You may find the idea of setting up your ex-partner with a date ridiculous – but, for some, it couldn’t be more natural
After Elliot broke up with his girlfriend Kelly, they stayed friends. Why wouldn’t they? The breakup had been amicable; after dating for a year and moving in together, they started squabbling over silly things and figured they were better off apart. They were on a night out in April last year with their friendship group when Elliot, a 27-year-old childcare worker from Lancashire, bumped into Tom, an old work colleague. They made small talk for a bit, before going their separate ways. But Tom had caught Kelly’s eye, and the next day she called Elliot with an unusual request: could he set them up on a date?
Elliot wasn’t opposed to the idea, but there was a problem. “I said: ‘I have no idea who you’re on about!’” he remembers. “We’d had such a brief conversation that it didn’t stick in my memory.” A few days later at work, Elliot’s team leader mentioned Tom’s name. “I thought: ‘That’s who she meant!’ I texted her saying: ‘It’s this guy.’” Kelly and Tom started messaging; Elliot even helped her craft the initial, flirtatious texts. It worked: Kelly and Tom now live together.
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