stp123
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Joined: 11/19/2008
Msg: 576 | |
| Are women marketable after age 30?
Posted: 3/9/2009 7:34:00 AM | | You really don't start understanding your "complete" self " until in your thirties, and after finding yourself, I think you become more attractive as time goes on. I believe this in men as well as women. Bottom line.....YES! 40's too | |
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| Are women marketable after age 30?
Posted: 3/9/2009 7:50:55 AM | The marriage rate for women ages 30-34 is 45% lower than it is for women ages 20-24.
So it's kinda like GM's car sales versus a year ago, though in this case it's not necessarily just a marketing problem. | |
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| Are women marketable after age 30?
Posted: 3/9/2009 8:46:14 AM |
He says that after 30 women are no longer "marketable'?
thats right.. we have expiry dates tattooed on us once we reach 30.. time to take us out behind the barn..   .. | |
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| Are women marketable after age 30?
Posted: 3/9/2009 4:55:42 PM | I don't think there is anything wrong with a woman in her 30s. Heck, that's what i'm looking for. The only problem i've found so far is that most (not all) of these ladies have been hurt or messed up by somebody before and have turned bitter, angry or leary towards men... even the nice guys.
Honestly, i don't care how old you are, if you have a bad attitude about men or life in general then you aren't very marketable... that's my two cents. | |
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| Are women marketable after age 30?
Posted: 3/9/2009 7:21:37 PM | | I love being in my 30s. I think I finally have figured out who I am and I don't settle these days like I did in my 20s. I know tons of women in their 30s, 40s and 50s. They look great, are smart, have good jobs, and are great people. Some are married and others are single. The singles ones can get dates with both younger and older men. | |
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| Are women marketable after age 30?
Posted: 6/15/2009 6:49:12 AM | I'll take the "antiques" any day over the newer models. The "antiques" are usually made better and have more character - but you do have to be able to recognize value, not just age. Besides, at my age, the younger models wouldn't give me a second look, and I'm not rich!  | |
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| Are women marketable after age 30?
Posted: 6/15/2009 6:55:49 AM | | Wow, I feel better and more confident than ever and I'll be 32 in September. I am certainly not that inexperienced and immature girl that I was in my early 20's. I know what I want and I know how to be treated by a man. I used to let them walk all over me. I still get messages from men "GASP", and I have no trouble getting a date. | |
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ceoil
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Joined: 6/12/2009
Msg: 585 | |
| Are women marketable after age 30?
Posted: 7/7/2009 1:12:10 PM | I think what your friend means is that ladies above 30 don't interest him and he shouldn't confuse that with not being marketable.
Everyone is marketable....... Doesn't mather age, sex, looks etc. | |
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| Are women marketable after age 30?
Posted: 8/2/2009 9:58:20 PM | to me as am not your typical ave male out there to me the word MARKETABLE that your referring to you in this post in my own definition means that all women age, size, abilities etc are all beautiful. to me there is no such thing as an ugly person whether male or female we all have our own strengths weaknesses and yes i do to, am by far not perfect, just thank god for makin me turn out to be a beautiful caring person from being an survivor from abuse from my first 20 yrs of life. Were all beautiful&marketable under our own skin amen  | |
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| Are women marketable after age 30?
Posted: 8/2/2009 11:36:35 PM | Don't like the term marketable unless we're talking about selling someone - and I'm against slavery in any form. ;o)
Can a woman who is over 30 still be considered hot? Yes if she is an attractive, classy, smart and capable woman....some say she is even sexier because she knows herself and what she wants. She may not be as desireable to some men because they know she will not put up with any of their s#it. They prefer girls in their 20's who don't know any better.
Some say women in their 50's are still hot - but that could be because of their hot flashes. : | |
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| Are women marketable after age 30?
Posted: 8/3/2009 5:05:17 AM | Age is just a number, it's really down to how well the woman takes care of herself. Say if she looks wayyyyy younger than her physical age, good looking, has nice personality and classy, the market is still there even after 40!  | |
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| Are women marketable after age 30?
Posted: 8/3/2009 7:18:38 AM | Sorry if this offends or depresses anyone but it's really all about looks, and looks are very tied to age.
