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| Blog Name: |
Material Maidel |
| Url: |
http://www.materialmaidel.blogspot.com |
| Language: |
English |
| Topics: |
Jewish, Frum, Judaism |
| Description: |
Material Maidel is a humorous blog that takes issues most Jewish people feel strongly about, and rather than bash society for the way we are, presents certain situations and issues in a more entertaining light gets the criticism out there in a non-critical way.
Not to mention the fact that MM features an awesome playlist! |
| Popularity: |
29 Followers |
does your mother have your bridal trousseau?
My good friend and fellow blogette, SOS over at Surfin' the Shidduch Scene, has this great new post about Jewish mothers who plan ahead - years ahead sometimes - for when their daughters will be married.
It seems whenever I go through my mother's china cabinet I make a new discovery of some still-wrapped, still-unused item from Bed Bath & Beyond or Williams-Sonoma that my mother informs me is something she'll give me when I get married. I can't remember the last time my bubbie opened her china cabinet - it's filled with antiques she brought over from Europe that she's let me know is destined for my
what's the best way to break up?
One of my besties, Leah, recently went out with this guy who she is def not interested in. Some people call that a favor to the 'matchmaker' (clearly she hasn't been doing her job that well). Some people call that a pity date. Some people call that a free coffee on a night when there's nothing good on TV. I pass no judgment. We've all been there.
But what happens when the night is over? How do you break the news to your date that there will be no second chance? Without feeling guilty for breaking his heart? (you know his heart's involved when he's called you at least three times since)
When you're met through a Shadchan, the process is a tad more simple. Unless of
can you stand the heat?
Can you handle the kitchen?
Join the Kosher Cuisine dream team - just e-mail materialmaidel@gmail.com.
Click here to read about my latest milkshake mishap.
are shadchans emasculating?
A very good friend of mine just told me about a recent convo with a guy friend of hers. He said that he felt 'emasculated' by the shadchan system. He said that it takes away from the 'chase', from the 'adrenaline rush' that men get when they get up the nerve to ask a girl for her number. Going through a shadchan takes a guy out of the 'driver's seat' - and in turn, he ends up taking the process less seriously.
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