- I had the worst dream I dreamt that I was all alone and that I was never ever going to fall in love
- I'm Brittany. Jeff and Brittany. This is a Bloomington couple. Well, for now, until they move away.
- And I was wondering, what is it that attracted you to Jeff, Brittany? To Seth. Seth. Seth. Actually,
- when I met him, he had really short surfer hair. And he was really tan, because he had just worked as
- a lifeguard all summer.
- And I guess his personality was what initially attracted me. And his cuteness just added. Well, he looks
- like a very sweet fellow. Was he muscular? Kind of. Not really. So he was a lifeguard and he was tan
- and really cute looking.
- And maybe that's all the information I need for this little piece right now. But is there anything that
- you would like to add, Seth, about what kind of sparked it off between you two? Well, I fell in love
- with Bray here because I loved her personality. And she was just really kind of crazy. She'll do something
- on the spur of the moment very spontaneous, which I liked in the girl.
- She had, like, everything that I wanted in my female companion here. But we just kind of sparked it
- off when we first met, so I thought it was... I thought it's been a great relationship, and I've loved
- being with her ever since, so... You guys are a very lovely couple, and I'm actually happy just looking
- at you two being together. And is this your dog? Yes, this is Dylan. Dylan. Hello, Dylan.
- Say hi. Hi. Cute dog, cute couple. Let's go find another one. Hello guys. What are your names? Mickey.
- Evan. Mickey and Evan. And from what you told me so far, you guys used to date each other. Right. And
- when did you meet?
- High school. High school, actually. Her senior year, my junior year. What was it that attracted you
- to each other? You have a really great sense of humor. No, we always got along. We ran around with the
- same group of friends. So it was really easy. We had a lot of things in common. What did you like about him?
- He's talented. Talented? Oh. Oh. Well, you know, that's always good. How long did you guys date each
- other? Pretty much all of last year and then through the summer. Almost a year. Interesting. And you
- decided recently to start seeing other people or? Kind of. Just not see one another. Really?
- Oh, so there's a bit of a rift, I suppose. Oh, really? No? Not so much. It's kind of a weird situation.
- Really? Do you see your lives maybe traveling in different directions, I guess? We don't have a common
- major or anything. We're not really from the same cities. So there's always going to be some space.
- But it shouldn't be too bad.
- We're just traveling. Traveling. This town, I've heard it described as a transitional place where people
- are coming and going. And you guys decided that you didn't start fighting with each other, right? You
- didn't start hating or getting angry at each other. Yeah, for a while. Maybe a little bit. But that's
- not really what drove you to decide
- that maybe won't date each other anymore? Right. They just weren't really for each other right now.
- Interesting. That's very, it sounds very mature, and you guys are comfortable with it, right? It took
- a little while, but yeah. That's very nice.
- It wasn't ugly at all, was it? For a while. Really? Absolutely. I mean, it's a breakup. It's almost
- always going to be ugly. But I mean, like, you see we're here every week. Yeah. And you guys are friends.
- And it's beautiful. I don't go so far as... Do you mind if I ask a slightly personal question? Depends.
- Go for it. Do you still, like, see each other, like, romantically at all?
- No, you don't you don't like kiss or make out or you don't You don't like kiss or make out or you don't
- you don't you don't you don't you don't You don't like kiss or make out or hold hands or hug each other.
- Do you hug each other? Yeah Hugging is friendly. I'm her dance partner too. So oh you dance together
- swing dance neat
- I swing danced with a girl once and I never saw her again after that. That one time. Oh man. So this
- was a really neat interview and I thank you very much. Your names again? Evan. Evan. Mickey. And Mickey.
- Thank you. Hello. What is your name miss? Leslie. This is Leslie. Hi. Do you have a boyfriend Leslie?
- Yes. Yes. What is his name? His name is Michael.
- That's a very nice name. How long have you guys known each other? Seven years. Seven years, wow. You
- guys have been boyfriend and girlfriend for seven years? In November, it'll be seven. We knew each other
- for seven years. That is some good love. Yes. Cool. It is great. What brought you two together?
- Um, we both play alto saxophone and we're at a band concert and we were in different high schools and
- we stood next to each other and he was breaking up with another girl at the time and he just like turned
- to me and the first words he said were, I love you. And ever since, we've been together. I wish that
- would happen to me. Yeah, it's very romantic. Wow.
- That is really good. It was very nice to meet you, Wesley. I'm glad I got your story. Oh, thanks. That
- was some good romance. What's your name? My name's Adam. Adam. Did you say that? I don't think so. Okay.
- It was very rude of me. Sorry. Well, Michael's a very lucky guy. Oh, thank you. Good luck, you guys.
