“I disagree with the comparison between a Borsalino and $300 Italian shoes, and your comparison between generation.
The basic point remains valid.”
We will have to agree to disagree.
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“Not what I see in the very yeshivish crowd.”
Not sure where to draw the line of what is “very yeshivish”. Anyway, I have a young female relative in Shidduchim. She has been told that some bochurim are expecting 10 years of support. That’s like a half million dollars.