Astoria rolled her eyes a little bit when Bryony told her her mum was trying to find her a date to her sister's wedding. Her own mother enjoyed playing matchmaker as well, and she wondered why mothers couldn't just mind their own business. Of course, her mum and her dad would likely reason that their children were their business, but that was hardly the point. And it was, she realised, a bit sad and a bit embarrassing that no one had ever asked her out because of her and not because someone had set them up. She again felt like she were in school when she was sure there was something wrong with her. However, she pushed the thought aside. She was not here to mope about her own inadequacies. She was here to enjoy time with her friend.
"He's not worth it then if he can't even show up," Astoria said with a nod. She reasoned if Bryony's mum had to set her up on dates, and they didn't show, they were not worth Bryony's time. In fact, she was pretty sure Mrs Capper was wasting her time and energy, though she had enough sense not to say that to Mrs Capper. At this time, at least. Still, she said, "Your mum has awful taste in men if she can't even pick one who turns up." She smiled, her voice light, trying to make Bryony feel better.
"Honestly, how are you supposed to break hearts if she can't even pick a decent heart for you to break? We should let her know she's fired and hire someone with better taste. We'll let my mum know she's fired as well. Just be done with mums trying to set up their children! We'll go to a professional or one of those singles mixers or something," she declared, mostly joking. She'd never actually thought about going to something like that, but that was partially because she didn't know if anything like that existed in the area. The other part of her felt silly going by herself. Still.... "We could even host one of our own. See about booking one of the rooms at Finnigan's or if the dance club would be down for it, and we could invite singles only and have a fun time chatting and eating and drinking and dancing or playing games or planning some fun day trip or something." If nothing else, Astoria thought it was fun to think about possibly doing that.