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Re:Cruel Optimism (and Lazy Pessimism)
by bartread on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @10:27AM
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Blind dates, and this is nothing to do with physical attractiveness, have in my experience been a disillusioning opportunity to find out how little my friends actually know me, to the point where I started refusing to go on them any more around 10 years ago.
I'm now fortunate enough to be getting married to a wonderful woman in a few weeks so (I hope) this will forever more be a non-issue, but I'd always rather get to know someone in a group setting if friends think we might click without the unnecessary pressure of it being a date.
Re:Cruel Optimism (and Lazy Pessimism)
by willcipriano on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @10:51AM
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I find it odd that you have this expectation that a woman exactly curated to your tastes should be delivered to you by your friend group. Have either the GP or yourself ever set anyone else up on a blind date that met with these exacting standards?
I know that the truth hurts and don't mind the downvotes.
Re:Cruel Optimism (and Lazy Pessimism)
by jstarfish on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @01:21PM
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> Out of all my friends, only one tried setting me up with someone on a blind date.
> Goodness, I can't even describe to you the kind of disgust I felt from her face when I walked through the restaurant door for our first and only date.
Well, now we see why none of his friends set him up on blind dates.
I feel bad for the poor girl who suffered an hour with him.
You broke the site guidelines badly with personal attack here and flamewar at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34428222. We ban accounts that do that. We've had to warn you about this kind of thing before.
If you'd please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules when posting here, we'd appreciate it.
The sort of person who frames this as "one of my friends was kind enough to set me up on a blind date" as opposed to the way you did has a lot more success with women. Entitled victimhood is a bad place to be.