i’m not sure it is good or bad, just may be a source for what bmyer was describing in the OP.
But think about it, say he rejects 15 of the good 20 for “picky” reasons. And then goes out with 5 but the dates do not work out. So now what does he do, does he go back to the rejects and find 5 more to go out with, can he evaluate them objectively when he has already rejected them, even if the reason was a bit arbitrary? Will he instead start collecting new names? but what if one of those 15 would have been a real good shidduch for him, maybe even his Bshert?
All I can say, is I am glad that when I was dating, I never had such a long list of possibilities all at once. Whenever a shadchan would mention several possible names for me at once, I never took it as seriously or evaluated them as objectively as when I had one name to check out.
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