Mendelssohn's grandfather glurge

[snopes]

Moses Mendelssohn, the grandfather of the well-known German composer,
was far from being handsome. Along with a rather short stature, he had a
grotesque hunchback.

One day he visited a merchant in Hamburg who had a lovely daughter named
Frumtje. Moses fell hopelessly in love with her. But Frumtje was
repulsed by his misshapen appearance.

When it came time for him to leave, Moses gathered his courage and climbed
the stairs to her room to take one last opportunity to speak with her.
She was a vision of heavenly beauty, but caused him deep sadness by her
refusal to look at him. After several attempts at conversation, Moses
shyly asked, "Do you believe marriages are made in heaven?"

"Yes," she answered, still looking at the floor. "And do you?"

"Yes I do," he replied. "You see, in heaven at the birth of each boy, the
Lord announces which girl he will marry. When I was born, my future bride
was pointed out to me. Then the Lord added, 'But your wife will be
humpbacked.'

"Right then and there I called out, 'Oh Lord, a humpbacked woman would be
a tragedy. Please, Lord, give me the hump and let her be beautiful.'"

Then Frumtje looked up into his eyes and was stirred by some deep memory.
She reached out and gave Mendelssohn her hand and later became his devoted wife.

[TB Tabby]

The uplifting message at the end was a pickup line?!

Originally Posted by TB Tabby

The uplifting message at the end was a pickup line?!

Doesn't that make this not real glurge? I mean it wasn't some uplifting message really it was a guy with a disability cleverly turning it to his advantage.

[Avril]

Originally Posted by snopes

Then Frumtje looked up into his eyes and was stirred by some deep memory.

Well. How very vague.

I would vote false. I found the story in what was subtitled "a fictional autobiography."

Avril

[boogers]

Well, as a pickup line it sure beats "What's your sign?" or "Hey baby, your place or mine?"

[Eddylizard]

Originally Posted by boogers

Well, as a pickup line it sure beats "What's your sign?" or "Hey baby, your place or mine?"

Hey baby, come with me, and we can make sweet, sweet music. (Or our grandson will.)

[Dropbear]

Its a bit Old Testament isn't it?

An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hump for a hump.

Dropbear

It doesn't sound true (though I guess it could happen) but it is rather sweet.