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Forty Frum Thing: The Homeless Jew
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FortyFrumThing - Forty-something, single and newly frum. Tighten your gartel, folks, we're expecting some turbulence on this trip. Wednesday, April 21, 2010. Been offline for a few days because of workload. Israel Memorial and Independence day celebrations were moving and inspirational for me. Hope yours were same. Homeless man showed up at minyan yesterday. Asked for food and money. We all gave him money and kosher food from the shul kitchen. He borrowed tefillin and he davened! His own immediate family...
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Forty Frum Thing: The Rabbi's Secretary's Daughter
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FortyFrumThing - Forty-something, single and newly frum. Tighten your gartel, folks, we're expecting some turbulence on this trip. Wednesday, March 24, 2010. The Rabbi's Secretary's Daughter. After graduation from college, I looked for an apartment near the new job that awaited me. Saw a Reform shul. While searching, and stopped in. The rabbi was not in, but I asked his secretary for ideas on where a young single man in the area might look for an apartment. I went back to that shul. Guy to talk about.
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Forty Frum Thing: Women With Phone Problems
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FortyFrumThing - Forty-something, single and newly frum. Tighten your gartel, folks, we're expecting some turbulence on this trip. Wednesday, April 28, 2010. Women With Phone Problems. Sorry for the delayed output recently. New job is going well, which means I'm very busy. Another week or two and I hope to return to more frequent blog posts. So, what's the deal with women and voice mail? So I called Ann. No answer, left a voice mail. After a week without a call back, I called again. Again, no...In the la...
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Forty Frum Thing: Seeking An Honest Woman
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FortyFrumThing - Forty-something, single and newly frum. Tighten your gartel, folks, we're expecting some turbulence on this trip. Sunday, June 6, 2010. Seeking An Honest Woman. Another Jdate woman. Another (iced) coffee for first date. And another lie about marital status. As has happened 4 times now in the last year, a woman contacts me, online profile says "divorced". She confesses on or before first date, ". I have a get but not a civil divorce.". June 19, 2010 at 9:45 PM. Yes, people get a bit misgu...
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Forty Frum Thing: Premature Resurrection
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FortyFrumThing - Forty-something, single and newly frum. Tighten your gartel, folks, we're expecting some turbulence on this trip. Thursday, April 15, 2010. Surprise, surprise, surprise! To quote Gomer Pyle, USMC. The gal from Bye-Bye-By-Text-Message. A month ago and who resurfaced on JDate and Frumster. Earlier this week has texted me again , "Things didn't work out with my ex. How was your Pesach? I'm tempted to see where it goes, but I think it's a trap; I don't like to date recently divorced women.
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Forty Frum Thing: July 2010
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FortyFrumThing - Forty-something, single and newly frum. Tighten your gartel, folks, we're expecting some turbulence on this trip. Wednesday, July 7, 2010. Rip Van Winkle at the Singles Shabbaton. Attended a Singles Shabbaton recently. Big mistake. I should have known how bad it would be. When I called the organizer to register, she said "Wow, you sound MUCH more normal than everybody else". One solipsistic guy at the Shabbaton, whom I nicknamed Rip Van Winkle. At least my host family was lovely, got to ...
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Masculine Jew: Find Inspiration, Make a Plan, and Watch it Fail
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Search Me (My Blog). Sep 28, 2014. Find Inspiration, Make a Plan, and Watch it Fail. Sometimes, I revel in ironic shock at the sheer number of things that must converge for a moment to occur -the type of moment that jolts my attention, sends an electric bolt through my mind, stirs my heart, and instantly forms the resolve in my soul: I will find a way meet and get to know her. That was the moment I started calculating. I know I've talked about preferences before ( here. Mission failed, for now. And I thi...
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Masculine Jew: Questions I Hate (and Suggestions for Replacements)
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Search Me (My Blog). Jun 26, 2012. Questions I Hate (and Suggestions for Replacements). I get all kinds of questions in dating, and people seem to answer specific questions in particular ways (regardless of how they are asked). Here are some of the more common ones and a few ideas I have and use. 1) What is your "look"? How many women do you know that would elicit those feelings? 2) What kind of personality are you looking for? Is she kind to herself and the people closest to her? I'm not looking for per...
