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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I will never, ever forget something that a good guy friend said to me when we were in our early 30s. 
[b]He told me all the good men were married, and the good women had been snatched up young.[/b] I don't think he meant it as an insult - maybe? - but just as an observation.

He was still living in the town where we'd grown up. He was married. I was single, coming out of a five-year relationship.

It's about 10 years later now. He is in the process of getting divorced. I got married in my late 30s to a guy I absolutely adore.

So, you know, no, it's not impossible for women in their 30s to date, even if some smug marrieds will tell you otherwise. Who knows; at some point, once their marriages end, you might even end up dating them.

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I think this was more true 50 years ago, when virtually everyone was married by 25. In that age, the only people still single, by 35-40, were people who were completely undesirable, or bravely eccentric.[/quote]

I think my friend really believed that to be true when he said it to me. It seemed ridiculous then (though it stung a little, seeing as I was coming out of a relationship - a relationship I chose to end, mind, but still).

Now I just think it's a provincial sort of thing to say.

Where I live now - small town again, but a different one - I hear from some friends in their 50s and 60s that dating is a pain in the ass. [/quote]

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