My Fairy Grandmother

When Keely Crimando, 26, from Philadelphia, met her perfect man, it took one special lady to make all her dreams come true…

- Emma Rossiter, Anna Roberts

As first dates go, this one had been pretty perfect.

We’d gone to a bar, had a few beers, and a lot of laughs.

Best of all, I knew that me and my date Michael, 27, were onto something special.

Now we were about to go our separate ways.

‘See you soon, then,’ Michael smiled awkwardly.

‘I hope so,’ I squeaked. It was November 2014, and after just a few hours in his company I already felt smitten.

Michael had barely turned the corner when I frantically foraged for my phone.

I had to call my best mate right now to tell her how it had gone.

Moments later, my bestie Dorothy picked up.

‘Hello dear,’ she said, in a wobbly voice.

You see, Dorothy is my 86-year-old nan!

My dad’s mum, Nan and I had always been close.

She lived five hours away but we spoke daily on the phone.

So I knew Nan would want to know all about Michael.

‘Guess what,’ I told her. ‘I’ve just been on a date.’ ‘Ooh,’ Nan said, turning down her telly.

A sure sign we were in for good chat!

She was soon bombarding me with questions.

What did he look like? Did he have a job? Was he a nice boy? I had to laugh.

She’d be asking me his inside leg measurement next! ‘I’ll start at the beginning,’

I said. So I told her how we’d met on a dating site called OkCupid three weeks earlier, and had swapped a few messages before finally deciding to meet up.