Playing Matchmaker for friends

I have never set any friends up before. One of my close girlfriends asked to be set up with my husband's close friend. We see them both often and I don't want anything to get awkward. Does anyone have any personal experience with setting up friends? Is playing matchmaker a bad idea?

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your best option is to arrange a subtle meeting.  all go out to a film or  dinner together and then if he is interested, he can take it from there and you dont have to get too involved.  If there is a chance it will work then you have to give her that chance at happiness

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Hi ,I think its the worse idea ever  the reason why I SAY that is because if things go wrong its going to be all your fault.And you will probably lose both friends ,and if your husband is involved and things go really wrong your never hear the end of it,you know how men are,always bitching and complaining about something.you are best to leave well alone., never get involved with anything like that......trust me..if you want to still be married then dont get involved.if its meant to happen then it will, its called desinity.theres always somebody for some one .god as all the answers.


Don't judge people by their relatives.

Matchmaking between friends is a very easy way to lose those friends.  Be above board.  Ask each of the parties if they would like to meet someone new before you act further.  Not everyone reacts to a surprise as you think that you might do.

Unless you can do it without getting detected, it is not ok.

From my experience, it is not a good idea.

Someone once did that for me and I disliked it.

It is absolutely not a good idea.  Some people should learn to do things for themselves when it comes to this stuff-they should take a chance all on their own and ask someone out all on their own if they’re interested.  So what if the person says no, but don’t ask someone else to do it for you.   The other people, those who like to play “matchmaker,”  99.9% of them have no idea what they are doing.  It is people feelings, emotions, and their heads that are involved with these things and things can get messed up and confusing when there are more than two people involved.  People who do the setting up want credit when things go well, but when things don’t go well…they don’t want to accept any part of it.

It is absolutely not a good idea.  Some people should learn to do things for themselves when it comes to this stuff-they should take a chance all on their own and ask someone out all on their own if they’re interested.  So what if the person says no, but don’t ask someone else to do it for you.   The other people, those who like to play “matchmaker,”  99.9% of them have no idea what they are doing.  It is people feelings, emotions, and their heads that are involved with these things and things can get messed up and confusing when there are more than two people involved.  People who do the setting up want credit when things go well, but when things don’t go well…they don’t want to accept any part of it.

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