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I wish it would have been that easy, unfortunately it’s not.
Back then I didn’t have a cell phone, so if I didn’t answer the phone in my room or return calls they would resort to their evil tricks. They’d harass my friends who would beg and plead with me to just go out with whoever just to get the shadchan off their back.
Another tactic was to call my parents directly. My mother would automatically think that they had someone for one of my sisters since she already ordered them to stop calling for me and my brother (“please, can you convince him to go out with her? I promise I’ll find dates for your daughters…).
The Bais Medrash used to be my Ir Miklat, where I thought I was safe from shadchanim, but they’d ask my Rebbe to mention a name to me. (Luckily he told me to give him a one word answer, either “yes” or “no” and that was it.)
Finally, there wasn’t much I could do when they would see me in public, walking in the street or after davening on Shabbos.
Hope that answers your question.