Friday, 28 November 2008
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Friday Fun: Regifting A Boyfriend
Aaaand the holiday season is officially upon us - bring on the cookies, mad dashes to the store for last-minute presents and, of course, inevitable regifting.
Here's your Friday Fun question: Have you ever regifted a BF or GF? That is, going out with someone for a short period of time, realizing that you're not compatible and suggesting he or she go after a friend of yours instead? Any success or horror stories?
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This is generally insanely ill-advised, for a number of reasons.
Never. After dating certain people, I realized that they weren't compatible with ANYONE I know.
I don't find a thing wrong with that. I guess its like matchmaking. You already aren't compatible with him, so he isn't yours. So yeah, its nothing wrong doing that.
I've tried it. Disastrous. Currently trying it, actually. I think I need to stop. Matchmaking with exboyfriends isn't a good idea.
I don't think that is acceptable at all...
Not quite. I'm going out with someone who was going out with a friend of mine, and she DID suggest to me that he and I go out if the two broke up, but she didn't suggest it to him as far as I know... he and I just kind of got together.
And so far it seems to be working out nicely. The two people I'm speaking of already didn't get along so well, and they're working on fixing it, but otherwise, it seems to be pretty good. :)
Don't date your friends ex boyfriend or boy toys.
Duh.
Unless of course you get the green light; but even then, most girls don't mean, "I'm fine with it and happy for you two."
Xo
@Sirius_Fan_Girl@xanga -
do u really need to b sharing this with the world. We r working out fine, and laura didnt say anything about u liking me. It is going very nicely and I'm very happy.Laura and I r at a pretty neutral stage right now, so whether or not it works out, idk.
@theamazingq1@xanga - WHOAMIGOD you're right there. Hello.
Yeah, because that was the question, so I answered it. And no one on here knows us so it doesn't really matter. *shrug* But I'm sorry if it bugs you. >.> That's not the intention.
i don't really see any problem with it, as long as they weren't dating for like a year or something, because then it just gets messy LOL
not exactly... my best friend really liked a guy and was a fwb with him, and i ended up going out with him... but i didn't like him anywhere near as much as she did, and it hurt our friendship... and he never ended up with her, and it didn't work out with me either. i think that's a recipe for disaster!
My ex advised me go out with my current...that was 5 years ago.
As long as sex isn't involved, this is very possible.
I had a sister one year older than I, and another two years younger. We frequently would offer each other the guys we were dating, if we knew it wasn't "the guy". If I knew that either sister thought the guy was fine, I'd start talking up that sister as I let the guy know that I couldn't be more than a friend to him. If I had a gf who would be interested I'd do the same. Since I lived in a town near two military bases, we had a lot of guys to choose from (I worked in a pool hall across from one of them - cleaning it and giving change.).
Should any of my sisters or gfs declare true love for a particular guy, he was never circulated - even if they broke up. That kind of love invests too much to endure seeing the one who doesn't love you back, dating someone else.
I learned later that most of the guys were aware of the possibilities of getting a chance at someone else in the circle, and so they were pleased to know that somehow there was a date available for them. It was a happy situation for a guy far from home, and we girls were careful to treat each man and each other with respect.
My elder son dated a girl we'd known since she was 7, and six years later she became my daughter-in-law. She married his brother. Again, thank God for no sexual action in the dating, or this would have been far too awkward.
in some situations that'd be suitable
but rlly i think it'd be awkward to suggest your ex to a friend..
I know of two instances where it worked out just fine. I met a guy and we hit it off, but on the first date, we realized we were FRIENDS.... period end of discussion. The kind of friends who wanted the best for each other, and so I introduced a friend of mine who was in a horrible, disastrous relationship with a nasty controlling guy. The only thing disastrous is that he was killed by a drunk driver some years later.
Then my bil was dating a girl. He decided she was a bit too young and too wild for him. He asked if she had a sister. She said yes, but she has a baby at home. He said perfect and they were married and very very happy. The baby is 30+ now and considers the bil his father
but alas, this story has an unhappy ending also - my bil was murdered by a burglar that he surprised one morning.
Still in the face of those two stories, I'd repeat the same thing if the person was decent and I thought that both peopel would be happy in the face of it
um...no.
i would never ever ever do that
I totally have, I'm a horrible person for it, too!!
But they were all successes with happily ever after stories!
LOL, short time.. very short time. yes.. well idk if i'd regift to a close friend but yea..
regift to someone else. get him off my back lol