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Across the Fence:  Ever been a matchmaker?  |
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Mollie
True Blue Farmgirl
88 Posts
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 Posted - Mar 31 2006 : 4:31:54 PM
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| Have you ever tried to be a matchmaker? Ever seen two people you just knew were perfect for each other? My friend has a 34 yr old never married daughter who is pretty just wonderful and she is "looking" but she is picky and just hasn't found Mr. Right. I am actively looking for her since she loves farming, animals, gardening, cooking, etc and a physical therapist. Have you ever been successful setting a couple up? |
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DaisyFarm
True Blue Farmgirl
1646 Posts
Diane
Victoria
BC
Canada
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Posted - Mar 31 2006 : 6:55:59 PM
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No I haven't, but I swear you're talking about my daughter. I so wish she could meet somebody with like interests, and she would make such a wonderful mother. She is 28 and such a sweetheart. I wish she could meet someone, but she is SO picky! She is a lab tech here at the hospital and she would kill me if she knew I was writing this...lol.
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
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Posted - Apr 03 2006 : 08:29:21 AM
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| I have. Worked with a gal from Michigan. Had a cycling buddy who complained he couldn't find any women. So I did a little matchmaking and got the two together. At first it went great. Then they decided to move in together. Kiss of death in my book. They stayed together for a little over 2 years. Poor "Stephanie" is too much of a city gal, and couldn't handle "Matt's" tall grass, pitted gravel driveway, his mother's pack of dogs.....and especially his mother living a stone's throw away across the driveway. I agree with the mom thing. TOO CLOSE!! I love them both, but they ended up arguing more than being friends and lovers, so 2 years ago they split. Oh well. Matt is dating yet another friend from the zoo. But this time they got themselves together and I won't have to feel badly this time if it doesn't work out. And, as far as I know, they aren't shaking up together....not yet anyway |
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blueroses
True Blue Farmgirl
1323 Posts
Debbie
in the Pandhandle of
Idaho
USA
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Posted - Apr 03 2006 : 11:14:44 AM
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I did one time and it worked out! Don't like to be a matchmaker. I'd rather not have a friend get mad at me for a "mismatch", but I did match my friend from exercise class with a man from the earlier class and invited them to a Halloween party that we had. They hit it off and ended up getting married. I was so happy for them.
"You cannot find peace...by avoiding life."
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brightmeadow
True Blue Farmgirl
2045 Posts
Brenda
Lucas
Ohio
USA
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Posted - Apr 03 2006 : 2:38:56 PM
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I'd like to match up my husband's younger brother but my husband says "NO- stay out of it!" If I did anything it would have to be extremely subtle!!!!!!
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands - You shall be happy and it shall be well with you. -Psalm 128.2
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thehouseminder
True Blue Farmgirl
361 Posts
USA
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Posted - Apr 04 2006 : 06:08:17 AM
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Dh was the first of his buddies to settle down. For year after that some of them bugged me to set them up. "Do you have sisters?" "How about friends?" On and on it went.
As much as I like most of them, I somehow couldn't see them with any of my girlfriends. I think they would drive the women I know crazy. To be fair, I also have a female friend who trashes every decent relationship. It's like she's not happy unless she's being treated badly. None of these guys deserve that either.
I guess I've just never seen two people I thought were perfect for one another who were not already together. Maybe that makes me short sighted.
Lucinda
P.S. Daisyfarm: Be thankful your daughter IS picky. Have you seen the kind of guys so many girl's are devoting themselves to lately? It sounds like she is a girl with a healthy sense of self and she knows what she wants. No harm in that.
When we were young, there were moments of such perfectly crystallized happiness that we stood stock still and silently promised ourselves that we would remember them always. And we did. --Holly J. Burkhalter , "Four Midwestern Sisters' Christmas Book"
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