In your opinion, do 'mates' ever set someone up?

LighterGuy

... >> as in a friend of yours setting you up with someone you fancy.


So whats your view? do most 'mates' do it? ... or is it just asking 'too much'?


Personal experience:
I met a girl through a mate last year.
Later on I text her, arrange to meet up for a date with her - the usual.
Turns out shortly after the first date my 'mate' (a bloke for the record) said that "I think you two are not a good match" to her & behind my back (obviously he said worse than that but thats the dribble i was told) ... Sure said mate had a gf so it wasnt any skin off his nose to set a mate up..... But the kicker is he only met this girl a handful of times in his life. While me, a person who has gone out drinking with him dozens of times.

Thats my experience and now my view that your average person wont set up a "mate"
But whats your views? in your opinion, are people willing to set their mates up? or not (because it doesnt benefit them)?

Chnandler Bong

Ok am I the only one that didnt get any of that story

LighterGuy

bah!

its clear as day :pac:
i'll edit then ...

A_Border_Bandit

Hmmm... Is the answer x = 42cm ?

Oranage2

Was this girl better looking than his own girlfriend?

LighterGuy

Oranage2 wrote: »

Was this girl better looking than his own girlfriend?

I only saw pics of his gf on facebook. I'd say the same.

Sie

LighterGuy wrote: »

bah!

its clear as day :pac:
i'll edit then ...

LOL it's so clear now.. WTF was it b4.. yeah he's a prik.. most ppl wouldn't even think twice about doing it:cool:

policarp

If you're up you should have Mates.
If you're single that is and want to remain single...

Oranage2

LighterGuy wrote: »

I only saw pics of his gf on facebook. I'd say the same.

So you're good mates yet only seen his GF on facebook?

Anyway very d!ckish thing to do esp if you liked her - Sounds like he fancied her and as he has a GF he just didnt want anybody to have her!

chuckliddell

plentyoffish

ballsymchugh

who's mate is what now?

LighterGuy

Oranage2 wrote: »

So you're good mates yet only seen his GF on facebook?

Anyway very d!ckish thing to do esp if you liked -

for the record, never met her as anytime we went out it was more of a lads night out than bring his gf type of thing. So never got the chance. But yeah, i stopped being mates with him after this :pac: Knew the chap 3 years at that point. :pac:

but enough about my story ... is the general view that most people would set a mate up? ... or is it the usual "whats in it for me"

Senna

Get some new mates as that fella aint a mate.

Unpossible

Maybe he found out she was nuts and helped you dodge a bullet

cesc77

Is the enigma machine still running and operable?

LighterGuy

cesc77 wrote: »

Is the enigma machine still running and operable?

Geez, you'd swear I was typing in chinese :rolleyes:

Doc

Your mate sounds like a dick alright. If he didn’t think you two would hit it off why did he give you her number in the first place? He doesn’t sound like to nice of a guy.

I think girls are probably better at setting people up then guys.

I have a really good friend who has set me up with some of her friends before.

Obviously we are friends so she likes me and wants to see me happy, (Although going by your friend maybe this isn’t as normal as I thought) so if she has a single female friend who she thinks I would get on with she will introduce us and tell them how nice I am and tell me how nice they are.

Nothing major has come of it from me other then meeting some new people but my brother’s current girlfriend was introduced to him by a mutual friend who correctly thought they would like each other.

7sr2z3fely84g5

*gets blackboard and chalk out-

Girl meets boy and his mate.

His mate gets on with girl.

Girl tells boy she likes the other mate.

Oranage2

LighterGuy wrote: »

for the record, never met her as anytime we went out it was more of a lads night out than bring his gf type of thing. So never got the chance. But yeah, i stopped being mates with him after this :pac: Knew the chap 3 years at that point. :pac:

but enough about my story ... is the general view that most people would set a mate up? ... or is it the usual "whats in it for me"

Well one time (i was around 15) my mate wanted to get stuck into a girl but the girl would only go out with him if she could bring her mate and if he could get her mate a date - so he asked me and when we got to the cinema the girls mate was hideous but that wasnt the worst part - my mate went off to shift the girl and i was walking around with this girl and i was trying to make small talk but she kept answering everything thing with "I'm not kissing you" - awkward as hell

chuckliddell

there's always trouble at these school Discos

Show Time

LighterGuy wrote: »

... >> as in a friend of yours setting you up with someone you fancy.


So whats your view? do most 'mates' do it? ... or is it just asking 'too much'?


