A disappointing evening (or why I should have listened to my Husband)

Last night we drove into downtown Dallas in the rain and rush hour traffic. It was a LONG drive considering that there was a Mavericks game right where we were going. We followed some friends of ours to the West End Pub. My husband and I don't usually frequent pubs. Its not that we don't enjoy a drink and conversation. We do. It's just that we really prefer to eat a good meal with our drinks and be in an atmosphere where you can hear each other without shouting. We were there to introduce a widower friend of ours to a single female friend of the friends we went with. Our male friend lost his wife a year and half ago in a very tragic and freak motorcycle accident. She was hit by a pickup truck and killed, while he sat on his motorcycle and watched helplessly. A couple of weeks ago, he told my husband he is finally ready to get back out there and try again. He wanted me to introduce him to my single friends. He said he really trusts my judgement. My husband told me to stay out of it. I don't have a lot of single friends and the ones I do have are all in relationships at the moment. However, one of my friends has a very close friend who is single. Half in fun, I asked her, how about this women for this guy? To my surprise she responded, that's a possibility. So yesterday morning, she called to say that her friend would like to meet this guy, could we all get together for drinks at this pub because her man had to be there for some charity event. I called my husband. "Stay out of it" he said. I called our male friend. "Sure!" he said. "I'm not doing anything". My husbands assistant emailed during the day saying that this guy was really excited about the evening. So there we were at this pub. It was very loud. It was hard to talk. My throat began to hurt. The charity party that was supposed to happen never seemed to get started. The people we introduced seemed to get along fine. Then suddenly, our male friend stated that he was very tired and was going to go home. It was after nine, we had not eaten. Lets go get some food, we said. The single woman quickly bowed out saying she was too tired and wanted to go home. The single man said it was a long drive back to Ft worth. The two couples decided we would rather eat closer to home than in Dallas. So back into the car and a 30 minute drive through the rain to a restaurant a few miles from home, we went. It's a place we often go with this couple. Its busy, but not real loud. The food is good and you can have a conversation. I think we were all disappointed with the way the evening went. I know I was. This is a really nice guy. I wish I had listened to my husband. If I do it again, I think I will just ask the woman if she minds if I give him her number and let them take it from there. At the very least, I'll suggest a different place to meet.