Actually, arranged marriages statistically are far more successful. Can't remember the exact numbers but I believe their divorce rates are in the teens. On the original subject ... yeah everyone hates it when their mom tries to set them up on a date, but what's wrong with at least finding out if the girl's actually worth it? The odds on that can't be worse than picking up random chicks at a bar.
If 'success' is defined as staying together. That's probably got to do more with a culture that dictates you don't have any say in your marriage than with anything else.
Ask your mom if she has a nice rack. Not your mom's rack, the woman she's trying to set you up with. Yeah, you'll have to deal w/ an awkward silence, but it's a small price to pay to never be asked again.
Enthusiastically take her up on her offer. Let her know that you might do something that would be really embarrassing, when word got back to her friend. Start to bug her for more numbers. Let her know one just isn't enough.
Better yet, ask your Mom if SHE has a nice rack and if you can see it. She'll probably never talk to you again. Problem solved.
Never had my mother or your mother (talking about hp) set me up on a blind date, but blind dates are good. My wife and me met on a blind date. Just get someone else, hp, to set you up on a blind date other than your mother or any other family member for that matter. Good luck - we're all counting on you!
My current girlfriend is my mom's best friend's daughter. But our parents didn't really try to set us up, it just happened this way.
Not really. The reason why divorce rates are so high around here is that people have jaded ideas of what love means, and are quick to jump on the divorce option when after a few years they finally come down from the emotional high and think "I just don't love you anymore". Obviously we in the west like to scoff at arranged marriages, but the one thing they do have is that they learn to truly love one another over the years. It's not a love whose foundation is based on some temporary overwhelming emotional rush coupled with sexual attraction. You might say it sucks that they don't get to "choose" their partners, but it's false to say that they're staying together because they don't have a choice.
actually the fact that women are being career oriented now and making their own money they no longer have to rely on a man for income. they can afford the divorce and live on their own.
the way to handle people trying to set you up is this. Say that you are always open to meeting new people. So when they email you, you just invite them to a networking event that you happen to be going to. That way, if you like them, you can talk to them, but if they are a bore, you can just introduce them to other people and you're pretty much done since you came to the event seperately, and most likely they have their own friends....
