Hey, you can call me out on age (I just turned 57) but wealth? Refined? Sorry, I grew up in a working class family in Queens. I came of age in the 70s and 80s. I lived in many a dive with other girls my age. The boarding house I’m talking about was the basis for the movie “Stage Door.” It closed in the 1980s - so did the Barbizon - which is the temporary home of the heroine of Sylvia Plath’s novel “The Bell Jar.” It was a very middle-class hotel and I could only afford to stay there once in a while. Both of these residences were once well-known to New Yorkers.
Yes, indeed, my husband I rent a small apt. in NYC and there are several single women living there. I hear them going out the door at 7am every morning. I’m confused as to why you think this is rare. When I worked in offices throughout the ‘90s and early 2000’s in NYC, most of the women I knew were either living with roommates or living in apartments in the boroughs. Some, of course, lived at home.
If your son is having trouble finding a decent girl, I would suggest he join either a church that holds dances and singles events (my best friend found her husband this way) or join a great group called The Young Republicans (of NY).
Not only will you meet great, conservative people with this organization but you will be invited to events where you will meet many name Republicans and get to know them on a first name basis. That can also be a career boost.
I never mentioned my son’s marital or dating status, I merely mentioned he is a new York city artist because of your home page.
You have good stories about you, boarding houses and NYC, they don’t seem to mean much to the fact that females are more likely to drift from boyfriend apartment to the next boyfriends apartment, females are much more likely to skate on having to support themselves in their young years, than males.