Ansley Colvin and Brigid Whipp Before the date... Ansley

Roommates Ansley Colvin and Lauryn Hagan signed up for the blind date together on a whim, not expecting to both be chosen.

“We were just like, ‘Let’s do it for the plot,’ and then we both actually got picked!” Colvin, a 19-year-old architecture major, said. “So me and my roommate are both going on blind dates today.”

Sunday night was more than Colvin’s first blind date — it was her first date ever. She said she has always “had bigger fish to fry” than being in a relationship. She spent her last two years of high school battling nephrotic syndrome and missed out on the dating experience many people gain at that age.

This didn’t scare her, though.

“I feel like it’s just gonna be an experience and there’s nothing else I can do about it but be myself,” Colvin said. “I don’t ever like to force things, so just whatever happens, happens.”

Colvin was more nervous about the food selection at Puccini’s than the date itself, having lactose intolerance.

“I am dairy free so I’m a little nervous, but I heard (the food) is really good so that’s worth it,” she said.

If anything, Colvin said she hoped to gain “a good story to tell someone when (she’s) old” from the date.

“I think that more people should do things for the plot to see how it goes,” she said.