The dating market is brutal.
Elizabeth Bruch, a professor of sociology at the University of Michigan analysed data from online dating.
Here are some things she discoveredโฆ
-Menโs desirability peaks at ages 40-50. But womenโs desirability starts highest at age 18 and falls throughout their lifespan.
-Both men and women pursue partners who are on average about 25% more desirable than themselves.
-Womenโs prospects dim as they achieve the highest level of education.
-Almost no one messages users less desirable than they are. Everyoneโs understanding of their place in the hierarchy is very accurate.
-Men experience lower reply rates when they write more positively worded messages.
Hadnโt seen my boyfriend in over a week, and when we finally sat down for dinner, he pulled out a piece of paper and said, โIโve got so much tea to spill that I wrote it all down so I wouldnโt forget anything.โ ๐ญ๐
The real bitter pill to swallow is that this exact type of woman not only exists en masse, but that theyโre completely insufferable and have absolutely nothing going on in life. The true grail is to break an ambitious woman into wanting to be your wife and the mother of your kids.