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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think another factor is the number of “failure to launch” men who are not really marriage material. I have a number of friends and a SIL (all mid 40s+ now) who wanted to marry and have kids but it just never happened. Not enough good guys to go around. All of them possibly could have “settled” or become single moms but didn’t feel strongly enough to go to such lengths. All are happy with their lives - lots of friends, career, hobbies etc. and don’t seem to have any real regrets. I think in times past, they would’ve felt more pressure to settle and marry. Many did, I think. I don’t remember knowing many “single never married” middle aged+ women when I was a kid. None in our extended families or our social circle/neighborhood that I recall offhand. Now I know many! [/quote] I think men and women are overall pretty much the same. It’s just that women think they are worthy of a better deal, and some never find that perfect man. No one is perfect in their 20s, people should marry someone good enough and be happy if they want to be. Or we have women of 40 years still looking. I am a woman fwiw[/quote] Have a mid twenties DD. She laughs about how some of her friends have "unrealistic expectations" about what a man should be. No human could match what they want. [/quote] if they's rather not have a man than pick from the options open to them, then that's how it goes. The men here on DCUM seem overwhelmingly fixated on weight, which -- fair enough -- is a choice. But maybe they need to widen their dating pool and drop their standards if they want a relationship and/or children.[/quote] What's a guy got to be? 6'0? Make over $150k / year? In decent shape?[/quote] There seem to be a lot of men under 6 foot height and under $150,000 per year who are still dating and getting married. Maybe it has something to do with filing down the chip on the shoulder and not requiring being mothered in a relationship, I dunno. [/quote]
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