[geoschmo]

Originally posted by Chief Engineer Erax:

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Also, when you are older, there is less competition because women live longer than men

Not only that, but there is the age differential in most relationships : women in their 20s will pair up with men in their 20s, 30s and so on, which leaves a surplus of women over 30. It's been stated to be 7 single women over 30 for every single man over 30.

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Yeah, but even if it's true, that's kind of a skewed statistic because the difference is much greater the older you go and that throws the average off. For a single thrity something guy knowing that there are 7 over 30 women for every over 30 man doesn't really help when you consider a great portion of those over 30 women also happen to be over 50.

No offense to over 50 women at all, but as you said yourself your typical 30-something is looking for a 30-something woman. And the ratio of available 30-something women to single 30-something men I am sure is much lower then 7 to 1.

Of course if the man can stay healthy and single and live past his 50's then his chances will go WAY up.

[ June 27, 2003, 14:48: Message edited by: geoschmo ]