Even guys who are interested in 'who' a woman is, still care VERY much how she looks as well. And as we all know, most men are interested only in looks, especially at first. Men don't ask out women they don't find attractive. And no matter how you spin it, wrinkles are not attractive.
I can tell you from personal experience, until I was about 27 or 28, I got asked out all the time buy nice looking guys, roughly my own age and a bit older.
But every year since I get asked out less and less, and by men older and grosser. Like, so old and gross it's insulting and hurts my self esteem.
So I've had to come to the unhappy realization that the OP's roomate is right. No guy worth having wants a girl over 30. | |
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| Are women marketable after age 30?
Posted: 8/3/2009 7:33:18 AM | No guy worth having wants a girl over 30.
This has not been my experience. I am 56. I have guys wanting to send me plane tickets to come visit them from all over the country. I have men driving for hours to take me out. I have men in their 30's picking me up, sending me drinks, asking me out. I have men in their 50's and 60's asking me out, asking me to go on trips with them, persuing me. I am nothing special either. These men are attractive, financially stable, own their own homes, and have successful careers.
I know women in their 70's and even 80's who get asked on dates.
Recently a lady in her 90's just got married here to a man in his 80's.
A couple my mom knows in their late 70's just eloped and got married.
My mom occasionally had men trying to pick her up when she went to the
beach and was in her 80's.
Please realize that there are lots and lots of men who are "worth having" who are attracted to women of all ages. | |
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| Are women marketable after age 30?
Posted: 8/3/2009 8:20:34 AM |
She may not be as desireable to some men because they know she will not put up with any of their s#it. They prefer girls in their 20's who don't know any better.
Ahhh yes. The typical shaming that if you want a woman who is feminine rather than masculine and allows the male to lead, then there's something wrong with both of them and that the male is obviously taken advantage of the poor, poor adult (which she is - she's even her freakin 20s)
Oh and if you are so great you'd have been great in your 20s too. 30+ years to get a clue? Talk about stunted development...
I can tell you from personal experience, until I was about 27 or 28, I got asked out all the time buy nice looking guys, roughly my own age and a bit older.
But every year since I get asked out less and less, and by men older and grosser. Like, so old and gross it's insulting and hurts my self esteem.
WORK OUT. And i don't mean fru fru run the treadmill for 30 minutes crap that raises your cortisol (your main stress hormone) levels and ultimately leads to get fatter.
Like it or not, you are HIGHLY defined and judged by your appearance. I find it shocking that people don't care more about it to do something about it. I don't know if there's really anything anyone can do to improve their marketability and increase how they're treated by others than improving their looks.
"I can't find a great guy" wah wah wah. It's your own fault. There's weight rooms all over the place. There's good foods still available. There is a wealth of information out there a google search about how to transform your body.
some say she is even sexier because she knows herself and what she wants.
When you're riding me and i'm staring at your breasts bouncing away i'm not thinking "wow she totally knows herself." | |
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| Are women marketable after age 30?
Posted: 8/3/2009 8:37:21 AM | So I've had to come to the unhappy realization that the OP's roomate is right. No guy worth having wants a girl over 30. Well, I don't know what your definition of a guy "worth having" is, but all I can say is you either need to get a major attitude adjustment and/or find a new dating pool.
I'm 39, divorced mother of 2yr old and almost 4yr old, currently a stay at home, studying mum (although that is temporary), admittedly in the best physical shape of my life, having dropped 2 dress sizes this year (yep, old profile pic); but 39 nevertheless and I can tell you, the men I encounter/date now are just getting better and better.
Sure they are older. They are my age!  But they are far far away from "gross". And intellectually/emotionally/spiritually they have really 'got their acts together.' They also tend to live like 'grown ups' instead of the bachelors/ferals of my 20s.
And let me tell you, I have no doubt those close to me would say that I am super "picky" when it comes to who I date/am looking for. I know I am. A failed marriage has, amongst other things taught me how important it is to be true to yourself and who you really want in your life; and that being alone is better than compromising on that. I look for an intensely powerful intellectual, as well as physical attraction.
I am currently dating a fantastic man; so "worth having" *in my estimation* that I can hardly believe it. And the feeling appears to be mutual.
