I have no problem putting a number to it philosophically and I didn’t say the shadchan didnt deserve it. I said I dont like the idea that posters here decided that if I pay an amount given to me by a rav, but it isn’t the price you think you are worth, than I didn’t fulfill my obligation.
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The shadchan may deserve to be paid, but she does not deserve to want MORE THAN HALACHA DICTATES. She has no business telling me that my payment AS DETERMINED BY HALACHA wasn’t good enough.