Ryan’s friend is trying to set him up and Rich thinks it’s a horrible idea. Setting people up never works. If you set up two friends they’ll both hate you when it doesn’t work out. If a guy is setting up his buddy, the girl is more than likely mediocre because otherwise he would be dating her himself.
Stan agrees and thinks better not to get involved in other people’s love lives. Nicole says Rich and Stan are wrong. Setting people up can absolutely work because who better to set up two people than a mutual friend who knows them and their personalities. What do you think? Can setting people up work, or is it just a recipe for disaster?
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I think setting people up works wonderfully. My close friend and his girlfriend (also a close friend) set me up with my fiancee a little over a year ago.
My poor best friend tried to set me up with her neighbor that she thought was great, funny and cute. Turns out she really didn’t know him. He had no job, used people for money and for a place to sleep, and very manipulative. Our first date he claimed he left his wallet in his truck in my driveway and someone must of stolen it, just so he didn’t have to pay for dinner. I lived in a very nice neighborhood, and he was only in my driveway for an hour while we were socializing with my roommates.
Sometimes your knight in shining armour turns out to be a retard in tin foil!
I was set up with my husband by my in-laws and my best friend. I think that all situations are different and may or may not work out. You just have to go in with an open mind and see where it takes you both. Live no regrets because you never know, maybe who you are being set up with just might be your future wife/husband.
I would ask why they think you are right for each other. If the answer is “I think you would look good together” or something else really surface . . RUN! haha I have been dating a successful setup for over a year and it is great. We were set up because we had mutual interests. Otherwise I don’t think we would have ever been put together.
I have never personally had a “successful” set up but I don’t think they are a bad idea. Sometimes you need that little push by your friends. (Kind of a live and learn situation) If it’s a good friend of yours who is setting you up, they should know you well enough to know what/who you’d be attracted to… because let’s face it, that’s the first thing you notice. The “getting to know you” part is up to the ones who were set up and their decision to continue seeing each other. At least your friend is thinking about you and trying to help you out.
i have total mixed feelings with this one. i think Nicole is right because it totally can work out, and how will you know if it will or will not work out if you don’t try ti? but Stanley-T and Rich make a valid point because if it goes terribly wrong things might get really weird the next time both friends happen to be hanging out at the same time. parents should NEVER play match-maker either .. hello? who even has arranged marriages any more? because ultimately, that IS what they’re doing .. picking someone they’d like you with.
Ok.. I think That Ryan shoulTOTALLY stay way!!! Its going to be a mess. Ryan, dont get me wrong thats how Me and my fiancee met and it can work out, BUT there is only a 50% chance that It will work out. Rich and Stan are totally right DO NOT DO IT!!! There could be alot of hard feelings if it does not work out. (Just stick to slumming!!!) Its been working for you!!!
We were set up by mutual friends. He was much closer to them than I am; however, they thought that we would be a good match from what they knew. We have very little hobbies or personality traits in common, but we have very similar morals, values, and life goals. We also both like to have fun!! It has worked out wonderfully. We will likely be married within the year.
I will say, this is my first ever successful set up. I’ve had disasters as well
My freshman year in college, a friend of mine set me up on a blind date with this guy she knew from high school. I was too creeped out to go by myself, so I made her double with us. It was horrible. He looked like a troll and took me to see “Wild Things” and to Krystal. However… I met her date. 11 years of dating later…. we’re now married.