Letter: Them We Wonder Why There’s a Shidduch Crisis?
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I literally overheard a conversation today that left me shaking my head.
Someone was describing their shidduch process and said they had told a girl’s family no because they didn’t like her last name. It didn’t sound Frum enough.
She’ll be changing her name anyway, and this is what they’re worried about?
I’ve heard people say no for some pretty silly reasons, but this one was new to me. I was honestly shocked.
And then we wonder why there’s a shidduch crisis.
We’re talking about THOUSANDS of single girls in the Lakewood area alone who are past the usual shidduch age, and hundreds of single boys ages 27 to 30. There are so many people waiting, and a last name is what stops a suggestion before it gets anywhere?
People say no over the silliest things, and then wonder why no more shidduchim are being redt to them. Who knows if they already said no to their bashert over something like this?
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