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Speaking for myself, I was far less patient with drama and game-playing in my 30's than in my 20's. You carry your own baggage, and I'll carry mine.
Now that I'm in my 40's, I'd be happy with someone who's reasonably punctual, minimally courteous, and able to hold up their end of a non-drunken conversation.
Standards get higher, biological clock ticking, people have already settled down? I don't know. I'm 27 and not really dreading dating around. I thought that it would get easier because you know what you want and can weed out the losers.
In your 20's dating/falling in love seemed easy.
In the 30's it just seems that things get so complicated.
Does anyone have any idea why this happens?
I don't believe in it. IMO, whoever's a young fool, becomes an old fool; whoever's a young cold fish, becomes an old cold fish. It's true that experience and disappointments do get in the way somewhat, but people's basic nature doesn't change that much.
I don't believe in it. IMO, whoever's a young fool, becomes an old fool; whoever's a young cold fish, becomes an old cold fish. It's true that experience and disappointments do get in the way somewhat, but people's basic nature doesn't change that much.
Not without some long-term, consistent effort. Or a major head injury. And even then, the transformation is rarely complete.
Because life taught you to be smarter and more selective.
And if you are dating in your 30's, people have acquired baggage from previous relationships that make it harder to start over. Things like exes and kids, for example.
I feel the same way, 27 and missing that tingly feeling I used to get. Why, I'm not sure. Maybe it has to do with things being jaded through years of trial and error
Speaking for myself, I was far less patient with drama and game-playing in my 30's than in my 20's. You carry your own baggage, and I'll carry mine.
Now that I'm in my 40's, I'd be happy with someone who's reasonably punctual, minimally courteous, and able to hold up their end of a non-drunken conversation.
(Bolded portion above) Agreed...but it wasn't *my* standards that got higher though, it was the standards of the gals I was dating!
Because life taught you to be smarter and more selective.
And if you are dating in your 30's, people have acquired baggage from previous relationships that make it harder to start over. Things like exes and kids, for example.
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(Bolded portion above) Agreed...but it wasn't *my* standards that got higher though, it was the standards of the gals I was dating! 
