When creating a list of brain dead things people say
Nothing beats what you hear coming out of peoples mouths at shiva houses
Anyway
Telling older singles to “not be picky” is the greatest piece of advice they will ever hear. I was involved in the older shidduch crowd for years. I can tell you that every person who I knew was being “too picky” is still not married now (a decade later). And many who did get married told me that they had to first change (read : “stop being so picky”) before finding a shidduch