Reply To: Should there be an age to start shidduchim?

BBMG: You’re right, but it doesn’t really matter. In any matchmaking system, the whole system is going to become very sterile and regulated as it’s governed by supply and demand. That’s why any idea to fix an age gap from the girls’ end is doomed to failure- even if they say a girl can’t date til 21, the survival instinct is going to make sure that if a girl is 19 and a shidduch is redt, she’s going to run after it. By the same token, if to a smaller extent, a guy has to start going out at the time with the maximum marketability value, whether it’s kedai for him or not.