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LoginJana Hocking was furious when a male friend rejected a woman who was younger than him based on her age. I remember exactly where I was when I had my first, "Oh, that's what they mean when they say you're 'over the hill' moment. A male friend of mine had spotted one of my friends in an Instagram story and asked me to set him up with her. I checked if she was interested and sadly for this cupid, it was a no. I tried to soften the blow and said what all good cupids in a crisis say: "Sorry she's just started seeing someone. When I responded with an, "Umm … excuse me … what?!
The messaging about being single is conflicting. It is simultaneously cast as consistently fun and ultimately tragic; essential for fulfilment but only truly acceptable in the past tense. A lot of my friends are in relationships, so when it gets to the weekend and I'm asking what everyone is doing, suddenly every man and his dog is off to Center Parcs. You can't help but think, what am I doing? I worry for the men who don't have people around them that they can talk to about feeling alone. I can see why the suicide rate among men my age is so high because it can really feel like you've failed at life. We're being boxed into identities or stereotypes that we feel uncomfortable in, or that wider social gender stereotyping has created in the first place.
Will daters be keen to take advantage of the new freedoms by seeing several people at once? But there were a few generations that did have some hesitations. Over 35s do tend to face more hurdles in their search for love — one of them being the responsibilities of parenthood, if they have kids. A recent report predicted that by , the average age of an online dater will reach 47, up from 38 in the present day.
I get it. You want kids. You can feel your eggs dwindling and your ovaries ache. Over time you see yet another new baby announcement on Facebook. You have a nagging feeling that each period could be your last and you want to settle down.
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