100% agree. My wife and I separated for ~7 months a few years ago and the # of options I had in my mid 30s with a MBA and corp exec job compared to when I was 20 as a college drop-out was staggering to me - most of them were crazy although plenty of hotties across the age range from 19 to 40 - didn’t find many of them very interesting either. My wife and I ended up working things out fortunately and are happily together but if we ever did divorce, I’d never in a million years get re-married and risk alimony/splitting more assets/etc. The game is rigged so I’d play it my way, if at all.
100% agree. My wife and I separated for ~7 months a few years ago and the # of options I had in my mid 30s with a MBA and corp exec job compared to when I was 20 as a college drop-out was staggering to me - most of them were crazy although plenty of hotties across the age range from 19 to 40 What you discovered is that women peak in their desirability in their 20's, while men reach their peak in their 30's. The reason is that men prefer younger women, while women prefer high-status men. A 35 year old man can date unattached women down into their 20's, while a woman of 35 will find the number of suitable single men in her desired age range (32-40, or so) to be much smaller, AND the more desirable ones are chatting with younger women.
A guy at the OkCupid dating site wrote an article on the suject The case for an older woman, where he suggested young guys (20-25) who are not having much luck with girls their age, consider dating older women.