If someone recommends something to you, saying "you'll love it"

[jpgray]

[tjwmason]

1. Other - depends on who said it.

There are some folk who have a good idea of what I like, don't like, and dislike - in that case I'll be very ready and keen to take up their recommendation.

Then there are others who don't seem to understand my tastes - in this case I'll still be open minded in my approach, but I'll be a tad more wary.

[Strong Atheist]

2. Depends. I have a friend, and we have opposite tastes in

movies. I always take his recommendations with a mountain of salt....

[supernova]

3. Depends on how well they know me

If my family think's I'll love it, I probably will. I'll at least approach it with an open mind. It would be unusual for them to pick out something I would just "hate."

If a good friend thinks I might like it, probably will.

If a complete stranger says I'll love it. Probably not.

[Deja Q]

4. they'll mistake me for Maxwell Smart?

:shrug:

[GirlinContempt]

5. Yeah, if my one friend says I'll love it

and doesn't do the eyebrow trick, I'll run out and get whatever it is.
If another says it I'll avoid it at all costs, unless he prefaces 'You'll love it' with 'I hated it'/.

[Missy Vixen]

6. Our favorite restaurant came as a recommendation

We can't get a table there now :eyes:, but we initially went because one of our friends was so enthusiastic about it.

It also depends on the person doing the recommending...

Julie

[DS1]

7. If someone tells me I'll laugh my ass off at a movie, I'll probably

get a chuckle or two out of it. Raised expectations and looking for jokes and all that.

[Shine]

8. I try to approach EVERYthing in my life with "an open mind"

seriously, I do.
:)

[SOteric]

9. This truly depends on who is offering the recommendation.

Even among those with whom I intimately acquainted and whom I cherish deeply, no one is an expert on everything.

I might take recommendations on movies, editorial comments, humour, graphics, comic strips and even music from a dear friend, but hesitate to take that same friend's recommendations on literature or fashion advice. IYSWIMAITYD.