for each other and always trust each other.

There were affairs and other partners. “But they always had each other, something they could come back to.” The shock and the SOS are written all over Katharina’s face.

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First Dates – A table for two
“First Dates”: Gerrit brings a giant sausage and self-help books to his date!

The passionate piano player makes it clear that she wants a monogamous relationship. However, Leon thinks that polyamorous connections would reflect the origins and behavior of the animal world much more. The woman from Cologne counters: “But we are not animals.” When he asks whether there is “such a difference,” Katharina is finished.

“First Dates” airs Monday to Friday from 6 p.m. on VOX. RTL+ finds your episodes on demand.