and the Shiddiching begins

For those of you who don't already know, Jewish mothers - actually all Jewish females - are some of the most intense matchmakers on the planet. For many, there is nothing better than seeing a nice young Jewish girl married off to an equally nice young Jewish boy. This machmaking is called a shiddich, or shiddiching (yiddish, maybe?). Well, in my case, I don't have just my mother. Besides the fact that she's in Cali, lucky for me she's not a pushy matchmaker like that. However, in coming to Israel, I have inherited a whole family invested in the idea of me falling in love and getting married - to an Israeli - so I will stay in Israel forever - and have lots of babies - so that my mom will return also - and all will be right with the world again. In my special case, it seems the men in my family have also gotten in on it. As of last night, the race is on. My cousin's friend was over, and he started pumping her about nice young men she might know. Well, this friend also happens to be quite the accomplished matchmaker. So within 45 seconds, she had a list in her head, with bachelor #1 picked out. She was going to call him right away to come over and see how we like each other, but I was like, Ummmm..... So instead my cousin gave her my phone number so that this guy can call me. How much was I a part of this process? Pretty much none. I would just laugh and shake my head, but I'm afraid that if I stop paying attention for one minute, I'll find myself betrothed to some "nice young Israeli man." Oy.