Noelle Talks About How Cancer Changed Her Life | First Dates Ireland

Meet trainee Barbara Noel. Single, because so far, no one's made the cut. I am a romantic person, so I would like to find someone that I want to do the romantic things for. Because when I get into a relationship, all of a sudden I'm just like... It's not that I'm bored, it just never works, you know. But I just think I haven't met the right person, to be honest. Hi there. Hey, how are you? Welcome. My type would probably be someone outgoing, chatty, funny. Are you nervous? No. No, you're fine. At the end of the date, I'd like to be able to say, oh yeah, go on to a club or go to a bar. You know, not a taxi. I can't stress how rubbish I am at dating or even trying to approach somebody. It's a case of just staring at them awkwardly and just hoping that they'll come and speak to me. I've only been in like one relationship. She technically wasn't out. And I was like, don't worry, I'll be patient. I know, it's really hard, I'll support you. And then two years later, you're still just like, yeah, I can't still be introduced as your friend. Hey. Hi. You're welcome. What's your name? Shem. Dating in general is scary pants. The thing is, I was never really somebody who went out on the pool. Hello. Hey, how are you? I'm Shem. Oh, Noel. Nice to meet you. Lovely to meet you. I don't know what. Let's do this. I find that I can get nervous very quickly or just get really awkward. I'm just like, I have no idea what I'm doing. Today I was nervous. I had to get ready in the bathroom. My hair, oh yeah. So my hair, curls. And it was coming up and I was like, yeah. She's talking about curls. Ah, fuzz. Same kind of thing, no? Great hair. It's lovely. It's a bit more springy. I wish I could do that. You probably could. You could do a wee beard look. My favorite thing is if someone can just kind of take the mic. If they can just rip you somehow. Make me laugh and I am all about you. I need to do something or I will probably just like end up dying alone being mauled by cats. I'm very fine with my hair. It's like people felt the need to kind of just kind of go, oh right, let me just like pull it and stuff. Randomly touch your hair. And it was a bit like, alright, but I don't know you. So if I leaned over and I went and touched your hair, would you be freaked? Can I touch your hair? It's nice. Not bad, yeah? See? Because my hair is like crazy curly. But curls are good though. Yeah, I know. I'm licking it at the moment. I didn't have curls before, you know? So how did that happen then? I know, you're going to regret asking that. You're like. Okay. I got cancer about two years ago. The end of 2014. I got diagnosed with cancer. So then I had to go through treatment for a couple of months and stuff. I got the all clear in August. Happy days. So far so good. Yeah. I suppose I was kind of a bit of a party girl. I was going out a lot. So then when I got diagnosed, it really put into perspective everything in my life. I've learned, I suppose, just how important your family and friends are. And yeah, so it kind of gives you a new lease of life. So then my hair grew back curly. But I'm just glad my hair is back. Obviously, yeah. Yeah. So hence the afro. I'm like, yeah, you got an afro, yo. What if I, like, had no hair, then would it just grow back ridiculous? Like, I wouldn't at all. I'm not saying that your hair grew back ridiculous. You're saying my hair grew back ridiculous. Right, right. So if I had cancer, would my hair grow back ridiculous? Basically, yeah. That's pretty much what I'm saying. I do still believe in fairy tale. I am one of those idiots who's just like, no, there is. I don't know if it's the one, but I think there is definitely, like, there is somebody out there who you're supposed to have a good time with. Melon. Yes, you have a melon. I'm all about the melons. Yeah, but that's like, have you ever seen that one before? This is grill. Have you ever seen a grill? Lemon. No. I don't like lemons, though. Remember when you just threw a lemon on the floor? Sorry. There's always one cat in person.