Math for Girls

Those of you who know me personally, may have heard this screed before. If so, I'm sorry. But today's post is a general guide for helping women understand why you are single and/or why you will stay that way. It's aimed at women (and not men), because culturally women are taught from a young age that "marriage is everything."

And that's just stupid.

Okay.

Women make up 52% of the population. However this percentage does not take into account the dispersion of genders of people who are "dateable." Since men die before women (thankfully), old, naggy women make up a significant portion of the population. Which means, not all women are looking for a mate. For today's discussion, and for ease of calculations, the genders are evenly split.

50/50
It comes as no surprise that the older women get, the less desireable they are to the opposite sex. If you need this explained to you, then this blog is not for you. On the other hand, the older a man gets, the more stable he becomes financially, the more mature his face grows, and even in the worst outlook, his contribution to a relationship grows on aspects that can be counted — doing the laundry and helping around the house do not have metrics. Buying power does. Note: It is well-understood that women make their own money now, but those women also SPEND that money. Hundreds of articles litter the internet about this topic. Try reading one.

60/40
Some men are gay. Some men are from poor or less respected backgrounds. Some men are crazy. Some men have social issues that make them undateable. Some men die young (in wars and so on). Some men are incarcerated. Women are pickier than men about mates, as well. Each of these attributes adds weight to my theory that there aren't enough men to go around.

70/30
Monogamy is not natural. There are no monogamous mammals. Everytime someone brings up sea-horses and lobsters, I want to stab them with a crab mallet. Wait. That's not right. Marriage is a cultural invention. It creates ridiculous expectations. When a man cheats, women go nuts. They spray paint his car. They sell his clothes. They smash his golf clubs. They drive the children into the lake. And then divorce him. This leaves the women, later in life, with fewer prospects of marriage. Moreso, a man who cheats is less likely to settle down after that.

80/20
Americans are fat and getting fatter. No one wants a heavy husband/wife. This isn't my opinion. This is how the world works. If no woman wants to date a fat man, regardless of whether or not she is alone, and no man wants to date a fat woman, that's a lot of obesity sitting home alone eating buckets of chicken.

90/10
Some men just don't want the headache that comes with marriage anymore. Fewer and fewer people get married in the 21st century. The pre- and post- costs of marriage are so ridiculous that most men are better off being single forever. From a purely economic point of view, marriage is stupid. Add in the amount of crap she "must have" at the wedding that he must pay for. Why would anyone making less than 100k a year ever pay for a wedding?

100/0
Men with day jobs, working in offices, with women, get their fill of estrogen for 9-10 hours of the work day. Coming home to more nonsense spewing from the face hole of someone with no gray matter for spatial logistics means married men have four more hours of noise coming their way. 50% of which they will never hear and/or understand. This means women who actually have mates, don't really have fulfilling relationships as the emotional/social divide between husband and wife grows.

What does this all mean?

First, here's some real numbers.

49.5% of the population of America is married (must lower than the global average). That means 50% of women are still looking for a partner (cut that number in half again to reflect age issues).

People wait to get married about the age of 27 on average and those who divorce last only 8 years together. By 35, those who are divorced are slugging it out in the same singles scene as those who no one would marry in their 20s.

Divorce increased almost 40% from 1970 to 1975, around the time of the second wave of feminism. Impossible expectations and shift in culture have made the concept of long-term partnerships unfeasible.

And unnecessary.

I'm a bigger fan of people being single, women striking out for independence, and people in general living the way they want. Stop looking for a mate, and start thinking about what you truly want.