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1. When the Steipler was a bachur he had to travel a long distance by train fora shidduch (I very much doubt that they met in a nice restaurant). He had a suspicion that the seats were shatnez so he stood all the way. As a result he dozed during the meeting and she rejected him.
2. How do reconcile “educating” someone to earn a “good living” with Hashem’s control of parnassa? Is making a great deal of money more important than a satisfying job?
3. If part of the job of a junior attorney is to lunch with clients you are correct. If not, who cares? BTW, I had a co-worker who was dating a Swiss woman. They had an argument over on which side of the plate to put the knife and which side to put the fork as apparently there is a difference in this between Europe and America. Maybe it would havebeen better if they went over Sarah Jackman.