And those guys want to be doctors some day. Yeah well that explains a lot.

I'm reminded me of the quote from the Princes Bride. "You keep using that word (friends). I do not think it means what you think it means."

To: OP From: me Subject: Friendship offer You seem like a great guy, but you could have better friends. I hereby apply to be your friend. I tend to discriminate people very quickly between "nice/intelligent" and "crazy/harmful". You defintely belong to the first category and your "friends" to the second. Since we are friends now, i encourage you to get to know more this young girl. I don´t know her. But i like the way you talk about her. Not all first dates work out that well. Go for it. Side note. From one buddy to another. Roads or girls, curves are lot of fun.

I have nothing else to say but "EW"! Horrible "friends" but the OP seems very nice! Hope he and the girl have a lovely time together.

Ummm, so his 'friends" are upset that their attempt to hurt/humiliate him didn't work out? Oh no, the tragedy!

Some medical residents are awful humans...I don't know if it's a personality type or a reaction to sleep deprivation.

Ditch the friends, keep the girl

Those are NOT friends. How disgusting.

This one time my friends set me up with the nerdiest girl in school, but after hanging out with her and a complete makeover we fell in love.

That is the absolute worst, when your friends try to use your autism to manipulate you. Those guys aren't his friends; they just saw someone they could take advantage of. Predators do that, and they pretend to be friends. I had a friend who tried to set me up with a guy older than my dad. A virgin (which I was at the time) was on his bucket list, and he was pushing 70 and in poor health. So she got his fishing boat if she got him a virgin. And she kept insisting that it's ageist to refuse to go out with someone because of their age, and I was being prejudiced, and I didn't understand how dating and promises are supposed to work because of my autism and I couldn't make her break her word to him. I had to ask a FB group if she was as out of line as I felt she was, because I was so confused by her gaslighting. They set me straight, and it's sad that Internet strangers cared more about my safety than a friend did. I'm glad Reddit helped that guy.

So the "friends" were quite happy to hurt both the op and the woman in the name of a prank and then have the nerve to be upset about it when nobody actually gets hurt. They sound like absolute losers, op needs to ditch them yesterday.

P***k your so called friends. They’d would all be blocked instantly. Doesn’t matter that you ended up liking her, it’s the way they treat humans. It’s terrifying that they are in medical school

Yeah, those aren't friends, they are AS*HOLES and false friends.

Many years ago I dated a lady and we didn't hit it off. She was nice, good looking, but no spark between us. I had a friend I thought she might like though and set them up on a blind date and they had a great time. They have been married now for over 15 years and are as happy as clams. This was the only time I ever did this and I still don't know why I even thought about setting them up.

Why does he write "my friends", clearly he must mean "my former friends who I have cut contact with because I found out they are horrible people"? Setting a girl up as a joke because she's supposedly unattractive, is bullying. I could not be friends with someone who did that to some innocent girl (or boy).

I've met dudes like this. Acting like the teenage bullies they were even in their twenties. I can only hope they've grown up since, because the moment they drive by egged their victim since school and incidentally me as well they lost their status as humans in my eyes. If I could I would have thrown a rock through their windshield and had them die in a crash. It remains the angriest I've ever been in my life a full decade later. This guy I was walking with had a disability which made him more prone to addiction among other things. One hemisphere of his brain was smaller. For years they included him only to mess with him, started him smoking so now he gets shakes if he goes without, and even in his twenties they run into us at a shop, buy eggs and drive by egg him twice! If they've not reformed, I wish them a slow, painful death.

ableist, sexist, and outrageously fatphobic.... because "chubby" girls are not datable? not likeable? that's revolting... yep, ditch the friends, keep the girl....

If OP's friends know he's autistic, then their prank is at least twice as cruel as it would have been otherwise. Not only should they all be dropped as friends, but if they're also co-workers, this is a job for HR. The audacity to be mad at the person you tried to prank because their date went well should disqualify these people from public facing work, let alone friendship

The only good thing his friends did - *unintentionally* - was to introduce him to this wonderful woman. That said, dump the (non-)friends and keep the woman. Even if it doesn't work out with her, get rid of those jerks who would intentionally ridicule and hurt someone. My wife (32 years so far!) is not the slim athletic body I like. She's a bit chunky, not girly at all (never wears makeup, rarely jewelry, etc.), and not terribly athletic. But she's one of the kindest people I've ever met and she's got a smile that still makes me melt. I'm looking forward to another 32 years with her! (To be fair, I'm not what she'd have picked as "her type" either - I'm sure glad she took a chance and continued dating me!)

Cut all contact with those so-called friends. And definitely don't invite them to the wedding.

If they got this worked up over a second date, imagine how pissed they'll be if this gets to the wedding stage.

Beauty is only skin deep. Ugly goes to the bone. OP needs new friends.

This feels like the plot of a late-90's early-2000s teen romcom.

A man is known by the company he keeps.

I love this story. Obviously not the bullying part but the fact that these two managed to find each other is really sweet.

You're off to a great start... one real friend. Dump those Zoomzoom losers.

I used to have this idea that there should be an Ideal Woman dating site. This site would not contain size zero hotties who only care about themselves. It would contain profiles of real women who are generous, happy and successful. My friends often dated and married category 1, the hottie and they were miserable. These women did not want to have sex, were bad with money, didn't cook or clean, and had few outside interests. They needed to be catered to 24/7. Right around the corner was someone like Emily who didn't have any illusions about her looks but was up for a hike, would make you breakfast, who loved a good debate about the best NBA player. She didn't expect coddling. You get the idea. I think if men would come off all the preconceived ideas of what the ideal woman is ( and vice versa) there might be less divorce and more harmony for all.

The audacity to say that OP "ruined the joke". I mean, how dare he ruin a perfectly good joke just because he actually likes the girl that they thought was just good enough for a prank. /s

This certainly isn't what I call friends. What an unpleasant bunch. OP is far better off without them and free to enjoy dating Emily.

You saying "she's my new type" is the sweetest thing ever. I don't know how close you are to these friends of yours, but it sounds like they don't really know you at all if they thought you'd be so shallow. How did they meet this girl in order to set you up? Definitely NTA, except maybe for having such loser friends.

Your "friends" set you up with someone they consider undesirable just to see your reaction, but are put out because the two of you hit it off? Sir, those are not friends, especially yours. They are Cretinious losers and bullies. Both you and Emily were supposed to be the punchline. But it failed miserably, thus ruining the moment for them. I'm sure that if you jog your memory, you may be able to recall a few other times where you were the victim of one of their "jokes." This one seems to have seriously crossed a line. Since you and Emily click, you two just keep on truckin' and dump the bunch of bullies. Also, be on your guard: they may attempt to sabotage your relationship. Congratulations on finding someone who is on your wavelength. If this should progress to a ring and wedding bells, unless you and Emily receive a genuine apology from the lot of them, keep them away. You two deserve all the happiness in the world.

Wtf why do adults act in this manner? I don't know any kids my own age who act like this so why are adults doing this I swear some people weren't raised right.

This seems fake.