Koldi – I am with you. That we can even make such jokes is a blot on our society. And to tear the story apart as if it were true – becuase we all know it can be:
Singles are so often redt shidduchim that have no shaychus whatsoever other than age and gender. And the ubiquitous “he’s a lovely boy, middos, learner, parnassah etc.” are really meaningless.
And when a girl has had one two many lousy shidduchim from good deed doers, she will feel like folks are in it for the extra money.