Tonight Panda, Houdini, and I went to a dinner with my apartment mate (I’ll call him “Roomie”) and one of Houdini’s high school friends.  When Houdini met my apartment mate, he immediately wanted to set good ole Roomie up with a friend of his who he’d met up with recently.  She had told him she was interested in dating and possibly a relationship and hey, Roomie happens to be doing the same!  So, Houdini set about getting a blind date arranged (with himself, myself, and Panda as company).

Well, tonight Houdini gets in the car and tells us that she’s not coming.  Instead, we’re going to go pick up this high school friend of his, who he thinks might actually be a better match.  Shocked and confused, we asked what happened and as it turns out, this whole blind date thing was made into quite a big deal in one of the classes that the original blind date girl is taking.  On Friday, one of the people in that class (that she works with too?) actually asked her out because he liked her and didn’t want her to go on this blind date (and potentially get swept away by Roomie!).  She said yes, so she wasn’t going to come anymore.

Coincidentally, Houdini had another friend (the high school friend) who is single and looking to date too.  He even felt she might be more fitting for Roomie, so he invited her to come instead.  She agreed and hence we went to pick her up tonight rather than the other girl.  Funny, isn’t it?  Houdini’s attempt to set up his friend ended up in her getting a date with someone she already knows.  Meanwhile, Roomie and the high school friend had a pretty lively conversation tonight and whether or not they “like” each other, I do believe they had a good time and met a cool new person.

I am infinitely amused by the unintended result of trying to set up that first girl with Roomie.  Houdini got his wish and got her and Roomie dates (just not with each other, lol).  All in all it’s a pretty hilarious situation.  Certainly not how we envisioned or how it was supposed to go, but it’s all good!  And this is why we should be open to things that come our way.  You never know what might actually happen in the end!