- Hi. What's your name, miss? Paula. Paula. This is Paula. And where are you from? I'm from Brazil. Brazil.
- I've never been to Brazil.
- Yeah. Well, I have. So you have a boyfriend, Paula. Yes. Or Paula. Paula. That's right. You really like
- this boyfriend? Yeah, I do. What attracted you to him in the first place? Can I tell you a story? Because
- it's a really complicated story. If you want to, if you have time. OK.
- Well, I was in Brazil in a concert, and I was walking around, and there were about five thousand people
- there. And I was just walking around with a friend of mine, and I saw a guy in the distance that looked
- to me really interesting.
- He looked like a very interesting person, a very smart person. He was wearing a winter hag and everything.
- Something struck you about him. Yeah, I don't know what it was. I think he looked like someone I knew
- from before or something. So I looked at him, and he was just walking. He didn't look at me at first,
- and I was just looking at him like this, you know.
- He looked at me, and I still looked at him. I didn't stop. I was like, just look at him. And he still
- looked at me. And he turned around and was going to go. I mean, he was far away. He turned around, and
- he was going to go away. And I was going to tell my friend, oh, look at that guy. And when I looked,
- he was like this, and he was like, are you looking at me? And I was like, yeah, I am.
- He just, I went like this and he came and that's how we met. And I don't know, it just, his face just
- looked, looked, looked, looked like. It clicked. Yeah. That sounds like a really cool moment. It was.
- And how long have you been together? It's gonna be a year in May. That's pretty nice. So 10 months and
- yeah. And so you met him in Brazil and is,
- Is he still in Brazil? Yeah, he is. He's waiting for you to come home. Well, actually, he just got his
- tourist visa, and he's going to come visit next month. Oh, exciting. He's buying his ticket right now.
- I bet that will be a lot of fun. Yeah, I think so too. He'll be around here immediately. Cool. Maybe
- I'll have a camera at that time. Yeah, follow up the story. We can get his version of the story. Yeah,
- it was really cool. Sweet. Well, thank you, Paula. Thank you. So it was just...
- He looked familiar, like maybe deja vu or out of a dream or something. Yeah, he really did. He kind
- of looks like an actor, actually, in Brazil. I mean, I'm the only one who thinks this, though. Nobody
- else thinks he looks like him. Yeah, he looked like a smart person. He actually is very smart, very
- interesting, so. Cool. I was lucky. You sound very lucky. What a lucky man. OK, well.
- I think that's the end of our interview, and I'll go find another nice young lady or couple to interview.
- Thank you. Thank you. Hello, I've stopped this random girl in the hallway. What is your name? I'm Karina
- Miller. Where are you from? Ooh, neat. Do you have a boyfriend? What's his name? James.
- Can you tell me a little bit about what attracted you to him in the first place? Oh. So you spent a
- lot of time with each other and just sort of grew on each other. Did it start off as like, did it start
- off as seeming
- Like out of a dream, like you saw him and were just attracted to him in the first place? Neat. So you
- knew each other for a nice period of time and just grew closer and closer. Yeah. That's cool.
- I like that. OK. Well, thank you very much. What was your name again? Karina. Karina. I'm Adam. Adam,
- nice to meet you. Same to you. And I hope you have a nice day.
- Hi, I'm here with a couple of people that I work with. This is, what's your name? Sean Graham. Sean
- and his lovely, are you guys married? Boyfriend and girlfriend? Amy. His girlfriend, Amy. And how did
- you two meet? I met her at Tessan's apartment. What was it that attracted you two together? Was there
- a spark? A look in the eye?
- Oh, no, I guess we just shared some in the same entrance. Yeah? And you guys started spending time with
- each other and just grew on each other? Somewhat. And love developed. And here we are today. Is there
- anything you might want to add about how you guys feel about each other? Light of your life?
- We care about each other and we try to listen to one another and help if we can. A lovely couple and
- I'm glad to know you guys and I hope you have a nice day. Hi. Hi. My name's Adam. What's your name?
- I'm Evelyn. Evelyn? Yeah. That's pretty. How old are you? I'm 29. And where are you from? I'm from Bombay, India.
- It's really far. Cool. That's very neat. Thank you. How do you like Bloomington, Indiana? It's very
- pretty, and it's really fun to find your way around campus. I've had quite a lot of adventure.
- Is that fun? Yeah. Pretty much, yeah. The people here are pretty nice sometimes. They are. They are.
- Yeah, you can ask them for things. Yeah. Directions, mostly. I've had a nice time since I moved here.
- Let's see, Evelyn, have you ever had a boyfriend? Yes, I have. What was his name? There was more than
- one, so yeah. Do you have one now? No, not right now. So were they all Indian? One was Indian,
- and two were, and one wasn't.
