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It gets harder with age and dating has changed a ton in the last decade
I've heard guys say this ^ before, but I've found it much easier to get dates now that I'm older. Most, maybe all, of my single guy friends agree with me.
Maybe I'm more comfortable in my own skin, maybe women in their 30's and 40's lower their standards, maybe I have more confidence to approach.. Idk.. But dating seems much easier at 40 yrs old than at 20 or even 30.
I've heard guys say this ^ before, but I've found it much easier to get dates now that I'm older. Most, maybe all, of my single guy friends agree with me.
Maybe I'm more comfortable in my own skin, maybe women in their 30's and 40's lower their standards, maybe I have more confidence to approach.. Idk.. But dating seems much easier at 40 yrs old than at 20 or even 30.
I can get dates nowadays for the most part (all from OLD now that I've gone for direct on wanting to meet up). It's having them turn into a relationship, or even multiple dates that's the issue.
Last edited by NewYorker11356; 09-12-2016 at 09:42 PM..
It says single people are as happy or happier than married folks.
From a review of this author's book that this article is based on:
"However, there are lies of omission here. The author purports to respect empirical data, and does a skillful analysis of how empirical data can be twisted. Yet she twists it herself by leaving out an overwhelming stack of data. She discusses only one study on marriage and happiness; there are dozens. The many studies of marriage and health are given short shrift. And she completely leaves out the studies showing that single men are more likely to commit crimes. She is absolutely right that it's mostly divorced and widowed people who do very badly, and that singles aren't as bad off ... but the preponderance of the data do show that the never-married do worse than the married. No, marriage is not a cure-all, but *on average* it does have benefits.
Here is the central flaw: The author says that singles should not be stereotyped as unhappy and unhealthy, because many single people do well and like being single. That may be true, but many, probably even most, people who are single would rather not be single -- they'd rather be in a committed relationship. And as the author knows, empirical data is ruled by the average. On average, being single does not make people happy. If it makes you, an individual, happy, that's great. But if that's true, you are the exception, not the rule."
how so?its reality for a woman to complain she is single something is wrong when ugly or hot 99% of women are getting hit on by a guy,while we guys have to do all the approaching and work.
From a review of this author's book that this article is based on:
"However, there are lies of omission here. The author purports to respect empirical data, and does a skillful analysis of how empirical data can be twisted. Yet she twists it herself by leaving out an overwhelming stack of data. She discusses only one study on marriage and happiness; there are dozens. The many studies of marriage and health are given short shrift. And she completely leaves out the studies showing that single men are more likely to commit crimes. She is absolutely right that it's mostly divorced and widowed people who do very badly, and that singles aren't as bad off ... but the preponderance of the data do show that the never-married do worse than the married. No, marriage is not a cure-all, but *on average* it does have benefits.
Here is the central flaw: The author says that singles should not be stereotyped as unhappy and unhealthy, because many single people do well and like being single. That may be true, but many, probably even most, people who are single would rather not be single -- they'd rather be in a committed relationship. And as the author knows, empirical data is ruled by the average. On average, being single does not make people happy. If it makes you, an individual, happy, that's great. But if that's true, you are the exception, not the rule."
No offense i know alot of women might attack me for this but usually if a woman is single,its because she either has attitude,plays hard to get or WANTS to be single.A woman ugly or hot gets millions of guys hitting on her EVERYDAY(don't lie what man isn't looking for some p*zzy??).Anyways im assuming the OP has some issues and rejects men all day.
I'm not going to attack you. I don't think any woman (or man) has to be single if they're willing to accept whatever they can get.
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