<p>What has been your experience either arranging or experiencing a blind date?</p>
<p>For those of you who’ve arranged them – Did you just say, “Hey Joe, do you want Sally’s number?” and let Joe take it from there? Or did you perhaps provide Joe with some excuse to take Sally out, such as “extra theater tickets”?</p>
<p>I have arranged for 2 couples to meet and both of them are still married. What I did was to arrange a large get together, like a dinner out with many people. People I was setting up with knew who they were because I talked about them before hand. There wasn’t a lot of pressure. I figured if they liked each other then they would spend time together, otherwise it was a nice night out for everyone.</p>
<p>H and I met on a blind date: his mother and my mother had a mutual friend, who asked me if I wanted to meet a nice young man. I said yes, he called (eventually), and we’ve been married for 27 years. :)</p>
<p>In the case I am considering, it is for people of the younger generation, so the large group get together wouldn’t work too well.</p>
<p>Both parties have agreed to the idea of the blind date in theory, but maybe they are just being polite.</p>
<p>I have nothing good to say about blind dates. :D</p>
<p>Consolation, what went wrong??</p>
<p>Oldfort, you confused me for a minute… I thought you meant the two couples were going to mix & match on a blind date. 
But when I re-read, I saw that the truth was much less interesting (isn’t that often the case?).</p>
<p>I had a friend in college who arranged a double date consisting of her boyfriend, her, the blind date, and me. What a disaster! For one thing, they didn’t tell me ahead of time that the guy was older and divorced, and at age 21 I had NO interest in dating someone with baggage. Them my friend and her boyfriend argued like cats and dogs during the date - I believe there were even tears involved. It was about the longest night of my life. The guy and I had nothing in common and it was a struggle to even figure out what to talk about. Shudder! I never went out on a blind date after that.</p>
<p>I’m not opposed to blind dates. My eyesight isn’t as good as it used to be, either.</p>
<p>;)</p>
<p>OP - when I introduced them, they were in their 20s. One couple was my brother and SIL. He was smitten the first time he met her.</p>
<p>Heck, match.com, J.Date and other such companies are kind of doing the blind date thing, aren’t they? </p>
<p>Why not suggest they meet at a Starbucks for a cuppa? No major investment on either side.</p>
<p>Mr. Ellebud and I were introduced on a blind date…33 years married.</p>
<p>My parents met on a blind date. I don’t recall who set them up, but they basically arranged for them to meet at a malt shop near their two colleges. They’d been married almost 38 years when my father died.</p>
<p>My H and I met on a blind date in a more conventional way-after meeting online. We chose a daytime movie at a discount house-not much financial investment and in the bright light of day. We’ve been together 14 years now.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t buy tickets for another couple unless you really knew their tastes and schedules-what if they can’t make it? I think it would make more sense to include both of them in some larger social event-much less pressure that way.</p>