Blind date

LegacyUser

Friends of mine (a married couple) are setting me up on a blind date with a friend of theirs, as they are convinced we'd get on really well .
The plan is we will meet as a group of four, for a meal. If things go well, great, if not, no biggy, have had a sociable evening in a relaxed atmosphere.
I'm absol terrified though!

Idle Passerby

Just think of it as going for a meal with two friends and a friend of theirs. Going in wondering if you'l fancy a complete stranger or if they'll fancy you is way too much pressure. Your friends would have been wiser to play it a lot more casually. In my experience, when people say "you would be perfect for each other" they are usually miles off.

IrishEyes19

Idle Passerby wrote: »

Just think of it as going for a meal with two friends and a friend of theirs. Going in wondering if you'l fancy a complete stranger or if they'll fancy you is way too much pressure. Your friends would have been wiser to play it a lot more casually. In my experience, when people say "you would be perfect for each other" they are usually miles off.

Agreed, but how do you play it casual, its pretty obvious when two are coupled up and the other single. Unless you have a get together with other people and then you run the risk of not even speaking with the other person.

Op, just relax and enjoy the meal and company. If it goes well, it goes well and if doesn't, its just an experience.

deisemum

A friend arranged a blind date for me, that was nearly 25 years ago. Our 23rd wedding anniversary is coming up.

CarMe

A guy in my friends work set her up on a blind date and they got married earlier in the year

saiint

always hated blind dates
its either my mates had bad taste in women or i had bad taste in women :L
seriously though
theirs a reason its called a blind date
your lucky to have friends going with you so it wont be awkward

they way i look at it is
when i went on a blind date i went for looks as well as personality
now il probably get trolled for this , but its a given fact if you dont fancy someone looks wise , you simply wont be together for the long hall.
personality is always great , girls like fellas who can make them laugh , fellas like girls who have abit of banter
so once thats their its really just down to do you fancy them?
i hated blind dates
most girls i dated in blind dates ( had quite a few , 9 i think in the one year haha )
were either stuck up their own holes(but where absolutly beautiful looking)
or were absolutly the most lovely people you could ever meet ( but just werent my type )


its best to go into a blind date , thinking that your just going out with a friend for a drink who you havnt seen in donkeys years and dont know anything about them anymore :L on the plus side you could act a complete twat and it wouldnt matter haha

gl op hope it works out for you, has never worked for me but ive often heard some great storys of how people on blind dates get married and all and live a happy life
hopefully its for you god just doenst like me or me friends arnt really friends :L

Lorna123

I think you would be better off just meeting this guy on your own, without your married friends watching what you do and say and how it is going all evening. That would intimidate anyone !!!