# Praying that someone falls in love with you: creepy or not?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praying-that-someone-falls-in-love-with-you-creepy-or-not/369428>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 20, 2006, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praying-that-someone-falls-in-love-with-you-creepy-or-not/369428 "2006-08-20T05:45:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2006, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praying-that-someone-falls-in-love-with-you-creepy-or-not/369428/21 "2006-08-21T22:09:03Z")

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I don’t think praying for a specific person to fall in love with you is as creepy as it is juvenile.

What if this specific person is a horrible racist or bad speller or worse… a lousy kisser? Besides, would you really want someone who had to be coerced by his chosen deity in order to actually love you?

Overall, I think \*\*elbows \*\* said it best.

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**Author:** ![xbuckeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9e8a1a/32.png) [@xbuckeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xbuckeye)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2006, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praying-that-someone-falls-in-love-with-you-creepy-or-not/369428/22 "2006-08-21T23:56:46Z")

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[QUOTE=gigi]  
Yeah. Some of God’s greatest gifts are unanswered prayers.  
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That’s what was going through my mind as soon as I saw the thread title. Most Christians believe that God will only answer prayers that conform to His will. Which makes you wonder if you have any say in you future by praying or not. Lemme try that again…you meet someone that might be THE one. In universe A, you pray to God (Allah, Bhudda, Mother Earth) to make that person THE one. In universe B, you don’t pray about it. If it is truely God’s (Allah’s, Bhudda’s, Mother Earth’s) will, then it should happen in each universe, so what’s the point of praying?

But no, I don’t find it particularly creepy.

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**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2006, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praying-that-someone-falls-in-love-with-you-creepy-or-not/369428/23 "2006-08-22T00:14:40Z")

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Praying in itself is creepy. 😛

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**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2006, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praying-that-someone-falls-in-love-with-you-creepy-or-not/369428/24 "2006-08-22T00:21:37Z")

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[QUOTE=Kozmik]  
It worked for Adam. 🆒  
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Cite, please?

😉

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True Blue Jack

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