“I always try to set ppl up that I know. Ive been trying to unofficially set ppl up the last few years, especially since I feel like there is hashgacha involved because I always log my suggestions on 10k website. I’ve set up many ppl, worked many many hours on various shidduchim, none that got engaged but I felt like I was doing my hishtadlus. At times though I did feel like giving up as it can get draining when a shidduch doesn’t go anywhere after spending alot of time on it. For this particular couple, I started shmoozing with a stranger in the park, and I realized that I vaguely knew of her sister. I started thinking of a guy, and feeling silly (because I had no idea exactly what her sister was looking for and I never met her sister), I suggested a friend of my husband’s. It wasn’t smooth sailing, but BH a few months later, they are engaged. I’m sharing this story so that people can realize that even when you feel silly or are questioned for bringing up shidduchim in the most random places/ times, to ppl you might not know well, You never know what could come from it, and that is 100% worth feeling slightly uncomfortable for. I am so happy for this special couple and it should be an Aliyas Neshamah for Yisroel ben Yeshayahu Halevi and Elisheva Basya bas Yechiel Ephraim.
It has given me the courage to bring up shidduchim in any given situation without caring about rejection or people wondering why I care to set up their friend/relative. It used feel, to me at least, that you either were a professional shadchan or others were wary of why you want to set up a shidduch. Now, it has become more accepted for regular people to make shidduchim.”