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girls in my approximate age range (30-40) are either:

1) Single but crazy: Divorced and/or Rode the cock carousel ...
2) Single but with kids:
3) Divorced with kids:
4) Date younger girls only

Yes, it is a red flag when people remain single with no history of serious relationships by a certain age.  Give women over 30 more consideration if they had serious education and career accomplishments in their twenties, e.g., a Ph.D. or M.D.  If she was busy in grad school or moving for prestigious jobs, then she has some excuse.

You forgot:

  5)  Divorced without kids.

Many young women make stupid choices and have a failed "starter marriage".  Then they get divorced without kids by their early thirties.

You know Rollo's famous SMV graph:

https://therationalmale.com/2012/06/04/f...g-the-smp/

Women in their twenties have a 2:1 ratio of available single men.  For example, using the "half your age plus 7" rule, and 22-year-old women might date men from 21- to 30-years old, but a 22-year-old man might date women from age 18-22.  The woman dates a ten-year age range, but the man dates only a five-year age range!  But as the women age, the older men are more likely to be married or paired off.  A 30-year-old woman might date men from 29 to 46, but most of those men are married.  A 30-year-old man can date 22-31, mostly single women.

This ratio effect is huge.  In engineering schools with 60% men, only 40 out of 60 men get matched.  That means that one-third of the men become temporary incels.  Young women reject men because the men are under 6' tall, or wear old-man shoes or use an Android phone instead of an Apple I-phone.  In NYC or DC, the average age of marriage is 30.  So women face a dramatic shift at this age.  They must decide whether to date a man who is short, or Indian, or lacking money or a college degree.  Or these women can remain single for a few more years in a deteriorating market and risk never having children.

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