Thank you DY.
far vos: It seems to me that you are having a hangup with the semantics. Whether an “older” girl is defined as 22, 24 or 26 is almost irrelevant. That is merely semantics. It is true, as I’ve said above, that the NASI initiative will cause girls to marry at a later age than currently. So, yes, as a result girls may be “looking for a shidduch for a longer period” than they are now — if she starts looking at 18/19 or so she’ll be looking longer since the NASI project will result in girls, on average, getting married later. So if she starts earlier, she’ll be looking longer. That being said, she will be MORE likely to actually find a shidduch and get married than under the current system. This is because with NASI encouraging closer-in-age shidduchim, there will be more available boys. Thus more girls will be able to get married.