Yep, that’s me. Almost 30, no romantic life and no prospects for one. I’m WAY too deep in debt to even start considering it right now.
Be aware of the Rule of 39-1/2. I got this from Jay Leno's 90's autobiography and said, "yeah, right" -- but Stanford checked it out (no doubt trying to q.c. Leno and tweak him a bit), and they found out it was true.
No wonder -- Leno got it from bartenders he used to talk to while waiting to go on with his second act in all those Boston-area clubs, back in the 70's before he hit it big, and -- voila ! -- the barmen were accessing 900 years of barkeep wisdom, which is no mean thing. As the Stanford Ph.D.'s found out.
Women have radar. They can tell within six months, how old you are, esp. when you get close to 40. The magic age is 39-1/2. Mind you, we're specifying men who can bench the same weight they did when 35, keep the same weight and waistline, good shape, body "conformable", and all that. They also have good jobs and decent looks and, at 35, rated, say, an "8" as man-meat and marriage prospect, okay?
Age 39-1/2 arrives, and THUD! They instantly go from "8" to "4", or from "6" to "3". Their score gets cut in half, just like that. Mind you, this is Stanford doing a double-blind, controlled sociology study. And they came up with exactly what the barkeepers told Leno.
Keep it in mind. You gotta bust your move on your 37th b/d, come hell or high water, or you don't make the cut.
Word.
I am in marketing so I read the statistics - believe me you are not alone in this.