Someone looking into your family? Hide!
Why?
Take the supermarket, for example. You want to run in to pick something up. Trader Joe’s may be the most convenient stop, but — ahem — that might label you as a Trader Joe’s Type. Even though most people know that “Everything but the Bagel Spice” is the best one there is. Too bad — you should have stocked up on it before you entered shidduchim.
So you head to the local kosher supermarket. Inevitably, you’ll bump into someone who either just got a call about you or is about to get that call. If you’re all dressed up, they’ll say you’re Fancy. If you go in your long skirt and sweatshirt — yikes. Gulp.
Do you wear a snood? A sheitel?! Or are you the Hat Type in the winter? Did I say snood? Oh, my, that puts me in my own category. Tichel, I meant tichel.
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