I’m not saying it’s because we have different relationships.
I don’t think I’ve commented on the different types of relationships we may or may not have – that was Joseph misunderstanding me.
I think there’s a different expectation for how well we will know our future spouses before we get married, and a different level of relying on parents to help choose the spouse, and then to help the young couple adjust to married life.
Therefore, they can do beshows where it’s a 75% “arranged” marriage, and they can both be 18-20 years old.
Therefore, there are a higher percentage of them getting married, and no real age gap causing a disproportionate number of girls to boys, therefore no shidduch crisis according to definitions #1 and #4.