A Chabad friend who’s gone Modern Orthodox says the hardest part is all the women (who let themselves go after marriage) want to hug and kiss you. A traditional Jew does not touch women (outside of his wife and family).
Chabad women tend to take care with their appearance. They tend to work out and dress fashionably. Modern Orthodox women in Los Angeles, from what I’ve seen, tend to pack on the pounds once they’ve landed a husband and they give up all pretense of caring about their looks.
Christopher Donnellan How do they ‘work out’? By making babies every other year?
Adam Parfrey this post will encourage them to work out for your approval
Steven Ben-Off Abrams You can meet lots of young, eligible Orthodox women at the Weight Watchers meetings near Beverly and Fairfax
* A baal teshuva friend who was dating a couple of decades ago found the Chabad women more open, more interesting, and more kooky than the MO women.