- I don't know if I can say what their names are because they might watch this. Oh, right on. What attracted
- you to these men? Are you more attracted to Indian men or any certain type of men? It doesn't really
- have to do with race. It pretty much has to do with what they're about.
- Intensity is an attractive quality and I know it really doesn't have to do with race at all. Does that
- answer your question? Yes. Intensity as in a drive? A drive. Ambition? Ambition. Very, very attractive
- qualities. They just get me. Cool. I've heard that a lot. So have you experienced any high levels of romance?
- Do you think they gave you something to go do? Probably, yeah. Like beautiful walks on the beach, and
- things like that? Where they surprised you, gave you really cool gifts? Yeah. Not all of them. Wrote
- you poetry? Anybody ever write you a poem? No. No. No, they sang me songs and played for me. But no,
- they gave me jewelry. Yeah. So they were musicians.
- They were all musicians, this is true. And now I've sworn off musicians. Oh, no. Why? Well, one learns
- that two people with the same kind of intensity and the same kind of goal, it's usually don't coexist
- as beautifully as you might think they would. The chemistry could get a little volatile, maybe? Or?
- Yeah. In the long run, it does. It does. There's no room for two divas. There's just no room for that.
- So, yeah. I just figured.
- I can't pretend to not be what I am, and so that's what I do. Cool. Well, I'm glad I got to ask you
- about that and get that perspective from you. I'm kind of attracted to musicians myself. I haven't played
- too much, and just artists in general. I like art and the ability to create. I think that's really cool.
- That is cool.
- Evelyn, thank you very much. Sure, not a problem. Nice meeting you, Adam. Yes, good luck on your journeys.
- Thank you, thank you. You too. Good day. So, hello. Hi, hi. What are your names? Mary, Elena. Elena,
- Mary and Elena. How old are you? 14. You're both 14 years old?
- Have you ever fallen in love with anybody before? Yeah? Yeah. Well, I know young people have these crazy
- hormones and they fall in love really easily, I think. I remember what it was like to be 14.
- What do you expect it to be like when you fall in love? What do you want to do? Get married? What are
- your expectations of falling in love? That's a hard one.
- I don't know, having a best friend that's always there. A best friend that's always there? Yeah. When
- do you expect you'll get married? Do you ever think about how old you want to be when you get married?
- Yeah, like 24. 24?
- Yeah. That's actually pretty funny, because I'm 24, and a lot of people I know that are my age don't
- really want to get married. Really? Yeah, really. What age do you want to be married? Well, actually,
- I'm not sure I want to be married anyway. I'm really independent. Yeah, it's hard to say. You know,
- things change over the years, and it gets really crazy.
- Have you ever, like, had a serious boyfriend? Not in terms of, like, life. Not really. Have you ever,
- like, kissed boys? Yeah. Like, a lot? Do you do that a lot? Not a lot. Not a lot. I can't wait till
- my mom sees this on TV. OK, well, then.
- I think I probably got what I need out of this interview. Good thing. Thank you very much. What are
- your names again? Mary and... Alaina. Alaina. Thank you. You're welcome. Thank you. I know. Hi. Hey.
- What's your name? My name's Cherie. Cherie. This is Cherie. I know Cherie. I just asked that to be funny.
- But do you have a boyfriend? No. No. What kind of things do you...
- Are you attracted to men or women or whatever you're attracted to? What am I attracted to, Geller? Smart.
- I'm attracted to smart people with smooth hookups. Smooth hookups. What's a smooth hookup?
- Um, I don't really know. I just did. I really just said it to be cool. Is there like gang? Yep. I'm
- attracted to gang members. I said game. Oh. Game. No, no. This is serious. Smart gang members. Generally
- smart, funny, well-articulated people. Oh. Do you think I'm smart, funny, and like to do it?
- Yes, you're smart, funny, and well articulated. Would you like to go out on a date sometime? Oh my god,
- you're ridiculous. No, probably not. I already emailed you back on that idea. I don't know you well
- enough to date you.
- Oh, okay. Well, I mean, isn't that how you get to know people is by going out on dates with them? Yeah,
- but I don't date anyone I work with. Oh. That ended poorly. Oh. Well, you broke my heart. So, interview's
- over. I know, I'm joking. No, that's fine. I like you. I think you're really cool. Yeah, and I'm glad
- you sat down with me
- for a moment. No problem. Because I think this is really enlightening. It's enlightening? Yeah, not
- only for me, obviously, and people who may be watching. All right. Thank you, Sri. No problem.
- Hi. Hello. What's your name? Jennifer. Jennifer. How old are you? I am 20. 20. Do you have a boyfriend?
- No, I do not. What do you like in men? Or do you like women also? I only prefer men.
