ARTICLES ABOUT SHIDDUCHIM
https://rmbhcharities.com/yeshuos/shidduchim/how-to-prepare-for-shidduch-dating/
https://www.kosher.com/article/unique-covid-safe-first-date-ideas-1549
TIPS
Create your phone number as a vCard with your name to send to shadchanim.
Remember to focus on the date and building or feeling out chemistry. The venue or activity is agav.
You don’t have to kill time with empty conversation. You could talk about tachlis without being vulnerable.
Had a bad date at an arcade? Don’t feel bad. It’s pretty common. Arcade dates are tricky and they don’t always work. This is also true with some day dates.
Even though you have to start a date with icebreakers, don’t forget to get back into tachlis. You could spend four hours of the date talking about ice-breakers if you don’t refocus.
It’s important to be in touch with yourself and know what you need before entering shidduchim.*
Walk slowly. She might be wearing heels.
Stay positive. A bad date isn’t always a dead end; your date might have a friend they think is a better fit for you. (It happens all the time)*
Make sure to thank the waiter, hold open the door, etc. on a date; it shows that you think about others. *
Sometimes you may judge what your date does as socially inappropriate, be aware that it may just be a gender difference.*
Be respectful the entire date, even if you feel that it may not work out. This person is still a human being and has feelings.*
Never say anything negative about yourself or anyone in your family. – Rabbi Avigdor Miller*
Daven for Siyata Dishmaya. – Heard from my mother*
*Taken from / based on rebbetzins.org
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