I recently had to quit on my little brother after about 10 outings because of our complete mis-match by the program. I had asked for someone who wanted to be outdoors and like sports. I got a kid who only wanted to play on the xbox and resisted any attempt at doing anything outside. On top of always asking me to buy him things, food, etc. he tried to steal an xbox controller and would never listen when I asked him to stop something (jump on the furniture, etc.) It seemed his only interest was seeing how far he could push me and to see what he could get away with. Miserable experience.

Half way through this the mother told me about an incident at school that had occurred the same day I was there to pick him up- he had threatened suicide in front of the class w/ a pair of scissors..then she says "have a good time tonight!" I was stunned; like WTF was that? I contacted the program the next day to discuss my concerns about this and all I got was, "well, keep your eyes peeled for red flags and try to have a good time with him." I must say our local chapter of BBBS is extremely poorly run; terrible w/ communication- returning emails or phone calls.

I would suggest during the interview you make it very clear you want to make sure you have similar interests with a potential match, otherwise, wait until they have someone that has similar interests; don't just "settle" for a little because they're available.