I was single from age 42-46. I am a more or less successful man.
Before I married a 26 year old, I dated many, many women in the above-referenced situation.
I actually had women come up to me and ask me if I liked them, and if I wanted children-yes, in one breath.
What I don't understand is how it is possible to "come to the realization" that the mid-30s are too late after graduating from high school. This sounds to me like complaining that you didn't ever hear that smoking was bad for you, or that you didn't know that a diet of big Macs and fries could lead to obesity.
Most women in their 20s are more fertile, more attractive, and almost all of them are way, way, way less bitter than women in their mid to late 30s.
Athough there are conspicuous exceptions, any women who is planning to marry and have more than one child should have a few prospects by age 22 and should be married and pregnant by age 27 at the latest.
It's hard to understand why so many women today don't get it.
They dont get it, because they bought the Feminist's bill of goods about "having it all". They think that by the time they have gotten their Master's and SUV, that we are still going to be waiting around for them. The fact that they had the time to finish school is usually a testement to their relative attractiveness anyway.
So, here they come, briefcases in hand, ready to spawn, and not taking no for an answer, and they are like Salmon swimming upstream. Desparate, and in a hurry to procreate, so as to fill up that basket of fulfillment that Oprah promised them.
A man need do nothing but wait for them to show up, loaded for bear, at any venue, with their radar on maximum, searching for "Mr Goodjob".
Easy pickings for any man with stability and a nice car; you only have to be careful about giving them your address, because once they see your house, they are headed for Home Depot for nesting materials.