Dating Someone Who Smokes - COL

I bring the following excerpt to demonstrate the clear uselessness of shadchanim. The original article in it's entirety can be found at the link below.  

I recently attended a talk by a group of shadchanim. One of the issues addressed was that of bachurim who smoke. It seems many girls are putting "non-smoker" on their deal-breaker list.

The shadchan who addressed the issue claimed that doctors, who have studied the effects of tobacco for years and have all definitively concluded that it is an addiction, are wrong. In the opinion of the shadchan, most bachurim can and will quit in time to make a shidduch and it will have no long-lasting effect on them.

We can begin to understand that the real purpose of shadchanim is to get people married regardless of actual compatibility. They will even go so far as to disagree with fact in order to achieve their nefarious goals. This shadchan, who was speaking to a group of shadchanim, seemed far more interested in collecting 2 grand than in making a happy marriage, and was clearly going to go to any lengths, even straight up lying, in order to do so. 

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