[sauropod]

In short, the crisis today is IMMATURE MEN who do not get married until their 30s or 40s. This, as Gilder again shows, places extreme pressure on 30 and 40-year-old women who have to compete with 20-year-olds. Maybe the $$ they have made for 10-20 years in their careers is enough to cause men to choose them over younger women, but maybe not.

I have limited sympathy for these women.

When I was in my early 20s, I regularly ran into 'income snobbery' by women of approximately the same age who wanted a doctor or lawyer along with the attendant salary. The average joe just wasn't good enough.

And now they complain about competition from other 20 year old women when they decided the pickings weren't good enough?

Pfffft!

[kearnyirish2]

Nowadays many women would settle for a working man (in any job) without STDs that will provide them with children - money be damned. Too many 40+ women ruing their prior “income snobbery”...now any sperm donor will do - but quickly!

[ConservativeMind]

I have the same situation and perspective as you.

[grey_whiskers]

See my post #7.

[strider44]

Maybe I’m an outlier, but I always found younger women to be extremely annoying and immature. I got married at 33, my wife was 32. I could not even imagine dating let alone marrying a women ten years younger. Yes, they can be nice to look at, but that only goes so far. I don’t see much of an issue with women marrying about age 30. They have their shit together, are more mature, and are ready for motherhood. I know fertility issues are real. We just got lucky I guess. I merely looked at my wife sideways and she was pregnant. Three sons later and all is well.