Single woman, 30, was set up with a ‘hot stranger’ at a pub by her DAD in a saga followed by millions on TikTok – and you won’t believe what happened next
- An Australian publicist has shared the incredible way she met her now-boyfriend
- Alice James, from Melbourne, said her dad asked for a cute man’s number for her
- The 30-year-old and her father were enjoying beers at the pub
- Her dad amused her attention to the ‘total hottie’ at the bar before talking to him
- Since then the two went on a number of ‘amazing dates’ before making it official
- Alice says her dad is her ‘ultimate wingman’ and owes it all to him
A ‘very single’ Australian publicist has shared the moment her ‘ultimate wingman’ dad asked for a cute guy’s number on her behalf at a pub, which led to becoming her now-boyfriend – and thousands are eager to know who he is.
Alice James, from Melbourne, was enjoying her father’s company while sipping on a pint of ale after the opening night of Six The Musical.
The 30-year-old told FEMAIL the two were ‘talking garbage’ before her dad James diverted her attention to the ‘total hottie’ sitting at the bar.
‘I had obviously noticed this stunning gentleman with his mate at the bar as soon as we walked in. Dad said “leave it with me” then jumped off his seat and proceeded to talk to these two guys,’ she recalled.
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Single television publicist Alice James, from Melbourne, (pictured) was enjoying beers at the pub with her dad James when he diverted her attention to the ‘total hottie’ sitting at the bar
‘I had obviously noticed this stunning gentleman with his mate at the bar as soon as we walked in. Dad said ‘leave it with me’ then jumped off his seat and proceeded to talk to these two guys,’ Alice told FEMAIL (pictured: Alice and her dad James)
James struck up a conversation with the young men asking if they ‘go for Collingwood’, then turned to the eligible bachelor asking how old he was and if he was single.
‘Dad then pointed to me saying “well this is my daughter and she is very single”. As the night went on we all kept chatting until the two boys at the bar got up to leave and dad stopped them saying: “Wait! You can’t leave! You haven’t exchanged numbers!”,’ Alice recalled.
In a rush James ran to the bar, grabbed the order pad and made the two write down each other’s digits.
‘The boy was so nervous that he actually handed his number to my dad instead of me – hilarious!’ Alice said.
The following morning Alice sent the man a text saying ‘Sorry about my dad’ with a laughing emoji.
‘I wasn’t sure if he was interested or dad had just forced him to talk to me. But he replied and said it was a treat to meet us both and invited me out to dinner a few nights later,’ she said.
‘After our first date we both just had such a good time, there were a lot of laughs and chemistry and it just felt refreshingly right.’
Since then the two have continued to go on ‘amazing’ dates and both are ‘just so happy’.
A few weeks prior to the pub night Alice had also stopped using dating apps and wanted to take a break because she ‘wasn’t having fun anymore’.
But to her surprise she was able to meet someone in public thanks to her dad.
‘We had both been single for a while with some pretty grim dating history so we feel very lucky to have this connection that we do,’ she said.
Dad James struck up a conversation with the single man and pointed out how Alice is also single. When the man and his friend of him got up to leave James said: ‘Wait! You can’t leave! You haven’t exchanged numbers!’
And now after getting to know each other, the guy from the pub asked Alice to be his girlfriend – and she said yes.
‘I definitely owe it all to dad, the ultimate Wingman and the Maverick to my Goose because there is no way either of us would have made the first move at the pub and how sad that this relationship may never have happened,’ she said.
‘It also made the first meeting of the parents very stress free, because I think he was pretty confident that he already had dad’s tick of approval!’
The two singles started texting and went on a number of ‘amazing dates’ before he eventually asked Alice to be his girlfriend – and she said yes
From the beginning Alice has shared the interactions in a series of now-viral TikTok videos that have captured the attention of thousands.
Many praised James for his action and being the ‘best wingman ever’.
‘Ummm any chance I can like, borrow your dad?!’ one person wrote in the comments, another added: ‘My dad needs to step up.’
A third added: ‘This is LEGIT the best.. go Daz!’
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