“The boys are back!”
The clarion calls sounds through Brooklyn, and is immediately followed by the clatter of heels on pavement as every mother of a bachelorette joins the stampede.
“The boys are back!” the murmur spreads across the city. Young ladies crane their necks out the window and then hurriedly pull them back in to dab on some makeup and check their hair.
“The boys are back!” the younger siblings whisper, pressing their ears against closed doors and comparing filched profiles behind the couch.
The boys are back!
Yes, it is bein hazmanim, and droves of eligible young men are pouring into the tri-state area and other Jewish metropolises. These are hungry salmon, looking to date vociferously before the season is up and they need to return to their swimming grounds in the Holy Land.
Once a week dating? Leave the leisure for the dog days. If the tempo of every other night is too much for you, get out of the race. There are hordes of women vying to give it a try in your stead. You have only three weeks to cram in the dating experiences of a month – hurry, hurry, hurry!
Who knows? He might be the One!
That was funny!
Comment by The Babysitter — April 9, 2008 @ 9:43 am
Should I be grateful or wistful that this “feeding frenzy” is likely going to pass me by?
(good analogy, by the way)
Comment by Scraps — April 9, 2008 @ 12:40 pm
What about those of us that were not looking for full time learners?
Comment by mm — April 9, 2008 @ 1:20 pm
*Gasp!* MM! Are you suggesting that you would want the best bochur in Lakeowod to put down his seforim, stop meeting his chavruta, and go out and *work* or something?! Oy! Vi chutzpadik! It might lead to… dancing!
Comment by anon — April 9, 2008 @ 3:47 pm
Not all of them intend to learn forever or even for very long or much at all – but they’re still learning until they get married.
…but if you want a non-full-time-learner-before-marriage then you’re lucky – all year ’round is dating time.
Comment by bad4shidduchim — April 9, 2008 @ 3:47 pm
You should write a song; this post was poetic, quick, and spot on usual. (oh, wait i’m not british. Okay, right on.)
This is when I am grateful, as MM says, to be on the non-heilig “working boy” market. A shandeh.
Comment by Michelle — April 9, 2008 @ 3:56 pm
then again, where else can you get engaged after 3 weeks of dating someone you’ve never met before?
Comment by Michelle — April 9, 2008 @ 3:56 pm
Never understood the phenomenon. Anyone old enough to date shouldn’t be Israel.
Comment by Lawyer-Wearing-Yarmulka — April 9, 2008 @ 6:22 pm
OY.
Comment by the apple — April 9, 2008 @ 6:41 pm
Well done!
Comment by Bas~Melech — April 9, 2008 @ 10:01 pm
you can write a musical.
Comment by anon — April 10, 2008 @ 12:20 am
Not only do they steal our makom kavua;
Not only do they steal our parking spaces;
But they also steal our suggestions…
G-d bless bein hazmanim…. (while the rest of us are still at work….)
Comment by Yishkon L'vetach — April 10, 2008 @ 8:10 am
A full blown musical may be a little too much given the time restraints. A song however…
Original music – http://youtube.com/watch?v=ham6vFy8v2I&feature=related
Guess who just got back today?
Them white-shirted boys that had been away
Haven’t changed, still shteiging away
But man, they gonna be datin’ like crazy
They were asking which girls were around
How pretty they are, and how much Dad’s puttin’ down
Told them you were lookin’ for a learner
That Lakewood’s your idea of heaven
The boys are back in town
It’s Bein Hazmanim time
I said
The boys are back in town
It’s Bein Hazmanim time
The boys are back in town
It’s Bein Hazmanim time
The boys are back in town
It’s Bein Hazmanim time
You know that girl you used to see a lot
Every day doing something else, well that’s all gonna stop
Man I tell you she dropped it all like it was red hot
I mean she started dating
Manhattan @ 7:30 is the time and place
One time this chick got up and she slapped “Johnny”’s face
Man forgot which girl he was out with
If that chick aint shomer negiah, forget her
The boys are back in town
It’s Bein Hazmanim time
I said
The boys are back in town
It’s Bein Hazmanim time
The boys are back in town
It’s Bein Hazmanim time
The boys are back in town
It’s Bein Hazmanim time
Make sure you’re seen around
Start dressing up, not down
Get your name spread around
Shabbos at Shul the girls will dress to kill
At night, restaurants and lounges will fill
The Diet Coke will flow ‘till he calls for the bill
And if the boys don’t tip, you’d better dump them
That Shadchanim in the corners do their dance & song
The nights are getting warmer, it won’t be long
Won’t be long till the weddings come
Now that the boys are here again
The boys are back in town
It’s Bein Hazmanim time
The boys are back in town
It’s Bein Hazmanim time
The boys are back in town
It’s Bein Hazmanim time
Spread the word around
The boys are back in town
The boys are back in town
The bochurim are back, the bochurim are back
Comment by G — April 10, 2008 @ 12:34 pm
Anon — go look in the archives. The musical has already begun. Scraps also contributed a song, and now G has written the 3rd. We really have something going here!
Comment by Bas~Melech — April 10, 2008 @ 9:51 pm
lol, when are auditions?
Comment by anon — April 11, 2008 @ 6:10 pm
hahaha. No wonder… I think four of my friends who have been pretty calm and out of scene lately, have just joined and are trying to take the world by storm.
Comment by AidelKnaidel — April 13, 2008 @ 9:28 pm
B’H I’m not involved in shidduchim…
Comment by Jewish Sceptic — April 14, 2008 @ 9:27 am
Very good!
PS- I’ll take ove the musical .That’s my kinda thing.
Comment by Mindy — April 17, 2008 @ 12:37 am
A few months ago, we were invited to a cousin’s wedding to take place in August, 2008. I told someone that there are frummies who haven’t even met each other yet, but will be married and have their baby before the August wedding
Comment by Dr. E — April 29, 2008 @ 8:01 pm
Awesome song G- can’t wait for the live performance!
Comment by aidelmaidel613 — May 4, 2008 @ 11:37 am
Hate to rain on your parade but it is after rosh chodesh and the boys have gone back…till next time gals…till next time.
Comment by Floating Reflections — April 27, 2009 @ 7:02 pm