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Today, my co-worker who I have known for roughly 2 weeks asked if she could set me up with a friend of hers. He is, apparently, a really nice bloke, honest! He's just disabled (somehow; no detail was gone into on this disability) and has never had a girlfriend. And he lives with his mother. And he likes football and music and sometimes he reads books but she doesn't know what kind of books. Oh, and he's 30, but hey, he's got money and a car and stuff.
What. The. Hell? Now, firstly I'm asexual and entirely unromantic, so I do not want to be dating at all. Secondly, he's never dated someone before at 30? That's sending up warning flags.Thirdly... I'm just out of living with the ex, I don't need another mother's boy (and yes, she also said he was a bit of a mother's boy, I'm not just extrapolating). Fourthly, I hate football, and if I were to date someone, I'd want to be able to talk about anime and gaming and forums and writing and fantasy books. Fifthly, do I really seem mercenary enough to care about how much money he's got? That would be kind of like prostitution, IMO. Sixthly... what the heck? You think I'm enough of a soft touch to go on what would be a -pity- date?
It would be one thing if I'd known this coworker for a while and one of her other friends seemed to be like me enough that we could at least talk to each other, but why would you try and set up a total stranger with your friend? It's actually kind of insulting to your friend, coworker.
I think I managed to babble something about not really being interested in dating right now, between my college work load and working, but she kept pressing. It would only be one date, you see. Just one. And he's a really funny guy.
So, coworker, a big W.T.F. to you.
What. The. Hell? Now, firstly I'm asexual and entirely unromantic, so I do not want to be dating at all. Secondly, he's never dated someone before at 30? That's sending up warning flags.Thirdly... I'm just out of living with the ex, I don't need another mother's boy (and yes, she also said he was a bit of a mother's boy, I'm not just extrapolating). Fourthly, I hate football, and if I were to date someone, I'd want to be able to talk about anime and gaming and forums and writing and fantasy books. Fifthly, do I really seem mercenary enough to care about how much money he's got? That would be kind of like prostitution, IMO. Sixthly... what the heck? You think I'm enough of a soft touch to go on what would be a -pity- date?
It would be one thing if I'd known this coworker for a while and one of her other friends seemed to be like me enough that we could at least talk to each other, but why would you try and set up a total stranger with your friend? It's actually kind of insulting to your friend, coworker.
I think I managed to babble something about not really being interested in dating right now, between my college work load and working, but she kept pressing. It would only be one date, you see. Just one. And he's a really funny guy.
So, coworker, a big W.T.F. to you.