Good post. I like this part:
“Few things are as in desperate need of repair as the singles scene, .... What you see is the typical scenario of the attractive women getting all the attention, the successful men drooling over them, and the “ordinary” people left to pick up the crumbs.”
My Christian singles group host to that very predictable scenario to the point that it is comical.
A rather older man in our group owns an airplane. Every time an especially attractive woman visits our group he is quick (within 10 minutes of acquaintance)to offer her an afternoon of flying. He has a Russian mail order ex wife who still lives at his house because she will not move out.
So he, like many singles today want instant results but strike ...
Other scripted scenarios abound at our gatherings but that one comes to mind first.
Sadly a lot of folks in my group want to marry but have not
gotten over past hurts etc. Also many have unreal expectations.
Which I have found out tends to make them view any potential suitors with an attitude of "you are going to hurt me, it is just a matter of time" and thus poisoning it from the start.