Here it is at last!
This thread is the REAL reason for the shidduch crisis.
Attention R’ NASI, R’ Rechnitz (who prefers we refer to it as a shidduch Catastrophe), shadchanim great and small, and last but for sure not least- Singles!
It’s time to throw out your Kol koreis, your (not exactly mathematically astute) calculations of gaps, and your prior notions.
In the olden days and way back when before Al Gore (or whoever it was) discovered the internet, we were not so smart. We didn’t have so much information. We didn’t demand so much information. We didn’t do investigations that would put the the work of the CIA, the Mossad, and the KGB to shame when someone suggested we go on a date. We didn’t have lists and prerequisites and protocols that had to be followed precisely and obsessively before we agreed to meet somebody.
What today’s singles (and their parents) have accomplished with their cleverness is that they’ve outsmarted themselves from finding happiness in marriage.
Which always, since the creation of Chava, required a certain leap of faith. Or, if you prefer, a solid dose of Bitachon.