There seems to be an unwritten rule that states: \”If you are going through a convulsive experience, you ought to be open to those with equally or more compelling issues.\” Whatever happened to: \”Put your own mask on first, then, tighten the straps before you try to assist others\”?
Faster than a benching rabbi. More powerful than a locomotive. Able to leap tall bachelors in a single bound. Look! Up in the sky! It\’s a bird, it\’s a plane, it\’s SuperFlirt.
Back in high school, I had a crush on a Protestant girl, Joan Reid. She told me that her mother encouraged her to date — and even marry — Jewish guys because: a) They\’re smarter and work harder; b) They make great fathers; c) They don\’t get drunk and beat you.
Evan Marc Katz has never had a bad Internet date.
JDate is the largest Jewish singles site, but for those interested in swimming in smaller ponds, below is a sampling of some of the other offerings on the web.
When I went to the JDate Web site to sign up, I discovered that they had my profile from four years ago. For my preferences, I had checked single (never married), separated, divorced and widowed. But I\’m older (48) and wiser now and \”unchecked\” single and separated. Such men do not carry a \”license to date.\” Although our mothers wanted us to \”marry Jewish,\” they had the wisdom to warn us that any Jewish man over 40 who has never been married is not \”marriage material.\”
Phillip was 49 and never married, but told me, \”There were women who wanted to marry me, who I didn\’t want to marry, and there were women I wanted to marry, who didn\’t want to marry me.\”
After breaking up with the last Irish Catholic in a long line of Catholic boyfriends, I decided it was time to try something new.
When you\’re single, traveling to tropical islands isn\’t always what it\’s cracked up to be. But, I figure, if I don\’t meet the love of my life on this trip, at least I\’ll have a large pool of potential companions to go duty-free shopping with in the Bahamas.
I have no dating advice. None. I won\’t suggest clever phrasing for your personal ad or how to choose a photo to post on JDate. I\’m not an expert on any of these things, but without bragging, I will admit I\’m truly excellent at one thing: how not to date.
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