- I like, in a male, their service and for the Lord. I am a Christian, so I enjoy those sort of situations.
- I like relationships that lead me in that direction, that encourage me and uplift me, so that we can
- better help the world in those environments. That's very admirable. And I myself, I'm not Christian.
- I'm not really religious at all, but I understand how that is.
- That's really how I feel if I were to fall in love with somebody.
- Like joining with somebody on a mission, right? Yes, a partnership, like a business partnership. Oh,
- precisely. It's very like a business partnership. Financial responsibility is a big part of falling
- in love with somebody and getting married and having a family. Yeah, I've actually recently fell in
- love with someone, but not actually dating, because I've done a thing of singleness for like six months.
- So I want to go through that, and then I will be ready
- to possibly date this person. Are you a virgin? Yes. Wow. That's very admirable also. You must have
- had the urge to have sex and stuff like that before, right? Oh, sure. I mean, every person. I'm just
- like anyone else. I'm a sinner in myself. So that desire is obviously there. It's something that you
- have to have control. And I think that through my relationship with Christ,
- that I have been able to sustain my virginity. And keep yourself safe. Yes. From all sorts of dangers.
- STDs. And not only that but falling in love with people that probably aren't the best. That are materialistic.
- Sure. Yeah, that's my fear. What was your name again? Jennifer. Jennifer. Well, I can't really think
- of anything else to ask you. Okay. So I think I must have gotten what I came looking for. Yeah. Well,
- thank you very much. You're welcome.
- I don't like audiences. Hi. Hi. What's your name? Megan. Megan, how old are you? 27. 27. Mm-hmm. Do
- you have a boyfriend? No. No. Have you ever had a boyfriend? Yes. What was he like? Or better yet, what
- are you attracted to? Do you have any idea or is it mostly? They have to be responsible. They have to
- pay their bills.
- They can't live under mommy and daddy's roof. They can't live by mommy and daddy paying their bills.
- They have to be driven, motivated, passionate towards something. I don't care what it is, just anything.
- Why is that? Because I am. And I don't like unmotivated people.
- You know, because I have so many things I want to do and so many passions that I want to do. And if
- I'm dating somebody who doesn't, then it doesn't work. It's boring to me. And I just look at them as
- being lazy and irresponsible. Ah. That's very admirable, I believe.
- Although, I guess, not qualities that you always find in people, even though, you know, you'd think
- that people would strive for that sort of thing, but no. But no, you don't. No, it's actually very hard
- to find. Because you think that a guy's like that, and you go after him for that, and then he's not.
- And then he's in debt and can't pay his bills, and you're just like, seriously, it's not that hard to
- pay your bills. Is that what happened to you? It's happened to me a couple times, yeah. Really? More
- often than not.
- So how old did you say you were? 27. How many boyfriends have you had? Four or five. Four or five. Did
- you think that any of them were very, very serious? They were serious, yes. I never thought I was going
- to marry any of them. No, never? No, and I told them that from the very beginning. I love you, but I'm
- not going to marry you. Funny.
- 14 year old girl earlier, and I was like, so what do you expect love to be like? When do you think you'll
- get married? Do you ever think about getting married? And she said, um, she said, yeah, I think maybe
- around 24 or something. And I was like, okay, yeah, most 24 year old people don't want to get married.
- It's weird, I mean, I'm glad because I don't want to get married for a long time, but, and our generation
- seems to be putting it off more and more and more. So I appreciate that because in my lifestyle, all
- the things that I want to do, I can't get married. Like I want to do the P square. I want to do all
- these different things and I can't be married to do these things. And so it's nice to know that I'll
- at least have some options by the time I want to get married, you know, instead of people getting married
- at 22, 23, 24. Yeah. Um, I guess when,
- When you live in a culture where women are more educated and it's becoming more and more like that,
- you know, and they become more empowered, it's the standards for
- love and relationships become higher. Which is frustrating because when you get to be 27, then you're
- just like, am I ever going to find what I'm looking for? Have I put too much of a high standard on what
- I want? You know what I mean? And you try to hold out hope that you're not going to have to bend on
- those standards. But as you get older, you realize some things are, you can bend on those. But as far
- as being responsible and driven, I won't bend on those. And I'd rather be alone than settle.
- I really would. Wow. Well, um, what was your name again? Megan. Megan. Megan. Well, thank you so much
- for the interview. Yeah, no problem. This is the best one that I've had so far. Really? Yeah,
- I think so, the most enlightening. Oh, awesome. I'm sure you say that to everybody. No, no, no,
- I'm serious. You want the tape? You're very beautiful. Oh, thanks. And I'm sure someday... I'm hoping. ...you
- will find what you're looking for. I'm really hoping. I believe it. I have faith in you.