Disengage

I’m writing this piece on behalf of my friend who would like this to serve as a public service announcement.
 I’m talking to you single girls out there (and I suppose myself), who intend on getting married through the shidduch dating system, and to engaged girls who are doubting their sanity.
 Engagement is not the blissful utopia [...]

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While My Students Studied for Midterms

Hello, everyone. I had a SUNsational vacation. Pardon the pun, but this is the lovely message the disembodied voice on the shuttle bus’s speaker system imparted to me, and I wanted to share it with you so we can all gag and snort together.
 Florida was amazing, great, awesome, “You don’t know!”, “SOOO much fun” and [...]

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No Story Makes for a Crash and Burn Day

It’s so stupid.
I got in my first car accident today, my fault, and I don’t even have a good story to tell.
 
No screeching tires
No moments of panicking doom
No blood, guts, or even whiplash.
 
All there was, was a patch of ice, non-responsive brakes and traction, and a broken tail light (and a dented [...]

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Urban Legends: Alive and Kicking

Everybody likes to hear a good shidduch story, so here’s a new one. You might have heard with slight modifications or variations, but this happened to my friend last night, so you’re only getting it third hand.
A shadchan called my mother’s friend and tells her that there is a gorgeous boy who is fabulously wealthy [...]

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Kusher Kusher Kusher

I am brilliant. Just so you know.
 
My father is a bit machmir on things, like girl’s tznius and kasharus.
 
For tznius, I’m talking about activities: we don’t go to concerts, go biking, ice skating and rollerblading.
 
Kasharus, we don’t eat most meats or lettuce.
 
I’m going to my sister for Shabbos and Florida next week.
 
I was speaking [...]

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Men vs. Women: The Last Degradation

Man vs. Woman
Handsome vs. Beautiful.
We’ll all agree that woman as a physical being are infinitely more beautiful/gorgeous/nicer looking than men. Yes, there are plenty of men that are better looking than a majority of women, but if you were to take the best looking guy and the best looking girl, hormones aside, the woman will [...]

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Pity Pretty People

You know what, I feel bad for pretty people.
 
Say what you want, but it’s very hard to be pretty, or handsome, or gorgeous or insert adjective here.
 
I’m sure there are many of you out there pulling facing, shouting What?!?, and dismissing me as certifiably insane.
 
“It’s so easy to be pretty, you always look good”
“People [...]

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How to Know If You are a Close Friend of the Kallah: An Annotated Guide

 

You arrive early for pictures – You show up early ooh and ahh, and after everyone else is done take two pictures with the Kallah:  one nice, one funny face. They will never make it past the proofs. 
You get dressed in the bridal suite – You have no real pressing need to get dressed there, [...]

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I Say…

I wrote this poem in response to a student approaching me about some issues she was having with friends…this poem basically takes her talking for hours on end, running around in circles, and condenses it into 4, 4 line stanzas.
I feel for her.
I say I’m not the hugging type
So if you don’t
It’s not because
You don’t [...]

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The Deception of a Crisis

I’m curious if this “law” is a phenomena exclusive to the Jewish Shidduch Dating system.
 
If a girl needs to lose 2 pounds quickly, just get her a date.
 
And if she needs to lose more weight, give her 3.
 
This works for up to 15 pounds.
 
Truth be told, I think this is the real source and reason [...]

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