I’m in college now and tbh, it is sort of the opposite, students are very very reserved in dress and speech and actions, after attending in the 90’s this is quite a surprise but in a good way.
As for “what, me marry”?
Heh, tick tock, women do not have the window men have, if they wish to be drones, that’s fine...but hit 50 and being a single female..oh, there is a wonderful future of pinot noir alone with a good book and comfortable shoes.
A few years ago, I came across a study which showed the probability of ever getting married dropped sharply if she had never been married by age 30.
The study didn't go into likely reasons. My own hypothesis is that a woman who hasn't found somebody who meets her criteria by 30, has unreasonable expectations. Additionally, for every year that you're living by yourself, you become more used to being independent and less willing to compromise in a relationship. After 30, more and more of the supply viable potential husbands have been mostly snatched up, and women over 30 have to compete with women under 30 for the rest.
Men's window slams shut at 39-1/2 years old, precisely. Women can gauge a man's age very exactly and have uncannily accurate radar about this age factor.
A guy at 40 can bench-press the same weight he did at 37, weigh the same, look the same, have better income -- and still his "point" value as a potential mate plummets overnight. If he was a 6, now he's a 2 or a 3. If he was an 8, now he's maybe a four or a five. If he was a 5 before ..... well, it's been nice knowing you. Take up hunting or something.
This according to Jay Leno's autobiography, and he says he got it from the bartenders he used to talk to before he went onstage at all those East Coast clubs he worked back in the 60's and 70's. Of course, those barmen were drawing on five or six centuries of public-house wisdom. Leno calls it "The Rule of 39 and a Half".
Well, Stanford didn't think much of that homespun barroom wisdom, so they set up a rigorous, peer-reviewed sociological study to see whether this was true (speaking only of women now). And guess what -- Leno and the barkeepers were exactly right, in every detail. It only cost Stanford about $300,000 to work it out their way.
But thanks for the backup work, guys.