I saved the above for future use and added to you list

• Never settle • You deserve the best, nothing but the best, you're entitled to the best • Older women are just so hot right now. 40 is the new 20. • Men really like women that are 'more experienced' i.e. high body count. • You just need to put yourself out there; men will run to you. • Lots of women have children late in life • Your prince will come, so you don’t have to do a thing • Your special person is just around the corner, keep waiting, do nothing • It's ok to have your preferences (no short men, no broke men, no conservative men, no men with hair loss, no men without abs, etc) • Only consider men that are the same age as you, because men that prefer women any younger than 38 are basically sex offenders • Go to yoga classes, or Pilates or knitting or feminist book stores - that is where you'll find the best guys. • If you don't feel 'the spark' then something must be wrong with him • If he's not charming and charismatic, then he is probably an Incel (avoid!) • Don't sleep with men until the 15th date. You're not in your 20s!!! time to take things seriously. • Always insist that he bring you somewhere fancy, and never split the cheque. Then he will realise that you are high value • NEVER go on coffee dates • NEVER do walks in the park • NEVER do nice things for him that is his job for you. • He should accept your kids as his own • Men under 6 feet in height is an “ick” • Tats and a criminal record add character • Height is the best indicator of a quality man.

Here's the thing: Back in the 1980's, a woman friend in our college group said, quote: "It's popular now for girls to say they don't want to get married. It's such a burden".

They act like it's not a priority for them. That's MEN should provide EVERYTHING because she's the princess. That she should do nothing but sit in the castle sleeping.

When I went overseas, it was a pleasure to chat with women who knew what they wanted, wanted to do what it took to get it, and were cognizant of their expectations.

Back about 30 years ago, the BP scenario was just that: Women "settled" for a BP provider type, got her claws on his finances, then divorced him and made him pay child-support while she partied with hot bad boys in her late 30's for the next decade or so.

What we refer to here as dual-mating-strategy is the opposite of that: Party with the bad boys until her 30's and THEN ask for.a BP male bailout. I rented a room in Hollywood Hills with a pop psychologist who wrote a woman dating book advising monkey-branching thinking she had invented the concept. Unsurprisingly, she wound up single and is in her mid 60's now.

Generally, dual-mating the old fashioned way generally worked better but it required something such modern women lack: discipline and delayed gratification. She'd have to WAIT a decade or so to have her "fun".

My cousin actually had this happen to his: His wife divorced him after about 12 years of marriage thinking she'd have fun, the pickin's on the apps and bars weren't all that better than him, and she wound up marrying a guy who was his clone about 8 years later. He married a hotter, younger version of his ex-wife. It worked out well for him because they both had careers so it was no alimony or even significant child-support.

I didn't need to collect and compile the other comments (her initial post would suffice for the flair), but they tell a complete tale of this woman's personal life and blind spots. These women could save thousands of dollars on therapy fees and depression pharmaceuticals if they were to simply read our analyses.

One gem is: "It’s very hard to have these things as a single person living in the U.S. where there is very little social and financial support outside of the nuclear family structure." In other words, she wants a man to pay the bills but she hates this idea of The Patriarchy that men deserve something, even basic respect, for doing so.

ANOTHER gem is when she says "Luckily my parents have never pressured me". Perhaps if they HAD, she would have acted with a sense of urgency in her early 20's and her life could have turned out differently. My daughter isn't going to be so "lucky". I hold her to account.

It's funny when they say "i always wanted to be married, settle down and have children", yet they are almost 40yo and their past is casual sex, working as a bartender and 2-3 abortions.

I take issue with this comment. If the man of her dreams descends from the sky tomorrow, pulls every stop to impress her entitled perimenopausal ass, and marries her in a year (preferably 6 months), she still has a chance. All she has to do is keep her standards high and never settle for a lesser man that is not good enough for a kween like her.