Although I am only 18, my friends and I like to spend time trying to make shidduchim. Unfortunately, none of our suggestions ever worked out so far, which can be very discouraging. When my mother asked me one day if I knew a girl for a boy she had heard about, I immediately thought of my friend, who is a grade older than me. I told my mother my idea, but didn’t really think anything would come of it (this was in October). Months and months later, in the beginning of June, my mother called me and told me that the couple was going out seriously, and she was the go-between! It turns out that the boy’s side had originally given a no, but months later had revisited the idea! To me, this demonstrates the total hashgacha pratis involved in making shidduchim. B”H, they got engaged shortly thereafter, and their wedding is coming up in less than a month.
I have been seeing the 10K Batay Yisroel ads for a long time. Each time I see one, it reminds me to keep thinking of suggestions.