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ThePresence

ThePresence

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Has a friend ever set you up with a girl he knows?
I'm trying to set up a buddy of mine with a girl I know and she thinks it's a weird thing. I just want them to meet for drinks or something, I think they'd make a great couple.
 
quakefiend420

quakefiend420

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yes...once...and it turned out like the incident in don't be a menace...scary...

"i thought you said you looked like janet jackson?"

"more like freddy jackson"

:laugh:
 
ThePresence

ThePresence

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Originally posted by: quakefiend420
yes...once...and it turned out like the incident in don't be a menace...scary...

"i thought you said you looked like janet jackson?"

"more like freddy jackson"

:laugh:
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That will not be a problem in this case, she is a legit hottie (no pics).
He's no Tom Cruise though...
 
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Sluggo

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Originally posted by: ThePresence
Has a friend ever set you up with a girl he knows?
I'm trying to set up a buddy of mine with a girl I know and she thinks it's a weird thing. I just want them to meet for drinks or something, I think they'd make a great couple.
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I really thought you were older and wiser than to do something like this.

Most people really should never try to play Cupid. If the people dont like each other, they now think you have a strange view of what they like.

If they do work out to be a couple, they will more than likely break up down the road and they will hate tyou for getting them together, which caused them to break up.

Its a lose-lose.
 
BlueWeasel

BlueWeasel

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I was set up a couple years ago by a female friend of mine who thought Amy and I would make a good couple. We are getting married in May. :)
 
AgaBoogaBoo

AgaBoogaBoo

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Originally posted by: BlueWeasel
I was set up a couple years ago by a female friend of mine who thought Amy and I would make a good couple. We are getting married in May. :)
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:shocked:
 
ThePresence

ThePresence

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Originally posted by: Sluggo
Originally posted by: ThePresence
Has a friend ever set you up with a girl he knows?
I'm trying to set up a buddy of mine with a girl I know and she thinks it's a weird thing. I just want them to meet for drinks or something, I think they'd make a great couple.
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I really thought you were older and wiser than to do something like this.

Most people really should never try to play Cupid. If the people dont like each other, they now think you have a strange view of what they like.

If they do work out to be a couple, they will more than likely break up down the road and they will hate tyou for getting them together, which caused them to break up.

Its a lose-lose.
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I've see it work more than once.
 
aircooled

aircooled

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yeah, when I was 18. we did it the first night and she thought we were dating after that....
 
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How about you guys ALL go out for drinks? Why do you have to make it awkward like that? Invite them both out, maybe with you and your s.o. (assuming you have one). And if they like each other stuff will work out on its own. :thumbsup:
 
ThePresence

ThePresence

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Originally posted by: ironcrotch
How about you guys ALL go out for drinks? Why do you have to make it awkward like that? Invite them both out, maybe with you and your s.o. (assuming you have one). And if they like each other stuff will work out on its own. :thumbsup:
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I think that may even be more awkward. We'll be watching them the whole time to see what happens, and they will just be self conscious.
 
grrl

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Once, and my friend didn't warn me. It was dislike at first sight for both of us. I have no idea what my friend was thinking.
 
Iron Woode

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The solution is simple:

have a singles party with all of your single friends. Don't tell anyone its a singles party.

They can mingle with each other and maybe some will hit it off. No pressure.

 
ThePresence

ThePresence

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Originally posted by: Iron Woode
The solution is simple:

have a singles party with all of your single friends. Don't tell anyone its a singles party.

They can mingle with each other and maybe some will hit it off. No pressure.
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That's not a bad idea. I'll have to wait for someone's birthday though, you can't throw a party for no reason or they'll all see right through it. :)
 
Iron Woode

Iron Woode

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Originally posted by: ThePresence
Originally posted by: Iron Woode
The solution is simple:

have a singles party with all of your single friends. Don't tell anyone its a singles party.

They can mingle with each other and maybe some will hit it off. No pressure.
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That's not a bad idea. I'll have to wait for someone's birthday though, you can't throw a party for no reason or they'll all see right through it. :)
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This is true.

What are the age ranges involved here?

If this was in Canada, I would suggest Victoria Day, also called May 24. A great reason to celebrate!!!! I used to do this years ago. Buy some beers and some stuff to barbecue and invite a bunch of my friends over. It was always a good time for everyone.
 
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seanws

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yes, and we are still together and get along great. i thank my friend every day for setting me up with her
 
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Trygve

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Just once, though I didn't know it at the time. The friend doing the setting up had given me some other pretext for why she wanted to come by to see me.

When she showed up, I had another friend over and at the time I was in the basement finishing up the soldering on some electronics prototype, so I asked him to answer the door for me.

He didn't come back.

Turned out that she assumed he was me, confessed that it was a "set up," and invited him out. Off they went, and I'm not sure how long things went on before he told her who he was.

They did hit it off, but it didn't last. Not a surprise; friend #2 has always made it a habit to bail out of anything when it starts working: as soon as he gets settled in an apartment, he moves; if he gets a promotion at a job, he quits; if he gets along with a partner, he breaks up. Nice guy, very funny and smart, but he's only happy when things are going wrong in his life.
 
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