Thursday, June 23, 2011

My...shadchan?

So, I was trying to reach a particular shadchan, who was suggested to me by a friend. I don't like calling, but hey, gotta do hishtadlut, right?
The phone would ring and ring. She wouldn't answer. Okay, so I basically decide to forget about the meeting with her. At least temporarily.

A different shadchan called me up and suggested a guy.
A really great, solid guy. Really.
Nice guy.
So we went out a 2nd time.
Still nice but not for me.
So I called her up to let her know.

"who's this, again?" She asked
I was a little bit taken aback. I mean, I know that she's busy and all, but c'mon lady, you just set me up with this guy!

I calmly responded "this is Sefardi Gal. You set me up with Mr. Likes Sushi."

"I set you up with Mr. Likes Sushi? When?"
She sounded shocked.

I was a bit shocked that she was shocked.

"Yes...last week. And we went on our second date last night..."

"I'm sorry. If you say I set you up, then I must have. Let me think. Hmmm...let me try and remember. Last week...Last week...hmmmm."

The background music began to play in my head.

Annoyed, I looked at my caller I.D.
My eyes widened, and I nearly gasped.

Oh man.

I unintentionally called Mrs. Shadchan-who-would-never-answer-when-I-call. She davka decided to pick up on the day that I did NOT intend to call her.

Let's add this incident to the list of Sefardi Gal's fadichot.

6 comments:

  1. OMG. That is one bad spot to be in. Were you able to extract yourself from that one with another date, at least? :)

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  2. Princess Lea - she was very sweet and totally understood. Then told me to call her back, so that we can schedule a time to meet, and ironically enough, she never picked up whenever I tried calling!
    Somehow, gam zu l'tova! :)

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  3. Fadichot is an Arabic word that infiltrated Modern Hebrew. By using that word, Sefardi Gal reminds me that she is Israeli Sephardi, not American Sephardi.

    I believe that Sefardi Gal is better off meeting dates from Shabbatonim instead of shadchanim.

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  4. OhMyGosh! That must've been embarrassing! Ahhh...

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  5. Mr. Cohen - in many aspects, I'm more American than Israeli. But fadichot is one of those classic words...

    Devorah - I'm still embarrassed when I think back to it. But I admit that it's absolutely hilarious and ironic. G-d has a great sense of humor.

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  6. I agree, He really does have a great sense of humor! :-)

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