Reply To: Saying No to a Marriage Proposal

For some people, weight influences attraction, and for other people, not so much. It has nothing to do with right or wrong, superficiality or lack thereof. Chazal discuss the importance of physical attraction before and during a marriage. Even assuming the person’s weight isn’t extreme enough to be a health issue, there is no “right answer” regarding someone’s weight influencing one’s level of attraction. However, one has absolutely no right to be obnoxious or tactless about it.