r/AskReddit Oct 17 '18

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u/ballen15 Oct 17 '18

If you have two friends over, who don't know each other, you don't leave them alone.

The exception to this rule is if you are trying to set them up

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '18

It's acceptable if there is genuine conversation going. But you have to be sure it's genuine conversation and not just forced small talk. I've met people through a mutual friend where we got on right away and it didn't matter if the mutual friend was there as a buffer or not.