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Why ‘Fixing’ Your Friends Will Only Break Your Relationships

Why ‘Fixing’ Your Friends Will Only Break Your Relationships

Thursday, September 11, 2025
I once had a bad habit of setting up my single friends on dates with each other. (If you were one of them, consider this my public apology.) At the time, it felt like harmless matchmaking—mixing circles and manufacturing a little serendipity. The problem is that people aren’t pawns, and relationships aren’t party tricks. One…