I hear this a lot.
Approximately 25-50 is supposedly the prime range, but tbh it depends on the guy’s personality. I’ve met some “old soul” 30yos and some very immature 50yos.
The best are the “young at heart” 45-55 if I’m bring perfectly honest. They know themselves, they know what they want and don’t want in their lives, there tends to be less drama….
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By 30 a man should already be settled. So dating prime is very obviously teens and 20s. It's also just harder for either gender to date past like 25 before that there is always new people in high-school/college so more opportunities
I divorced at 50 and it was way easier to date than when I was 18 even though I was balding with a dad bod and when I was 18 I was an athlete competing at a high level. At 50, I dated women who were way better looking than the ones I dated when I was 18. They were also way younger than me.
I think it is. People are way to busy in the 20's to settle down, moving here and there for jobs, etc.
You don't really put down roots till your around 30 years of age these days. Women tend to go for more stable men.
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Generally, in his 30s and 40s, yes. That's because it usually takes men that long to attain some status, resources (house, car, etc.), and still have some spending money - which are things that most women want in a serious relationship partner. Few women today are willing to BUILD with a man, even a much younger man, today - they want him to already have everything she wants.
But of course, this assumes that the man HAS acquired some status, stability, and resources, and has developed some confidence with women. Those are the things that are going to matter.
Still, there's a new problem today - well, a couple of them, but a big one is that women have always wanted a man of higher status and resources than she had. In the past, that wasn't a huge problem, as most women tended to have limited status and resources, and most men would have more of both than she would, especially men a few years older. But today, women work and have their own status and resources, but they STILL expect to get a man with even MORE than she has. What they can't understand is that the higher she goes on the ladder, the exponentially fewer men there are above her - PLUS, every woman who is on the ladder knocks one guy further down the ladder. Thus, tons of women are not able to find a "better man" because there simply aren't nearly enough men above them. Many women end up SHARING a higher-status man (by being his mistress/side-chick/booty call) rather than "settling" with a man on her level or lower, because a man's status is THAT important to a lot of women.
Another problem is that women don't "get" that spending all of her time in her 20s going to school and building her career in order to be "independent" and have her own money doesn't increase her value to men - it DECREASES her value. Virtually every man would prefer a 21-year-old girl with no advanced education who wants to be a wife and mother over a 35-year-old who makes $150,000 a year and has a masculine, combative attitude (the kind you naturally acquire in order to fight your way up the corporate ladder) who will make everything a fight at home.
Girls are incredibly pressured to go to college and build a career, and going to college means she's going to be HEAVILY indoctrinated by far-left, ultra-feminist, pro-trans, anti-capitalist Marxism and to value a career above a relationship or family, because the left does not WANT men and women being together or having families. Feminism specifically exists to convince women NOT to be with men. So, you've got to be prepared to deal with that too.
The current dating world is very messed up.
I find guys older than me attractive, up to 20 years depending how well they take care of themselves but for the average guy without genius olympic genes, I would say 10 years max.
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How do you define "dating prime?"
Dating shouldn't have a high age for both genders. The more you have to wait till you somehow are in a prime for dating the worse the time after is going to be.
Everyone should be dating seriously when they are young highschool age as the only thing keeping you together is if you are emotionaly compatible and already know what you want later, no amount of money can fix that.
Those who don't know early on what they want don't know it later either.
What we see in todays world is no one has an idea what dating is and everone just does what they think is right.
I’m 33 and definitely feel a lot more “together” than I ever have, it’s just hard to get my money in a good place, these days… been saving a lot too, but it just isn’t made easy for us, especially in these times. And yeah, I’ve always wanted to find someone, with good intentions right? Like I’m not out to play the field…
But it also falls on women too, like they act like they want a good man, but they get cold feet and distant whenever one “too good” enters the picture… so it’s like hey, also waiting to see some girls come forward and put THEIR money (figuratively speaking now) where their mouth is, because a lot of them can’t even seem to hold a conversation, or even bring themselves to care.
They’ve gotta match the energy too, point blank, period. It’s like, I’m looking for you… but YOU have to be looking for me as well.
No, they just say that cause he has more money now and can lead with his wallet.
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- but that’ll just get him goldiggers, it doesn’t mean that he’s of exceptional genes and health and that women find him more appealing.
Many men end up making a lot more money by their 30’s.
Thats all it is. Only Chad had exceptional 🧬 genes, and health. Nobody can turn into Chad , that’s a myth. You were ethier born with it or you weren’t.
The only thing that’ll get your genuine female attraction would be surgical enhancement.
It’s not directly age related for men. It’s about our income and income potential. If a man has a good career or the start of by thirty, then ‘yes’ his prime dating years are just ahead of him. If he was born into wealth, his prime years could be much earlier. Most men haven’t really got a head of steam on until late thirties, early forties. This is the source of the stereotype of women being attracted to older men. What they’re attracted to is his ability to provide for all of their needs and whims. Obviously a younger man with the same wealth would be preferable. It just doesn’t happen like that very often.
It depends on the man, some men will only find success when they find financial stability. Some men will find success because they have good genes or work to keep themselves in shape. The men who attract women because of their physical traits will see even more success than they did in their teens and twenties when they’re in their thirties because now they have money and body. Men who only have money will only see success in their thirties and later because that is when they will probably have the most money. But women typically like older men as well so you could argue that thirties is universally better for men. But that is assuming most women in their teens and twenties want older men.
My 30s were definitely my prime, but my 40s are off to a really good start too and they might top my 30s. I think when you hit your 30s, a lot of guys start falling out of shape and you have a lot less competition. On top of that you are age range is incredible, you can date women in their early twenties to mid 40s without any problem. 30s all the way! It's super rare to ever hear a woman want to date younger guys. Unless it's a year or two.
The thing is that a woman could tell you that she doesn't like muscular guys or that she likes younger guys but does that matter?
What matters in practice is that indeed it's easier to date in your 30s and as for myself I had the confirmation.
Not the kind of guy who is in his 30s and balding with a belly, but the guy who settles his life and improves for the better, without eroding his health and who stays fit dates much better.
I don't know I mean when u feel u are ready for something serious , your heart will tell u but I don’t think just cuz u are no longer in your 20s that dating is not gonna be prime for u. Everyone that is older isn’t looking to settle down right away. You can still date and court just don’t waste people time that done want the same thing as u cuz then u are just being a jack ass
Yes I think so, for me definitely. Of course there can be exceptions but for the average guy he'll have his best chances in his thirties in my opinion.
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No, the older you get the sweeter you get except for downstairs then you need some pills 💊 for that at times going by with what the website talks about
Not only that, in one's 40s it is even better, given how hard it is in today's economies for most men. But from 30 on up, the tides do turn.
would say 30-35 is part of it but not late 30s. overall i think it's highschool age all to way to around 35
Seems right to me. For me it was my 20's up through my late 30's, but I did meet my wife in my late 30's
Well shit. There goes my 20s 💐🕯🪦😭
But at least I have escaped from a dictatorship ridden region and I live by myself entirely and very comfortable in Europe.
Why would it be?
Meeting girls is easier in college?
And many women in their 30s already have a men. And most younger women prefer men around their age.
Yes, by the time a guy is in his 30s he has a lot more confidence and is competent in many things. He is also more established in his career.
No but you still have a lot of opportunities
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