I’ve been doing some research because time management is important to me (I’m the type of person to turn up an hour early rather than be one minute late), so I want to make full use of each timeslot. Within reason, I don’t really care what any future potential partner does to earn a crust - but as I’ve mentioned before, I’d hope they just enjoy what they do and are able to speak positively about their employment. A question few people think to ask but is a great way to get started - What convinced you to come along to speed dating? I’d steer clear of the religious questions - who wants to hear an eight-minute sermon in reply on a speed date? read more

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If both many men and women do not socialize except when dating, as noted, why is it that so many more women are looking to get married so soon after starting college? This disparity between the pressures felt by men and those felt by women ties into another facet of the difficult shidduch scene students find themselves in – a difference in the age groups Modern Orthodox men and women are willing to date. In other words, do women desire to marry young only because men want to marry younger women or do young men postpone marriage only because they can always marry available, younger women? Yet since men and women are often ready to marry at different stages in their lives, and men are much more willing to stay unmarried for longer than women are, they sometimes miss the boat and enter a cycle of continual dating. read more

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So, when I predict the Next Big Thing, I expect people to listen (but I know better than to hold my breath). F*** My Life, whose slogan reads “My life sucks but I don’t give a f***,” features stories of disastrous life situations, most hilarious. This happened to be the day the owner brought in his conservative family to check out the store. One user posts, “Today, I sent everyone a text on my phone book saying, ‘Happy Star Wars Day! The day after I arrived there, she broke up with me and I had to buy a ticket for an earlier flight home. With the duh moments and the moments of rejection, the weight of loneliness and the sorrow of heartbreak, we nod our heads in a shared understanding. read more

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