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Well meaning friend

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Buffybee Sun 21-Oct-18 17:45:58

* "stray" old man hanging around*!

Made me laugh! Ellan.

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M0nica Sun 21-Oct-18 16:08:57

Why did she assume that feeling lonely meant you were looking for a partner?

Inviting you to go with her when she was going out for the day with friends or going to U3A or something like that seems more appropriate.

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oldbatty Sun 21-Oct-18 14:47:30

What a shame, after you were so brave.

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cornergran Sun 21-Oct-18 13:30:03

Oh dear. I'd be horrified. I think henetha has a good plan, invite her to your home instead. If she's truly a friend she will stop making you uncomfortable.

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Grammaretto Sun 21-Oct-18 13:21:29

You poor thing! Very Bridget Jones.
I wonder did anyone meet their partners by being introduced at a friend's dinner party?

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EllanVannin Sun 21-Oct-18 13:15:43

I'd do what Henetha suggested as that way you call the shots. I couldn't be doing with some " stray " old man hanging around. Being lonely is one thing but matchmaking would be right off the menu, I'd rather be lonely hahahaha.

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henetha Sun 21-Oct-18 11:15:23

Maybe turn the tables and invite her to your place for dinner instead. Then you're in control.
She might mean well, but any sort of matchmaking would drive me mad!
Good luck!

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BlueBelle Sun 21-Oct-18 11:02:49

Oh blimey I can’t think of anything worse
Good luck in this one ?

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Oldwoman70 Sun 21-Oct-18 11:00:07

I recently opened up to someone about feeling lonely a lot of the time. A couple of weeks ago she invited me to dinner at her house to find she had also invited a man who is also alone. It was obvious she was trying to "fix us up". I don't know which one of us was more embarrassed. I am happy to meet her friends but I am not interested in a romantic relationship.

She called in yesterday and has invited me to dinner again next week. I explained that if she was also inviting another man in the hope of getting us together I wouldn't go. She said she wasn't but had a gleam in her eye and it seems she has now made it her mission to find me a partner!

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