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From Mini-Dates to a Lifetime Together: How One Birmingham Couple Found Love at Speed Dating

Two years ago, on an ordinary Thursday night in Birmingham, Sophie walked into a cocktail bar in the city centre with mixed feelings. She loved her career—thriving, ambitious, and endlessly busy—but it often felt like it was getting in the way of something she wanted just as much: love. After watching her friends settle down and feeling the steady tap of time on her shoulder, she decided to do something completely out of her comfort zone.

That’s when she booked a ticket to Love Speed Dating, Birmingham.

“I remember walking in and thinking, What am I doing here?” she laughs now. “I’m confident at work, but dating? That felt terrifying. But I promised myself I’d give it a chance—just one night, fourteen five-minute dates, and no pressure.”

Meanwhile, across the same candlelit room, James was nervously adjusting the collar of his shirt. He had been convinced by a friend to give speed dating a try after years of work, routine, and little social time left him wondering if he’d ever meet “the one.”

The atmosphere was lively, warm, and far less awkward than he expected. He had no idea that the next 5 minutes would change his entire life.

“Date Number Seven” – The Moment Everything Shifted

When the bell rang for the seventh rotation that evening, Sophie looked up to see James taking a seat across from her. The moment they exchanged smiles, something shifted.

“What struck me was how easy it was,” Sophie said. “Talking to him felt… natural. No games. No awkward pauses. Just connection.”

James remembers the same moment vividly: "I knew in five minutes what I hadn’t known after months on dating apps—she was someone special.”

They matched the next day. They met for cocktails a week later. And from that night forward, neither of them ever looked back.

A Love That Grew Stronger

Over the next two years, Sophie and James have built a life filled with laughter, support, and the kind of companionship they had both been searching for. They discovered new coffee shops, spent Saturdays exploring Birmingham’s canals, and visited that same cocktail bar on their first anniversary—sitting at the exact table where the speed dating event had taken place.

Then, last winter, James proposed during a frosty walk at Cannon Hill Park.

Sophie said yes.

A Christmas Miracle

This Christmas, something magical is happening.

Sophie and James—who met in a whirlwind of five-minute dates—are now expecting their first baby.

“Sometimes we look at each other and can’t believe it,” Sophie says. “If I hadn’t taken a chance that night… if I’d let work keep taking over… we wouldn’t be here. We wouldn’t be welcoming our little Christmas baby.”

James agrees. “It’s crazy how one small decision can change everything. We can't wait for our little bump to arrive and the whole family are thrilled”

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Love Speed Dating: Where Their Story Began

What started as a simple night out to try something new turned into a love story that neither of them could have predicted. And it all began with Love Speed Dating in Birmingham—a cozy cocktail bar, a rotating set of mini dates, and one perfectly timed meeting that sparked a lifetime.

As they prepare for the arrival of their little one this festive season, Sophie often thinks about the version of herself who hesitated before booking that ticket.

“She was scared she’d never find love,” Sophie says. “But she took a chance—and it led me here. To James. To our marriage. To our baby. To everything.”

Love stories don’t always start with destiny. Sometimes they start with a bell ringing and a five-minute conversation.

And Sophie and James are living proof.

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