WELLBEING → WORDS UNSPOKEN Issue 787 · November 27, 2019

Dear Neighbor / Friend / Acquaintance

It’s hard enough to be in this position. Your well-meaning comments make it that much more difficult

Dear Neighbor / Friend / Acquaintance

It’s hard enough to be in this position. Your well-meaning comments make it that much more difficult

So you noticed I have a son. He seems to be of marriageable age.

You’re correct. He’s smart, funny, kind, tall, and good looking. Plus, if I may say so myself, he comes from a nice family.

So, as a kind neighbor/friend/acquaintance/shadchan, you have the perfect girl to suggest.

And I, mother of the boy, turn you down, with a, “He’s not in shidduchim at the moment, we’re not listening.”

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