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Happy Marriage Guaranteed

June 16, 2014 By William

by William
June 16, 2014June 18, 2014Filed under:
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wedding_daughtersI was eating lunch at a local deli last week when a 60-something woman out of Jewish Mother Central Casting passes by my table.

“You look like a nice young man,” she tells me. “I make matches for people so I know what I’m doing. My daughter though … Well she is taking too long to find herself a husband so now I’m matching for her.  Would you like to see her picture?”

Before I can answer she shows me her phone. The daughter is actually kind of cute.

“Meet her and I guarantee you at least 30 years of happy marriage!”

“That’s quite a promise!”

“I can tell these things,” she continues. “I make matches for people. But her? Maybe I should be showing her picture to other girls! They can marry each other now!”

“I don’t know. Will I have 30 years with a crazy mother in law?”

“Sense of humor! Thats good!!!”

Just then her husband comes back from paying the bill and screams at her: “You’re bothering HIM now? Will you please leave people alone?!!!”

So she turns to him: “Why don’t you leave ME alone? All I want is for our daughter to have a happy marriage like us!!!”

 

Then she follows him as he storms away … So I didn’t get the girl’s number …

In the moment I thought my “crazy” characterization fit. Is it wise to proposition random strangers like this? Then my diagnosis shifted to an anxious desperation. Although her method may be questionable, I could tell she genuinely loved her daughter and truly worried that she would forever be alone and miserable.

But the more I thought about it, her seeming anxiety was masking an innate confidence that she would be successful in her search for a son-in-law. Her boldness was not rooted in fear but in a supreme trust in the universe her persistence would manifest a miracle.

I think that in her mind she was motivated by the powerful belief that there MUST be someone out there for her daughter. I do not know if this is truly the case or not. What I admire here is the depth of her conviction, that she would risk seeming like a fool without worry of embarrassment.

#dailypossible challenge: If chatting up strangers in your daily travels is not your typical thing, try it out today. Start a conversation about anything, the topic or result is not as important as the exercise itself. If you need more of a challenge, stretch yourself and connect on a deeper level. It doesn’t have to be as serious as a marriage proposal. But if I run into that cute daughter of hers (without her mother), I intend to at least get her number.

Please share your experience in the comments.

Photo: Britt-Marie Sohlstrom/Flickr

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  • marriage
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