There are several reasons why someone who meets a person's standards might not approach or stay with them, so it is not automatically because those standards are out of touch with reality. Ladies not finding or keeping a partner who meets their standards doesn't prove that their standards are unreasonable.
People meet others online and offline every other day, but finding someone you're genuinely compatible with and attracted to is much harder than just simply meeting people.
Also, in this part of the world where women have to play the waiting game or be termed desparado if they did the wooing, meeting your standards may be quite a stretch. So as a lady, you have to keep waiting until your kinda man approaches you first but for men it's the opposite, you go straight for your standard or who you like.
Now for many women who prefer men to make the first move as it's obtainable in the African culture, the dating pool is often limited to those who approach them. So if more women pursued men they were interested in, they would definitely find it easier to meet those who fit their standards.
Timing, location, and life circumstances matter alot in relationships and standards. Where you are domiciled has a way of influencing people who often keep coming to your way.
While I agree that some people have unrealistic expectations, other people simply haven't met the right person yet and that's perfectly okay.
I wish more people understood this angle.
Well....my point remains that 234 men keep making this standard thing more about money which I disagree with. Standards is way deeper than monetary gains pls.
They don't meet the men's standard.