WELLBEING → MATCH QUEST Issue 870 · July 21, 2021

The Dating Obstacle Course

How to get past common dating hurdles

The Dating Obstacle Course

 

This time of year, it’s hard not to wax nostalgic about the good ole days when shidduchim were easily made as maidens dressed in white danced in the field and were hand-selected by the

lads watching them (at least they didn’t send pictures). Or at least the days when your aunt met her neighbor’s nephew in the bungalow colony and convinced you to go out just once — it couldn’t hurt.

Nowadays, it all seems so complicated. By the time you get a yes and give a yes, you can be so invested that a mother sometimes feels she’s already dated the candidate.

And that’s just getting a date.

Once you cross that bridge, the real fun begins. One almost needs a flow chart to keep track. If date number one is awkward, then should you:

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