LerntminTayrah, “There’s a famous maaseh about the Satmar Rebbe speaking with Rav Bick. The Satmar Rebbe was upset tha tcouples were meeting 8 times before getting engaged instead of 2. ”
Addition to the story: The Statmar Rebbe Z’L quoted possuk “Katzyi m’bnei Chais” (Rivka told Yaakov I am disgusted with the people of Chais – so get a shidduch elsewhere), using it as a witty pun Chais = 8 in Hebrew, that he, The Rebbe is disgusted with the people of “eight” dates.