As much as we kiruv industry professionals like to think we have prepared the baal teshuva for the real (frum) world we really haven’t. So while the girls know how to to dress according to tznius social norms, the guys…
Tag: dates
A tribute to shadchanim
Another 4 year old post: In response to all the angry mail I had gotten when I originally posted my rant bashing shadchanim on Craigslist, I wrote them a tribute, this was the second post ever put up on Frum…
Do yeshiva guys touch girls on shidduch dates?
The following was posted with permission from the sender: My semi-serious response follows. Hi Heshy! I have been reading your blog on an irregular basis since about the time I came back from seminary. I have a question for which…
Awkward dates could be fixed if you skype beforehand
We talked on the phone and chat for several months before she decided to fly in to meet me. I had seen her picture and didn’t really like what I saw, but she was so cool that it didn’t really…
I went on a shidduch and he paid with food stamps
I was sitting at a table chatting with some lovely young ladies on Sunday morning at the Isabella Freedman center in Connecticut, this one girl asked me if it was normal for people to pay with food stamps on a…
Shidduch moves: the half wallet pull
I am sure many of you have been on dates when the girl tried the half wallet pull, this is at the point of paying when they pretend that they have your back and make one of those half assed…