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u/alexisanthoni 3h ago
So it doesn’t get less awkward with age?
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u/Positive_Ninja_159 3h ago
Never🤦♀️☺️
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u/MakingItElsewhere 2h ago
I've been married to my wife for 30 years. I still get a little nervous asking her out.
Now it's not "Will she reject me because she's not interested in me", it's more "Will she reject me because menopause has other plans". (It used to be "Will the kids have other plans". They're almost grown now and spend their weekends elsewhere, usually. So you know, we've got that going for us)
That being said, I don't live for the days of "Will she go out with me" anymore. I live for the days she sees me for all my awkward glory, flaws, etc and just...accepts me. I had one of those days last week, and it was amazingly eye opening where my brain went 'Oh yeah, she knows me and still loves me!'
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u/1jf0 1h ago
You can do it bro-king
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u/MakingItElsewhere 59m ago
Appreciate it, man. I'll get this married hottie with 3 kids to go out with me at some point! Maybe I should tell her the gray streak in her hair reminds me of Rogue from X-men again.
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u/garlic_bread_thief 3h ago
I'm fucked then
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u/InspectorOrdinary321 2h ago
Rather than expecting the awkwardness to go away, the trick is to lean in and do it anyway despite the awkwardness.
It's like if you have anxiety, you can either hide in bed all day or you can get used to being scared and doing things anyway. Over time, the fear gets easier to ignore even though it doesn't go away completely.
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u/ObsessiveUselessness 2h ago
Maybe try speed dating? Everyone is awkward so you can cruise the wave without feeling the odd one.
Im also considering speed dating for the same reason. Im not good with words and dating apps are mostly focused on hookups in my area.
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u/whereamI303 1h ago
Keep doing it doesn't matter if people believe or not people are tired of not finding love not talking to people just KEEP DOING IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!
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u/Zygmunt-zen 3h ago
We need an update.
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u/TheMadManiac 2h ago
Good news! They are banging as we speak!
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u/ssp25 2h ago
bad news it was in the produce section
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u/ogcanuckamerican 1h ago
She's locked up in his dark, wet basement. She'd scream for help but her mouth is covered with duct tape he picked up from said Walmart.
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u/marceldia 3h ago
I like the sentiment of nice people meeting each other but it puts people in an awkward position under false pretenses. I don’t know, seems off
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u/51differentcobras 3h ago
Yeah there’s a chance it all goes well but there’s also a huge chance that one person is wildly uncomfortable and is just “going along with it” to make someone else happy. Good intentions and honestly in the end there’s muuuuch worse pranks that could happen to people a little embarrassment or awkwardness is really nothing in the grand scheme of life. Probably healthy honestly…
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u/skyrymproposal 2h ago
My dad asked out a woman (his now second wife) out because someone told him that this woman was interested in him. He spent 16 years single and was almost an empty nester so he thought, “maybe it is time”.
She said yes, and it later came out that the person who told him that totally made it up. My step mom and dad gifted them a nice bottle of champagne for setting them up. He would have never asked her out without that confidence boost.
All that is to say, this can work wonderfully. They have been married 15 years at this point. ❤️
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u/ifcknlovemycat 2h ago
It lacks the actual physical attraction. He says ___ thinks you're physically attractive, and then brings them together. There was one where he did it to a cute girl and a very very strange man. It made her obviously uncomfortable
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u/MaliciousMe87 1h ago
So I accidentally made one of these happen. My old church had a "youth church" at the college, and at one of the weekly events they had a program to send a nice note to anyone in the local church, could be anonymous if wanted. Welllll my roommate was pursuing a girl way, way out of his league who had no interest in him... And I knew if a gal who was interested in him. So even though we'd tried to convince him this was a much better idea, he refused...
So I was a bit annoyed and thought maybe he'd just talk to her if I wrote a nice note in her name and sent it to him. But then (I acknowledge the assholery now) I wrote a note as him and sent it to her! Signed it as them and everything. They HUNG OUT, GOT MARRIED AND HAVE CHILDREN. Did not see that coming, we just wanted to help him not be so obsessed with his original crush!
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u/Archaneoses 52m ago
You wanted him to stop pursuing a girl because you thought she was out of his league? I'm glad this ended up being a happy ending and all, but you come off like a huge dick.
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u/IncidentFormal761 26m ago edited 21m ago
Yeah, like I'm expecting to hear that OP originally ended up dating the girl his friend originally was trying to pursue for awhile shortly after this accident. Plus Username fits.
It's great that there was a happy ending, but no one tries to prevent a relationship for no reason, and rejection isn't really a reason.
The one that really sucks, is when people know you are interested in a girl, and they start pursuing her, or dating her. With zero intent to be in a serious or long term relationship, or the ability to be in a serious or long term relationship.
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u/Punningisfunning 9m ago
For real. In my experience, religion is a huge equalizer. Plenty of “10/10” women will marry “beneath” them because of the guy’s devotion to their god.
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u/Riffola60 3h ago
The man: "I'm just going to leave the store and come back to shop in 3 hours to avoid the aisle awkwardness."
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u/jjangles714 3h ago
Only hard part would be getting rejected after being told she thought you were cute
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u/TREXIBALL 2h ago
The camera man:
https://reddit.com/link/pgtcm5m/video/x5vhrhlfejvh1/player
Fuck this (likely) staged garbage.
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u/TheMarkola 2h ago
It's a hidden camera. Meta glasses.
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u/TREXIBALL 2h ago
Oh shit I think you’re right. The camera is hella high up. My brain still thinks of GoPro mounts but has forgotten that AR and VR glasses exist.
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u/kpsmithdeut 2h ago
I fucking hate this stupid shit
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u/Jimbobthefrog 2h ago
The type of person who gets up and beats their toilet for trying to take the piss.
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u/Dan_flashes480 3h ago
I felt the non visible face palm when he said shut up after hearing her name
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u/Ace_Ranger 3h ago
He said "I'm Shaun". AI captioning got it wrong.
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u/Dan_flashes480 3h ago
I didn't put sound on for the fact it might have a stupid song playing. I hate the ai captions as well. Might just have to skip these videos 100% from now on
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u/tophstitch 1h ago
LMFAO thanks i watched without sound and thought the ‘shut up’ was because both of their names were shelly
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u/Some_Difficulty9312 32m ago
You think we’re falling for this skit? 🤷🏻♀️ Tell your parents they’re lucky to be together for that long.
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u/drollercoaster99 2h ago
nice and cute until you realize you might have set someone up with a creep. don't do this.
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u/TheTaoOfMe 1h ago
I mean just because he introduced them doesn’t mean it forces them to get in a car and head into the woods alone together. People can still make the same decisions they would normally.
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u/marceldia 2h ago
Also he might not think she’s cute or visa versa and then they have to be like nah… or lie and dig the hole deeper
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u/danvillain 3h ago
I would like to see this done with different cultures. How would two Asians or Latinos or black people react in this situation?
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u/Comfortable-Cry304 2h ago
how to ruin peoples lives, other than you own:
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u/TheMarkola 2h ago
Why? The happiest people I know aren't single. It's good to have someone by your side to share happiness and, why not, problems. Two people can add to and multiply good times and help each other through sad times. It's simply a matter of knowing how to choose and not accepting less than you deserve and give.
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