Would you ever let one of your parents set you up on a date?

[NotSoBad]

What type of person would your father choose?

What do you think you would you like about the person?

What do you think you would you dislike about the person?

What type of person would your mother choose?

What do you think you would you like about the person?

What do you think you would you dislike about the person?

What type of guy/girl do you normally choose on your own?

Why do you think it is that your parents would choose a different type of person?

[somechick]

I would never allowed that to happen. Even if it's out of my control, I will never go along with it.

What type of person? I'm Chinese, so both of my parents will probably pick a short virgin Chinese doctor. What's there to like? :P

I'm a white girl trapped in a Asian body. I prefer dating white boys because I find I have more in common with them. In terms of beliefs, etc. I guess I'm not the "conservative" type. I would also choose someone that has similar ambitions/goals in life, doesn't have to have everything in common in terms of interest. I prefer learning about what he's interested in and vice versa. Someone that is smart, funny, caring, confident, in good shape. I know, pretty much nonexistent.

I seriously don't think my parents know me all that well in terms of my preference in men. Ideally, they would want me to date within my own ethnicity. Which they have accepted that it's not going to happen.

[epavlova]

Let me respond from the other side. As a mother with five kids (four of them teenagers), I would never try to set up a date for one of my kids. Each person needs to make his or her own choices on whom to date. Period, end of story. Not all parents feel this way, but I know many who do (including my husband). The idea of setting up dates for my kids is probably even more repulsive to me than it is to them!

[unique]

OMG no.

My did that once and it was horrible.

she set me up on a date with her friends son, he was cute and nice. We went out in a couple of day and asked me to be his girlfriend. It was a very hard relationship. My mom picked a really cute guy but he was in so much trouble, he actually went to jail 2X's wile we dated. I didn't brake up with him till he got out couse I felt bad for him.

[soxfan94]

No I wouldn't.

My dad would pick the hottest girl he could find, regardless of her intelligence or sense of humor. Of course I'd love that she was hot, but it would drive me CRAZY if she was dumb or stoic.

My mom would pick the nicest girl she could find, regardless of her looks. Not only would I worry that her looks might be a little questionable, but I also know that I'm not looking for a girl that is nice ALL the time. I need someone with a wild streak, and some spontaneity.

Normally I choose girls who are at least moderately attractive (read: From cute to hot on the attractiveness scale), but more importantly ones that have a great sense of humor, are smart, and are very down to earth. I can't stand dumb, arrogant, or overly serious girls.

[Anonymous]

Kapssh hell no.

Both of my parents would pick extreme intellectuals. I'm not saying that I'm a dumbass I'm just saying that the girl would talk about school and I definitely wouldn't be able to go out with some one like that.

I would want someone that is smart but not to like all honors/Ap classes and >95 averages. Also she HAS to be a gamer and of course she need a little looks.

I think that my parents would choose someone different than me because, at my age, all that they think about is my grades and SAT scores and all that school stuff and I'm just not as concerned about that stuff as much as them.

[archer86]

Bad, bad, bad bad bad idea! NO way, no chance, no how. My parents wanted me to be a priest! Which means whatever fiendish ideology of a date they had in mind for me would have been evil (^_^).