+1
“No need to settle...”
That is, until they aproach/hit the Wall and all the Mr. Right *Now*’s, whom they thought they could lock down any time, stop approaching them.
But by that point, they’re too jaded to be excited by a Steady Freddie, who are the only ones who will approach them anymore.
My observations have been a little different. Once they hit the wall only then are they ready to settle for the kinds of guys they turned down in their 20s....the kind who were getting their education, getting set up in their careers etc. But by then with both of them 30-35 the guys are now gunning for women in their mid to late 20s and they have a shot at them since they're set up in their careers. They're no longer interested in the women their age both because their youth is gone but also because they know those women don't really want them and think they'd be settling and nobody wants to be settled for.