Does it get harder for people over 30 to find mates? (dating, marriage)

[JD59]

I know a lady that is 30 and has never been married and she says it's much harder to find good mates that havn't been married a dozen times the older you get.

Thanks.

[BirdieBelle]

Yes.

[Raena77]

Sometimes.

[Prince_Frog]

i was dating in my 20s. Had some relationships too.

Can't find a date to save my damn life in my 30s. It sucks.

[Tinawina]

Probably not as hard as it used to be, since the average age for a first marriage is rising.

It used to be hardly anyone over 30 was single. Now plenty are even if some are divorced. And even those tend to only have been married once, I don't know about that dozens nonsense.

Maybe after 40 it gets like it used to be after 30, and you'd be more liked to encounter multiple divorces in someone's history too.

[timberline742]

The average age for 1st marriage is over 30 where I live. So I would say no.

[Fargobound]

It's not the divorced part that scares me away, it's the kids.

Even when kids turn 18 these days the bs that comes with having kids is craddle to grave.

Example: Little Connor flunked out of college and got arrested for DUI oh he can sleep at moms house for the next five years.

The problem I talked his mom is to dressing up like a pony and little connor is asking why there's a huge eyebolt in the ceiling.

No role playing, no swings and Connor is screaming away in the basement while playing World of Warcraft.

[Auraliea]

Depends on your area.

I'm in my early 20s and just about everyone I know here has kids or is getting married.

[CSD610]

Originally Posted by John1960

I know a lady that is 30 and has never been married and she says it's much harder to find good mates that havn't been married a dozen times the older you get.

Thanks.

I have never found it difficult to have dates or a relationship if I wanted it no matter what age however,
I never revolved my happiness or life around another human so if it happened great, if not great.
Either way the world did not stop and I did not sit at home sulking about how unfair life is.

[Ruth4Truth]

Originally Posted by John1960

I know a lady that is 30 and has never been married and she says it's much harder to find good mates that havn't been married a dozen times the older you get.

Thanks.

I don't believe she said that. Unless she's from a conservative community where people start getting married right out of highschool.

It's not much harder to find good mates that haven't been married a dozen times in your 30's. That's a gross exaggeration, I'm sure you can see that. Anyway, there are LOTS of single 30-somethings who have no divorces in their experience. Besides, who cares if someone's divorced? When I was 21, I knew several guys who were already divorced at that age. One had a kid. No baggage. Not a big deal at all.