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Have friends of yours ever told you they could help you get a relationship? I have had male friends who told me that they could help me get a girlfriend. It never happened.

Reminds me of a guy I used to know. Worst wingman since Gypsy Scott.

Hahaha yes. Sadly the guy was the super social popular type that we have absolutely NOTHING in common with. And he was living in another city to boot. And he kept asking me questions like when i would like to marry and what meals i am good at cooking. (?) ı guess he was looking for a house maid lmao.

My cousin told me he would set me up with a girl just to end up dating her himself.

Nope.

Usually I'm the wingman...helping girls keep their confidence up and chase guys.

Guys I hang with were mostly celibates (Catholic seminarians) so they aren't wing manning for anybody. I'm celibate too but I'm not married so it's OK for now...should I end up needing to marry instead of other plans, I'll get married. Celibacy is a choice, not always a vow like some overdramatic movie.

So no, nobody's tried to set me up with a girl.

Granted I'm female and have had a very small number of friends over the course of my life, but no, I've never had anyone say they could help me get a boyfriend (and I've been single all my life - happily so, if someone did offer I'd refuse because I don't actually want a boyfriend).

Some things you gotta do yourself

Nobody ever tried to set me up & I wanted people to. I've had gay friends tell me they wanted to date me but that was the closet.

Nope. Nobody's ever done or offered to do anything like that for me.

Yeah. I'm still really lost & confused a year or two later anyway. I'm not convinced anyone exists they could set me up with.

Friends and relatives used to try to set me up with "blind dates". The women they set me up with were, without exception, unappealing in every way -- whiny, self-centered, demanding, et cetera.

It told me more about what they thought of me than anything they ever actually said to me.

My mom tried pushing me in a specific direction. She really wanted me to get with one guy in particular because she really liked his family.

I did not like the dad very much (or the son for that matter), but she was disappointed when we didn’t end up together.

No, never.

Actually I feel they don’t believe me much when they learn I am dating someone.

it has never happened and it is extremely unlikely there's someone out there i'd want to be set up with anyway.

My family members who knew me more were surprised when I had a girlfriend. Some of that is cuz I have LOTS of various so-called "issues", "problems", "disabilities" & cuz I've always been an extreme loner with everyone including all my family.

Someone tried to set me up once, but I think it was a joke. I believe that this person incorrectly thought that I had a crush on a new student; and wanted to make things as awkward as possible for me.

An exchange student had come to visit for a term, and we soon became friends. She sat next to me on her first day. We were talking and laughing at the start of class before the lesson had started. Anyway, later on in the session we had to join with a few others to make a group. One person in particular kept making jokes which seemed to imply that the two of us were close. I wondered if I was misinterpreting them at first. Then things started to become a little more blatant.

For the group project, we created a private chat on social media to discuss our plans. Unfortunately, no one had added the exchange student to this discussion yet. So we were having a conversation trying to determine if anyone was friends with her on social media. Everyone said no, including me. Once I replied, the person who had been making jokes before chimed in "Oh, really? And here I was thinking she was your exchange student. "

Despite the fact that exchange programs through the University didn't work like that. The emojis accompanying the message made it clear that something else was going on.

We were planning to make a short film. During the brainstorming process, this same person suggested a story of a couple in a long-distance relationship. Then suggested that I be an actor along with the exchange student in this film. If that isn't an obvious sign of someone trying to set me up, I've no idea what is. Anyway, we didn't go with that concept.

Our group was struggling at one point to organise activities since the exchange student had a slightly different schedule. The other two group members suggested that we continue without her, one of them added "Of course, I know you're probably heartbroken over this, but for the sake of this project we should consider", and the other agreed. I tried to explain a few times that I wasn't, but eventually I gave up. Clearly they were enjoying teasing me too much. We managed to find a solution that worked for everyone and completed the project. The exchange student went back home after the filming was complete. I was somewhat expecting to be asked how I was going to cope now that she'd left, but I was not. People had probably gotten bored of the joke at this point.