I’m of the Conservative Jewish pursuation, so I didn’t go through a shidduch. I met my wife in college and, when we started to “go steady,” I made the announcement to my parents (I was all of 19). Got the standard questions from my mother:
Q: What’s her name?
A: Her name is….
Q: Where’d you meet her?
A: At school. We have a class together.
Q: Is she Jewish? (I had, shall we say, a “history”.)
A: YES!!!! (Thought I had the situation nailed at that point.?
Q: How old is she?
A: 22
Reply: She’s too old….
Well, 25 years (23 of them married) and two children later, I couldn’t imagine being with anyone else.