I really, really don’t like the idea. I fully support paying a shadchan for a completed shidduch, and showing appreciation for efforts regardless of how it turns out. But what kind of precedent do we have for this tremendous burden, on top of everything else??? And what if a shadchan didn’t spend all that much time and effort in it? How unfair!
Sorry, I have to add this to the lunacy of the shidduch scene of today. No one ever dreamed of anything like this 25 years ago. Is this only because of the “crisis”?
And what kind of pressure will we know be putting on our kids? How many shidduchim will break off after 2 dates because of worry over the burden of having to pay the shadchan, when a couple might need an extra few dates, and who knows, maybe those extra few dates could turn things around, but maybe not…