Who knows where it will go. But the point is, right now, it's going!
So sorry. But I don't buy it. It's not being over 30 that's the problem. It's you. You've got a lot of years left and you're entering your sexual prime. Stop feeling sorry for yourself and make a change. | |
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| Are women marketable after age 30?
Posted: 8/3/2009 12:21:37 PM | #1) These men are attractive, financially stable, own their own homes, and have successful careers.
#2) ...intellectually/emotionally/spiritually they have really 'got their acts together.' They also tend to live like 'grown ups' instead of the bachelors/ferals of my 20s.
Ok, so it's clear some men are more "marketable" to women than others.
Why should women be immune when it's written the other way around?
It's not being over 30 that's the problem. It's you.
I disagree. It's women who make age the issue... by being passive they require the man to literally be attracted to them -- physically/sexually attracted -- before there can ever even be a chance of anything happening. So it is her age and not her, as there's no way a guy can tell what her personality is like until after being attracted to her, and as she said the attraction thing is falling off as she gets older; besides, I'd doubt she's all that different than she was several years ago, so that points to her age as being the important variable, as she says. | |
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| Are women marketable after age 30?
Posted: 8/3/2009 2:29:48 PM | Congratulations-
But every year since I get asked out less and less, and by men older and grosser. Like, so old and gross it's insulting and hurts my self esteem.
So I've had to come to the unhappy realization that the OP's roomate is right. No guy worth having wants a girl over 30.
You now know the same feeling of many middle aged people on POF. Kind of a gut check isn't it? Unless you can make time move backwards, time to start dealing with aging.
Ladies- 30 is really far from old. Many of you will be around until you are 80 -90 years old. You haven't even lived half your lives yet. | |
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| Are women marketable after age 30?
Posted: 8/3/2009 7:33:52 PM | Personally I've found that women after 30, are better than ever.
Less uptight and more mature, less games..
So much more.. | |
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| Are women marketable after age 30?
Posted: 8/3/2009 8:30:43 PM | Marketable? Oh yes...just see us men salivate on ourselves as we fall all over you here
on POF and other places. :) However the older all of us get, the more difficult it is to find the right person. | |
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| Are women marketable after age 30?
Posted: 8/4/2009 8:07:16 AM |
Ok, so it's clear some men are more "marketable" to women than others.
Why should women be immune when it's written the other way around? No one is suggesting that women should be "immune" to issues of 'marketability' in the dating world. Don't know how you even suggest that being a member on these forums, with the absolutely enormous amount of posts and threads dedicated to discussing that very topic.
The question is, is it a reasonable supposition that marketability, when you are female turns solely on an arbitrary chronological age? For me personally, I think it's a ridiculous idea. I find it hard to contemplate any person, with a modicum of intelligence dismissing outright any and all aspects of a person simply because they're turned 30.
I disagree. It's women who make age the issue... by being passive they require the man to literally be attracted to them -- physically/sexually attracted -- before there can ever even be a chance of anything happening. So it is her age and not her, as there's no way a guy can tell what her personality is like until after being attracted to her, and as she said the attraction thing is falling off as she gets older; besides, I'd doubt she's all that different than she was several years ago, so that points to her age as being the important variable, as she says. Well, firstly, that presupposes that *all* women are "passive" and "require" the man to literally be attracted to them. And secondly it presupposes that all men judge physical/sexual attraction on the basis of age and find all women less physically/sexually attractive as they get older.
Those are some pretty big assumptions to make.
And I absolutely stand by what I said about the specific poster in question and about women over 30 in general. That there are "no men worth having" out there once you hit 30 is BS. I mean, think about that for a minute; we're saying that all 'quality' (for want of a better word, since quality is a very subjective thing) men, over the age of about 30 are all dating/only interested in dating women under 30? Rubbish.
Of course 'marketability' is an 'issue' for any single person who doesn't want to be single. But to attribute its entire loss solely to chronological age, and what's more make that age 30? What a whiney cop out. If you're 31, not unattractive, no kids, good job and the only men asking you out are "Like, so old and gross it's insulting and hurts [your] self esteem", then it's not your age that's the problem. | |
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