In my limited experience income is the biggest requisite for many women.
In my limited experience income is the biggest requisite for many women.I heard a longstanding web dating owner / operator of an Irish site on the radio discussing online dating about a year ago and they said the biggest impediment to meeting someone is the unrealistic parameters which the prospective daters set. In mens' case it was always about seeking a MUCH younger partner ( 40 / 45 year old men wanting to meet 25 - 30 year old women and 55 - 70 year old men wanting to meet women in their 30's and early 40's. Thus ruling out women their own age who might be perfectly lovely and with whom, presumably they would have much more in common.
For women their pre-requisites were an equal or superior educational standard. As women are much more likely to have higher education then this creates a very limited pool and of course rules out large numbers of great potential partners who might be tradesmen or workmen etc who might not have graduate or post grad status.
The other impediment was a reluctance to travel outside of their area / county.
Apparently a lot of time was spent administering a reality check to many people when deciding their 'Would Like To Meet' descriptions.
In my limited experience income is the biggest requisite for many women.
I think men are far less concerned with that. Like it or not we are still well within the social construct where the man is the provider and the woman the caregiver.I guess you could infer they're connected - an assumption that a certain level of education leads to a 'good' job and higher income level. Presumably more important to some demographics than others but a desire that the prospective partner would be financially secure would, I assume, be reasonably universal.
I would find it very hard to date someone who was young enough to be my daughter. I think I's also find it very hard to know what to talk about.hat I thought interesting is the disconnect between the preferred age for men and the women they're ruling out. I know many extremely attractive women in their 40's and 50's - I think what we think of as 50 in our heads and what it looks like nowadays with people taking care of their health and appearance, etc. is quite different.
Yep, quite true. I suppose in crude terms they are looking to trade in for a younger model rather than looking for one with fewer miles on the clock.Of course if starting a family was a motivation it would be understandable that women 40+ might be less likely to have many baby making years ahead of them but apparently that wasn't the consideration when identifying the age range. Many of the men had come out of marriages etc and were not looking for 2nd families but clearly felt women their own age were not an attractive prospect.
No, way too old for mePurple, surely you would have your pick of women with your cheerful agreeable disposition. What you need to do is find a nice retired public servant with a travel pass and medical card living in a nice social house......
For women their pre-requisites were an equal or superior educational standard. As women are much more likely to have higher education then this creates a very limited pool and of course rules out large numbers of great potential partners who might be tradesmen or workmen etc who might not have graduate or post grad status.
Assuming people go on dating sites to meet a life partner.And yes, this creates a limited pool of men, so this partly explains lower marriage rates among high-education, high-income women.
Seems a bit shallow though, doesn't it? No different from the men wanting the eye-candy that's 20 years younger.Yes, this "marrying-up" is known as hypergamy.
And yes, this creates a limited pool of men, so this partly explains lower marriage rates among high-education, high-income women.
No, way too old for me
No, way too old for me
It's in your 60's when you are in your 40's.My main takeaway from this thread is that late 40's is middle aged. I thought that middle age was in your 60's.
My main takeaway from this thread is that late 40's is middle aged. I thought that middle age was in your 60's.
Meeting someone in the flesh in a bar or club is far superior even in these techno times. A lot of times the profile and pictures are glammed up using filters etc , the reality is far less appealing.
Yea, but they aren't rich either so what else would you call them?It's a bit like the term "middle class". People with a family income of €150k would call themselves "middle class" but this puts them comfortable inside the top 10% of income earners.
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