Dating Tips and Relationship Advice
My Mom, The Amazingly Good MatchmakerA blind date leads to a short - lived love affair and permanent friendship.by Rachel Sklar My mom is one of the sweetest women I knowwhich makes her halfway impervious to the hard realities of the dog - eat - dog universe of dating. For her, phrases like give him a chance, you never know and the worst that happens, you make a new friend are blithely uttered about men shes never experimental, knows zot about, and who most likely have nada compatibility with her darling daughter. Sane, exclude for being Jewish. It was that ineffable qualifier that prompted herwithout a second thoughtto lavish upon my character to her friend Natalie for her friend Sheila thence her daughter Cathy could pass it on to her friend Marcy for her brother, Morty. My mom didnt get why I was annoyed. You gave out my quantity? swiftly escalated to You gave out my number to a guy named Morty? What did he look like? How old was he? What did he do? Mom didnt know; it had never occurred to her to ask. Why would it? Morty was Natalies friends daughters friends brother. Why wouldnt I want to meet him?
I have been on few blind dates, mostly because I quickly discovered that Jewish and single were pretty much the only criteria being applied, resulting in the disquieting realization that my friends obviously found me less attractive than Id thought. But with my mom, it was different: This came from out of the blue, from a woman who, though she had never previously betrayed any anxiety about my dating life, probably should have been a bit more interested in the qualities a future son - in - law brought to the table. |
