Night Elf Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Have you ever been on a blind date? I never have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrincessMommy Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 yes, I have. It didn't go well and nothing came of it....just not the right type for each other. Probably didn't help that it was his mom who set it up. I worked with her.. she was very nice.. and I should be flattered that she liked me enough want to do that. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercyA Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 No, but my parents met on one. :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mama Geek Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Yes, I had just graduated high school and went on a blind date with someone that was divorced with a kid. I dated him for a while in the summer, but there was no hope of it working out. I don't know what I was thinking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Yes. I actually joined a Christian dating service before the internet. I ended up dating one of the guys for about a year, but then met my husband (NOT through the dating service.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljpisme Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Yes, about 17 years ago. We met through close mutual friends. The date lasted 24 glorious hours. The rest, as they say, is history :thumbup1: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Girls' Mom Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 That is how I met my husband :) A friend's boyfriend set us up, and we went on a double date. We've been together from that night, 23 years now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Ivy Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Does going on a date with someone you met online count? If so, then I've been on 2 blind dates.One was an absolute waste of time, air, and emotions. The other I ended up marrying. :thumbup:My sister met her husband through a blind date as well. It was a group date. He didn't talk to her all night until they were at Taco Bell and he asked "Are you going to eat that last taco?" She thought he was an idiot and swore to never go out with him. Been married almost 5 years now. haha Edited to correct horrible punctuation. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G5052 Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Several times. I had no local prospects and this was before the internet services, so I figured why not? It never went anywhere, but I met some interesting people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawz4me Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Only once, and I didn't like it at all. He was a nice enough man, but we just didn't hit it off. The whole evening was incredibly awkward. But my parents met on a blind date, as did my brother and SIL. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzie in Ma Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 nope, no interest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Yes. I was set up by my mother once, and I have never again been so bored. I also went on a blind date in Germany that my host family set up. Only I didn't know it was a date - host family told me I was just hanging out with the guy for the afternoon. He had an intellectual disability and needed someone to accompany him and no one else was available and would I mind doing it? Only apparently HE thought it was a date, because HIS MOM told him it was a date. He spent the whole time trying to kiss me. My host family apologized up and down for that one! I was able to laugh it off, but it was really awful. He was a big guy, and I was rather at a disadvantage. Thankfully he wasn't violent in any way. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Nope. Met my husband at 18. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matryoshka Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 No, but my parents met on one. :) Same. They're still together, over 50 years later. :) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kewb Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 I once allowed my mother to set me up on a blind date. Dismal failure. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loowit Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 DH and I met on a blind date. My best friends and his best friend were dating each other at the time and set us up. Our friends have been married for almost 20 years and DH and I just celebrated our 19th anniversary. DH's parents and one set of his grandparents also met on blind dates. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peaceful Isle Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 No, I haven't. I think I would have been a nervous wreck. I don't like surprises, lol good or bad!! Haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasider Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Yes, in high school. Horrible. We had nothing to say to each other! The couple we were with were laughing it up and having a good time, which only put the spotlight on our discomfort. If I had to go back to the dating world today, I'd probably be much more adept at making conversation with a total stranger. However, I'm not sure if I'd want to put myself in that position while actually calling it a "date." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrub Jay Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Does it count if I saw his photo (and vice versa)? If so, then yes. My friend set us up (he was friends with her boyfriend) and we ended up being together for all of my Sophomore year in college. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Once. Friends set us up. It didn't go badly and we had a nice enough time. There just wasn't any spark for either of us though, so it ended at the one date. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingersmom Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 One was enough for me. My parents met on a blind date. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Sort of. I met my husband on-line. We had talked for several months, e-mailed, and sent regular mail. When he finally came here to meet me we had never seen each other (no pictures, no nothing). We had not even heard each other's voice. Not quite the traditional idea of a blind date, but rather nutty looking back at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuga Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Does this include internet dating? Like, only email? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Does this include internet dating? Like, only email? I'd say sorta so. Maybe a modern version of blind dating. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momto10blessings Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Yes, in high school. I brought friends because I was so nervous. I never saw the guy again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Yes. I can't picture the guy at all, but I will remember his voice forever. He was apparently a very successful attorney and he also seemed like an awfully nice guy, but the pitch of his voice grated on my nerves so badly that I couldn't focus on anything else. I remember feeling like I must be the most shallow person on the planet for focusing on his voice, so I agreed to go out with him again... and I still couldn't stand his voice. I hope he ended up with someone nice, though. :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MooCow Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Yes. I married him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Inna* Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Yes, and it was a disaster. I didn't expect much, but the guy turned out to be like Howard Wolowitz. Urgh. :zombiechase: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustEm Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 I had a friend who hated going on first dates by herself and because I was happily single all the time I was her go to for going with her. So the guy she was going on a date would bring someone too. So I've been on many. Most of them were great! Sadly my friend had terrible taste in guys so she always got the a*hole. But the a*hole always seemed to have an attractive nice friend. None of them ever broke me of my having no interest in a relationship during college but some good friendships came from those blind dates. One was furious when I broke my no dating in college rule for dh because he had been biding his time until I graduated. I had to point out that if he was the one I would have lifted the rule. I knew dh was the one after the first night we hung out together outside of the kung fu school he taught at. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnolia Rain Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Yes. Once. My roommate set me up with a friend of hers who had expressed a desire to go on a date with me. She neglected to mention that he was a bounty hunter. The date was ... Interesting. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty ethel rackham Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Yes. It is how I met Hunky Engineer Man. We were set up by mutual friends. 23 years married. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gracesteacher Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 I met my husband on a blind date but he was not one I was set up. He just was there and knew my girlfriend (blind date was double date) and we have been together since that night. poor guy I was set up was so not my type (nor was I his) met his lobster a few months later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medawyn Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Not only have I been on a blind date, but blind date them subsequently introduced me to DH :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzanne in ABQ Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Once. I was set up by my cousin. He took me for a movie and ice cream. During ice cream, he shared how he hates when people sing along with the radio. I just thought, "Well, then you are sitting here with the WRONG person!" :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happypamama Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 No. But I've only ever had one first date. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solascriptura Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 Yup. And then I married him! Each year just gets better. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mothersweets Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 Yes, that is how I met my husband! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoseInABook Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Yes, and I married him! ;) We both didn't want to meet either so it was a sneak blind date where we were tricked into going. :p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zinnia Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 I married mine, too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackjackoaktree Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 I married my blind date too! We went to different high schools but our friend groups were basically a Venn Diagram. A friend of mine thought we'd be a good fit but only expected us to be together over the summer until I left for college. Now 21 years and a handful of kids later... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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