One day a couple of them were apparently having some of these "hey, I'm gonna die old and by myself" moments, and one of them loudly bemoaned their plight, uttering the well-used mantra "where have all the good men gone?"
I took a great deal of satisfaction in replying "Why, they're already married to all the good women"!
That one left them shocked and unable to respond...
And for further reading, recommend Proverbs 31 to them,
and tell them THAT is whom “all the good men” have married.
Excellent. But risky to say that.