朋友乱牵线

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A friend once set me up on a date, 之前有个朋友给我介绍过一次对象，

absolutely certain we'd be perfect together. 特别笃定我们俩会是绝配。

You're so alike, she said, it's meant to be. 她说：“你们俩太像了，简直是命中注定。”

We were not alike. 结果我们俩根本不像。

We had, as far as I could tell, exactly nothing in common. 据我所知，我们俩完全没有任何共同点。

We sat there for an hour searching desperately for one shared topic 我们在那儿坐了一个小时，拼命想找出一个共同话题，

and coming up empty. 结果啥也没聊出来。

Afterward, my friend called, thrilled, asking how it went. 事后，我朋友兴奋地打电话过来，问进展如何。

I had to gently explain 我不得不委婉地向她解释：

that being two single people she happened to know was not, “刚好都认识你的两个单身汉”，

in fact, a personality match. 在现实中并不等于“性格合得来”。

I've learned to be very cautious about setups now. 现在我对别人介绍对象这事儿变得特别谨慎。

When someone says you two would be perfect, 当有人说“你们俩简直绝配”的时候，

what they usually mean is, 他们的意思通常其实是：

you are both single, “你们俩刚好都单身，

and I would very much like that to change. 而我非常想让你们脱单。”