Ever been set up with someone by friends?

Georgiegirl256

Aww miss independent, I feel for you. People should just keep their noses out of other peoples business. I'd take it for so long, and if they kept pushing it and pushing it, then I'm sorry, but I'd be telling them to F Off! But maybe that's just me, I'll be polite than maybe longer than some people would, but then if I'm pushed, I'd tell it like it is. It might sound harsh, but at least they'd get the message....hopefully!

paulineb_2

If people are meddling in your life, politely ask them to back off. I wouldnt be avoiding a friend if they did that to me, Id be asking them to stop it.

None of my extended family and friends act like nosey parkers when it comes to my love life and yes Im single.

Its up to you what you discuss with people and you have every right to politely ask people to back off.

If you don't, then you arent solving anything, sometimes people need to be given a loud and clear message.

Pollycat

miss_independent wrote: »

Then, last week, my friend made it her mission to "get MissIndependent laid." and I am now trying to figure out how I can avoid her! She spend all of last Saturday night going up to guys saying, "Hi, you are gorgeous. I am married but this is my friend, MissIndependent and she is single. I keep telling her, if I was a lesbian I'd shag her. Would you?"

It was soul destroying.

She would be my ex-friend immediately after the first time she said this to a random bloke.

aliasojo

miss_independent wrote: »

Then, last week, my friend made it her mission to "get MissIndependent laid." and I am now trying to figure out how I can avoid her! She spend all of last Saturday night going up to guys saying, "Hi, you are gorgeous. I am married but this is my friend, MissIndependent and she is single. I keep telling her, if I was a lesbian I'd shag her. Would you?"

She probably thinks she's being helpful in a hugely witty and clever way but in actual fact she's being an offensive PITA and giving blokes the wrong (imo) idea at the same time.

Quiet serious word in her ear is needed I think.

God I am soooo glad I'm old and past all of this. :rotfl:

jackieblack

23 years ago I was set up, by my best friend at work, with her boyfriend's brother.
She'd spent weeks telling me how great he was and well we'd get on. TBH I was sick of hearing her go on about him and only went to shut her up.
Her OH had done the same, spent weeks telling him how perfect for each other we were, and he felt the same as me, only went on the date to stop him banging on about it.

We will have our 22nd wedding anniversary in a few weeks
(My (now ex) BF & her OH split up shortly after our wedding)

duchy

It can be quite enlightening just who your "good friends" think "would be perfect for you" LOL

Just shows we never see ourselves as others do !!!

This_Year

miss_independent wrote: »

Then, last week, my friend made it her mission to "get MissIndependent laid." and I am now trying to figure out how I can avoid her! She spend all of last Saturday night going up to guys saying, "Hi, you are gorgeous. I am married but this is my friend, MissIndependent and she is single. I keep telling her, if I was a lesbian I'd shag her. Would you?"

It was soul destroying.

I would have warned her once to stop it and if she continued I would have just gone home.

Pollycat

miss_independent wrote: »

Then, last week, my friend made it her mission to "get MissIndependent laid." and I am now trying to figure out how I can avoid her! She spend all of last Saturday night going up to guys saying, "Hi, you are gorgeous. I am married but this is my friend, MissIndependent and she is single. I keep telling her, if I was a lesbian I'd shag her. Would you?"

It was soul destroying.

You could have embarrassed her back by saying 'but you are a lesbian, you're just pi**ed off because I've turned you down 'cos I'm not a lesbian'.

Why are you trying to figure out how to avoid her?

Why not just tell her you felt she embarrassed you and you don't want to see her for a while (if ever)?

This_Year

Where I used to work, one of my friends seemed to get on well with one of the single lads there. Always a quick joke as they passed each other and they would ask each others advice about work.

We all said that they should get together. No-one said anything though as they seemed very pally and we presumed that in time they would.

My friend got another job, and left. This was a couple of years ago. I've seen her quite a few times since and last week when we were out, another friend asked "did you never want to get together with *name* then? you always got on so well"

My friend laughed and said "good lord, no! He is such a mummy's boy and those bloody stupid jokes he always made drove me up the wall! He's so clingy I couldn't stand it"

You never know what makes people tick.

red_devil

yes did this recently. They went out it went ok, he asked her to go out again, she was busy and said she would text when free. She didnt though and he dosent want to chase her. shame.