Personal experience:
I met a girl through a mate last year. Texted, arranged to meet up for a date with her - the usual. Turns out shortly after the first date my 'mate' said that "you two are not a good match" to her & behind my back (obviously he said worse than that but thats the dribble i was told) ... that isnt the only thing that makes my 'mate' a d*ck IMO. Sure he had a gf so it wasnt any skin of his nose. But the kicker is he also only met this girl a handful of times in his life. While me, a guy who had nearly 100 nights out with him over the previous years.

Anyways, whats your views?
in your opinion, are people willing to set their mates up or not (because it doesnt benefit them)?

Not a hope for me with my friends as all the male ones are married and have enough problems of their own as for the female friends they know i am a love em and leave em type of man which is a no no with most ladies.

LighterGuy

I edited it again for any people that find it hard to read :pac:

chuckliddell

But the kicker is he only met this girl a handful of times in his life. While me, a person who has gone out drinking with him dozens of times.



are you jealous of his girlfriend?

LighterGuy

chuckliddell wrote: »

But the kicker is he only met this girl a handful of times in his life. While me, a person who has gone out drinking with him dozens of times.



are you jealous of his girlfriend?

troll.

chuckliddell

LighterGuy wrote: »

troll.

simple question? yes or no?

LighterGuy

chuckliddell wrote: »

simple question? yes or no?

no.
did you even read the first post?

chuckliddell

LighterGuy wrote: »

no.
did you ever read the first post?

listen, he sounds like a d**k who was out for his own good, people like that get found out in life, he'll end up a sad and lonley man,

f**k him and don't worry bout it

LighterGuy

chuckliddell wrote: »

listen, he sounds like a d**k who was out for his own good, people like that get found out in life, he'll end up a sad and lonley man,

f**k him and don't worry bout it

this isnt a personal issue man :P
i was posting to see what peoples thoughts and opinions are on the subject. I just posted an example.

chuckliddell

LighterGuy wrote: »

this isnt a personal issue man :P

im invisible

LighterGuy wrote: »

no.
did you even read the first post?

Its been changed so many times, i dont know which one i read,

But seriously, no, i wouldnt have mates that set me up with a girl, but i wouldnt have mates that would actively c*ckblock me that way, i dont think so anyway

HavingCrack

Doc wrote: »

I think girls are probably better at setting people up then guys.

.

Really? I always find that my female friends are the biggest C*ckblocks by far. They'll tell me I can't chat up such and such because of blah blah blah. They actively do everything they can to keep my away from their female friends.

cesc77

Your lad has something more than your best interests in mind.How dare he say that to her.I am so happy when a friend of mine meets a nice girl.

Hes a jealous one.defriend him straight away

cesc77

LighterGuy wrote: »

Geez, you'd swear I was typing in chinese :rolleyes:

I think you will find that Mandarin is more intelligible than that.Were you taking the statement in Portugal for the disappearance of a small child called McCann? :pac:

Doc

HavingCrack wrote: »

Really? I always find that my female friends are the biggest C*ckblocks by far. They'll tell me I can't chat up such and such because of blah blah blah. They actively do everything they can to keep my away from their female friends.

The only one that ever did that to me is an ex girlfriend who didn’t want her friends to be with me because it would be too weird for her.

I guess it says more about how your friends see the way you or the girl is / would be in a relationship together then anything. Or alternatively they could be interested in you or at least interested in the idea that you are available.

TaraFoxglove

LighterGuy wrote: »

... >> as in a friend of yours setting you up with someone you fancy.


So whats your view? do most 'mates' do it? ... or is it just asking 'too much'?


Personal experience:
I met a girl through a mate last year.
Later on I text her, arrange to meet up for a date with her - the usual.
Turns out shortly after the first date my 'mate' (a bloke for the record) said that "I think you two are not a good match" to her & behind my back (obviously he said worse than that but thats the dribble i was told) ... Sure said mate had a gf so it wasnt any skin off his nose to set a mate up..... But the kicker is he only met this girl a handful of times in his life. While me, a person who has gone out drinking with him dozens of times.

Thats my experience and now my view that your average person wont set up a "mate"
But whats your views? in your opinion, are people willing to set their mates up? or not (because it doesnt benefit them)?

LighterGuy, that bloke isn't a friend.

It was up to you and her to decide if ye were suitable.

I'd be suspicious really, maybe he liked the look of this girl and was keeping her around as back-up for if his own relationship didn't work out.