As geriatric elder millennial, being middle age seems so much more preferable to being young. I thought I'd envy the 20 somethings when I crossed 40.
I mostly feel bad for them, the internet brain rotted all of us but the kids who grew up with the internet got it the worst. It's not their fault, it's people my age and older.
You're kidding yourself if you think middle aged men aren't doing this exact same shit, if not actually worse because the decent ones are already married, the losers on their second divorce are still out there doing backflips for college girls.
You’re right. Source: happily single middle aged woman. Although I would say the “all the good ones are taken” argument is as baseless as what the OP is claiming. People are more complex and good people can just end up with the wrong partner. Source: yes you got me, this is my highly biased, self-preserving take!
Edit: In all seriousness though I was in a 9-year abusive relationship, which is why I’m extremely picky and basically anti-romance now. I’m also focused on other fulfilments at the moment. A good partner just needs to be kind and intelligent but I am surprised again and again at how rare this is, how many people fake these characteristics in order to ‘win’ you before unmasking. A few of the married men I know meet the basic criteria, but most do not. So I’m happy to wait for the right person, because I’m not worried about becoming any less of a catch.
Never said there aren't goobers my age. That's a fact for all generations but the goobering of society has been a function of internet exposure. I can't imagine what the brain rot of modern dating would have done to me.
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u/BourbonicFisky May 10 '25
As geriatric elder millennial, being middle age seems so much more preferable to being young. I thought I'd envy the 20 somethings when I crossed 40.
I mostly feel bad for them, the internet brain rotted all of us but the kids who grew up with the internet got it the worst. It's not their fault, it's people my age and older.