Reply To: Parents and singles

The other day, my friend told me that his sister-in-law’s was in the middle of giving birth when her iPhone was ringing off the hook with missed phone calls from feisty boys’ mothers seeking Shidduch Reference information about her former seminary roommates.

According to my roommate, when his SIL found time to answer their phone calls, either the boys’ mothers tossed the shidduch suggestions without bothering to a first date, while the others bombarded her with personal questions about her friends which are solely meant to be asked by the singles on the date.
Which also did not lead to any first dates.
Do these boys’ mothers realize that they are teaching their children to perceive the institution of marriage as if it is as disposable as a paper plate by refusing first dates on their sons’ behalf (often without their reshus) based off of silly reference checking?
How nihilistic!
Reference phone calls and chemistry do not go hand-in-hand.