Get-Together Meal

It's great that you want to get these two together again, but do we have to go that far?

A meal or other arrangement that is meant to get at least two people in a Hurt Relationship back together. This is a plan that somebody outside of the relationship might come up with if they want to Fix The Relationship. The way a Get-Together Meal works is by inviting the people in the Hurt Relationship to the same location, such as a restaurant or park, without telling them that the other(s) in that relationship are also going show up. The goal of this plan is to have the separated lovers, friends, or partners reunite after a civil talk and spending meaningful time together, therefore restoring the bond they once had.

Get-Together Meal is one of the most common Fix The Relationship UnTrashes in fiction, which is what leads audiences to call it out for being overplayed. In fact, some franchises go as far as to Lampshade this UnTrash by having the individuals in the Hurt Relationship be annoyed that "that old plan" was used to get them together, which ultimately causes it to fail before it could even begin.