Should I ask a friend of mine to set me up with someone

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Mona Pereth
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01 Jan 2023, 9:36 pm

Raleigh wrote:
If you're in highschool it would be ok, because that's what kids do, but if you're an adult it could be seen as a bit lame to ask a friend to set you up with someone.

It isn't just kids who do this. Indeed it used to be quite commonplace among adults before the Internet era.

Raleigh wrote:
Also, it could potentially strain the friendship between you and your friend or your friend and their friend if it doesnt go well.

There are various potential dangers including the above, but there are probably ways to avoid or mitigate them.

Here are some articles containing relevant advice:

- Setting Up Friends and Being Set Up: The Dos and Don’ts
- How to Set Someone Up With Their Right Match the Right Way
- How to Ask Your Friend to Set You Up on a Date, According to Experts
- 5 things to keep in mind when your friend sets you up

I can't vouch for how sound the advice in these articles is, but most of it looks good offhand. It's probably a good idea at least to think about the issues these articles raise.


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03 Jan 2023, 8:52 pm

Mona Pereth wrote:
quite an extreme wrote:
Sorry but the really better way is just to learn to crush on a girl

WTF???

Having a crush on someone is, in the experience of all too many autistic people (and many other people too, for that matter), not at all likely to help one make a good impression on the person one has a crush on.

On the contrary, it is far more likely that the person whom one has a crush on will feel creeped out.

quite an extreme wrote:
and to cause her crushing on you as well.

WTF?

Maybe this can be done by people who are both super-exceptionally good-looking and super-exceptionally charming???

quite an extreme wrote:
Yes it's possible but it may be a hard way to learn for an aspie.

Obviously not feasible for the vast majority of autistic people, and not merely because of being "hard to learn."
Lots of people feel nervous around crushes & make bad impressions as a result.
I think it would be easier to just find someone interested in us or who would be willing to give us a chance. Then we try to make a decent impression on em & the crush feelings can develop after we get to know each other more.


Mona Pereth wrote:
Raleigh wrote:
If you're in highschool it would be ok, because that's what kids do, but if you're an adult it could be seen as a bit lame to ask a friend to set you up with someone.

It isn't just kids who do this. Indeed it used to be quite commonplace among adults before the Internet era.
My parents were set up by a mutual friend during college.


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04 Jan 2023, 12:36 am

quite an extreme wrote:
Zeke the alien wrote:
Hello, this is my first real post here, and I'm asking this because IDK whether or not I should go through with this. ...


Sorry but the really better way is just to learn to crush on a girl and to cause her crushing on you as well.
Yes it's possible but it may be a hard way to learn for an aspie.


A few things

1. I already know how to crush on people, I've had a crush on many people in the past, none of them shared those feelings.
2. You can't just make someone have feelings for you, they either have feelings or they don't.
3.I find guys more attractive than girls, so IDK why you specified "learn to crush on a girl".


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