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Originally Posted by aron
When I was there I was approached several times by elders and "workers" about getting connected to some faithful sister who was pining away as the years rolled past. It didn't sound too romantic to me. So I managed to evade them.
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I remember two different "serving brothers" suggesting the same young lady to me. To the first brother, I responded that I wasn't interested in her. He seemed irritated and persisted in recommending this particular sister to me, almost like he was giving me a second chance to open my eyes and realize that I was actually interested in her.
When the second brother mentioned the same lady to me, a couple months later, it made me uncomfortable. It struck me as rather odd that they both just "happened" be suggesting the same sister to me, specifically. And neither of them bothered to explain why they had her in mind for me anyway. It raised my eyebrows a little. In fact, my surprise was probably written all over my face. As for the serving brother, there was a smile on his face.
The sad thing is, in retrospect, it's possible that if I'd had the opportunity to get to know this sister, I might have been interested. She wasn't unattractive, I'd just really never talked to her before. So it felt like these guys were putting the cart before the horse, trying to get me to be interested when there had never been any real opportunity for mutual interest to develop in the first place.
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