[OneHope]

Has anyone ever been set up with a girl/guy by their parents? How did it turn out?

[rock_show_host]

Thankfully, no.

[MtlMom]

No, but while I wasted my time pining for other guys, my mother kept telling me (for about two years) that the guy I should be watching was the guy I ended up marrying.

[hapa_angel]

Not exactly, though I do have a story along those lines. The day after Art proposed to me, I went to a wedding with my parents. My mom kept attempting to set me up with the guy sitting next to her at our table. He was completely not my type, among other, slightly more obvious issues.

[Dr. Worm]

Originally Posted by OneHope

Has anyone ever been set up with a girl/guy by their parents? How did it turn out?

Yes, once. A woman my father worked with had a daughter around my age (that apparently was in my class in like 2nd grade, but I didn't remember her at all). It was fine. We had a pleasant date that was highly tolerable, maybe even enjoyable. Then I visited her in the hospital 2 weeks later when she was deathly ill with West Nile virus. Then I never saw her again.

I hope she's ok.

[Art]

Nope. Good stuff.

[segoviamuse]

apparently i have an arranged marriage, but its obvious to both of us that we would never be any more than friends. our moms just randomly met one day at mcds, and decided on it. ew.

if my mom had a say she would want me with my ex. but thats not going to happen.

and i wouldnt date anyone my mom set me up with. she obviously doesnt have the same taste in guys as i do , considering she is like 45 or something lol. and im almost 19.

[tigerfan88]

Nope, and I'm not really sure I'd like it myself. For one, my mom and I are several generations apart and for two, she doesn't know the kind of person who would really be a good fit for me. I'm happy that I've had the chance to go out, get to know people and then see where it goes rather than having my mom pick out who I'm going to marry.

[Mattlock]

I can only think of one girl my mom would set me up with. I couldn't see us ever having a relationship, but she's a cool person.

[BillSPrestonEsq]

my mom always tried... 3 times. Once with a girl who never spoke. Next her engaged sister, and then after I was engaged, to a girl who I had known for years. Funny part is, is that she was a friend of my wife, and there was nothing there, and it creeped us both out and ruined an acquaintance whom I was getting to know as a friend. It just made it extremely awkward.

[bread man]

My mum kind of drops hints but I usually go and she stops.

[Rainer.]

I refuse.

[adamkaboom]

In a round about way... yes. There was chemistry there already, but her dad went ahead and "forced" some things for lack of a better word. He created some situations that would allow us to spend time together that otherwise wouldn't have happened. If he had never invited me down to his church randomly, and then asked me to go to work a church camp with him... I would have never gotten his daughters number. So... I give him some credit in the thing. He didn't "set us up" but he did help create the opportunities so we could move that direction. And honestly, I would say that it turned out quite well considering we've been dating 9 months and are just in the wait to be engaged and married.

[H.M. Murdock]

Yes. It didn't work. Probably because it was my sister's best friend, who also happens to be five years older than me.
It never went past the awkward introduction-of-concept stage, though. Thankfully.

[Grasshopper359]

Not directly, but they used to do plenty of hinting. Last year, after Christmas, I told my mom that I'd appreciate it if she didn't talk about it anymore, and I've heard nothing about it since.