Would you get set up by a man?

[Anonymous]

I'm 32, this man is 46 and friends with my dad. My dad mentioned to him that I'm single. His friend said he knows a couple of guys he wants to set me up with. Would you do this?

[Anonymous]

Oh, this is kind of weird to me because he doesn’t know you. I would trust the judgement of a good male friend/colleague/family member I respected to set me up, but not someone I barely knew.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh, this is kind of weird to me because he doesn’t know you. I would trust the judgement of a good male friend/colleague/family member I respected to set me up, but not someone I barely knew.

OP: yeah you may have a point. He's friends with my dad because their beach houses are next to each other. We kind of only know each other in the context of our summers.

[Anonymous]

Go for it! You just really never know. It’s a blind date with the benefit of having a connection to someone known and accountable. If it works out you can toast him at your wedding. If it doesn’t work out, nbd. But nothing ventured, nothing gained.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Go for it! You just really never know. It’s a blind date with the benefit of having a connection to someone known and accountable. If it works out you can toast him at your wedding. If it doesn’t work out, nbd. But nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Agree with this poster. You are safer than a blind date via tinder or bumble. You will certainly get the real name of the person you will go on a date and they will actually be single.

[Anonymous]

I'd do that before online dating.

--signed single woman who only dates people referred by someone she knows

[Anonymous]

Heck I’m 31 and have a GF who is 44 and I set her up with my Dad who is 58. They are both very thankful!

[Anonymous]

I know a couple who was mutual friends with both the guy and girl. He set them up and they have been happily married for over 10 years. I would do it. You really never know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'd do that before online dating.

--signed single woman who only dates people referred by someone she knows

Me too! Remarried to someone who was introduced to me by a mutual friend!

Online dating is really hard and weird.

[Anonymous]

Sure, why not?

[Anonymous]

As other have posted, this sounds 100x better than online dating.

[Anonymous]

I think it's fine. He doesn't know you, but if you are from approximately the same class, have similar backgrounds, you already have that ... and chemistry is really random and nobody can predict it, so a random set up is just as good, possibly better, than a matchmaking system where you try to match interests.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh, this is kind of weird to me because he doesn’t know you. I would trust the judgement of a good male friend/colleague/family member I respected to set me up, but not someone I barely knew.

This is better than meeting with randos on dating apps! They are probably not serial killers.

[Anonymous]

Sure, but I would have low expectations. He guy who is setting you up is much older than you and friends with his dad.

It is likely a recently divorced friend of his. But who knows. Maybe it is his retirement age partner's hot son.

[Anonymous]

I'd only do this if I could see pictures of them before meeting them (and I would offer the same). Just doesn't make sense to waste everyone's time if there's no physical attraction.