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From: pooh@unirot.UUCP (Pooh)
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Subject: Re: Headhunters, hearthunters.
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Date: Sat, 18-Jan-86 14:23:59 EST
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Posted: Sat Jan 18 14:23:59 1986
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>The questions are: what are the differences between these two situations?
>Why might someone be willing to be fixed up for a job but not for a date
>(or vice versa)? How do you handle a relative who tries to fix you up?
>(I may post my own strategy at some time - it requires a relative with a
>sense of humor.) My experience is that my mother and aunts get into this
>sort of stuff. My father doesn't and my uncles don't. (Although Uncle Ben
>DID say, "go ahead, call her up, make your aunt happy".) Have other people
>noticed this? Any explanations?
>
Hmmm.  Might it be that you feel freer to reject a job offer than a
romantic one?  It's easy to say, "I don't think this job is for me;
it doesn't fit my requirements," but harder to say, "This guy's a nerd, 
Mom, why did you fix me up with him?"

As the years have gone by, I've gotten to trust my friends and relatives
more and more to fix me up if they know someone I might like.  On the
other hand, my parents live 1500 miles away now, so they can't do it
as often. . .:-)

Pooh
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