By The Hunger
Is it just me or does every hot girl aged 25 years and older seem to be taken? Where have all the single 25+ hotties gone?
25 and 0, at first glance, looks like Manny Pacquiao’s professional KO record over the last few years – but this is another kind of knockout. And before someone chimes in with “my friend is hot and she hasn’t had a boyfriend for over a year,” there can be only two possible reasons for this: 1) She can’t be that hot, and/or 2) Unknown medical issues, in other words, check her medicine cabinet. Hot girls don’t stay single for long, it’s a scientific fact.
Still don’t believe me? Think of four hot 25-year-old girls you know and I bet 3/4 have a boyfriend of sorts. As I mentioned before, it’s a scientific impossibility for an attractive girl to be on the market for that long. The only exception is if she chooses to be, i.e., recent bad break up, Buddhist-like soul-searching enlightenment, arranged marriage, has recently joined a cult, or is about to embark on an around the world trip. And even then I bet it’s only a matter of time.
Hot girls can generally only exercise this clause once every 5 years before people start asking questions. People want to know why this hottie isn’t dating after a long period of time. Generally hot women move from long-term relationship to long-term relationship; expectations for guys are different, guys aren’t expected to monkey bar from relationship to relationship as much
A few months back, I was on a cruise in Croatia with my brother and his girlfriend, and it felt like a 2010 version of The Love Boat. As I was newly single at the time, I was keen to see who I would be spending the next week trapped on board with. I remember arriving on the dock with my brother and his girlfriend and seeing blonde after blonde hopping on board. My brother turned and smiled at me giving a sign of vicarious approval.
This fantasy expired soon after I discovered that nearly all the girls had boyfriends and never stopped talking about them. All the hot girls had boyfriends and were all 25 plus. Although some were travelling with their boyfriends around Europe, most had boyfriends back home.
Twenty-five is the gateway to the second quarter of life. Granted, it’s a figure that some put a lot more importance on than others. Either way it’s inevitable as life goes on that the hot girl availability pool will dry up as you get older.
Average Age Of Marriage
But there’s hope. The cultural relevance of age 25 can move up or down depending on nationality. A look at the table below reveals the average age of European women at first marriage.
Sweden sits atop the podium with yet another cultural accolade, topping the list with the oldest mean age at first marriage with 32.5 years of age for women and 35.1 for men. Not surprisingly, Nordic countries come in at the top of the list for average age of marriage such as Denmark, where the age is 32.4 for women and 34.8 for men followed closely by Iceland and Norway. Compare those stats with Poland where 25.6 is the average age for women and 27.7 is the average age for men.
Purely on an age basis, logic tells me it would be harder (not impossible) to meet a single girl around 25 in Poland than it would be in Sweden. By this age in Poland, most of the population should in theory be married, whereas in Sweden they are quite a long way off. So in effect the Swedish 25 years of age becomes a much higher number compared with the Polish 25. To put this further in perspective, the average age of marriage for Moldovan women is 23!
These numbers illustrate a cultural mindset toward long-term relationships (not only marriage) at a specific age. A big factor these statistics don’t show is how long the couples were in relationships before they actually got married. And if they married the same boyfriend/girlfriend they had at 25.
This news is welcomed for anyone over 25 because not all women in Western countries will marry whoever they’re with at 25. Serious relationships are the pretext to marriage and your chances of meeting hot single girls around this age are going to decrease more with each year.
With people from all over the world getting married at different ages depending on their culture, it’s pays to be mindful of what age girls in different countries are looking to settle down. The list below is based on the highest average age of marriage for women in different European countries.
Best 25 And 0-ver European Countries*
1. Sweden – 32.5 (years of age)
2. Denmark – 32.4
3. Iceland – 32.1
4. Norway – 31.1
5. Finland – 30.2
6. Germany – 30.0
7. Spain – 29.8
8. Italy – 29.7
9. France – 29.6
10. Switzerland – 29.1
*Figures based on average marriage rates for European women. United Nations Economic Commission for Europe “Mean age at first marriage by sex” 2011.
If you have your eye on someone, don’t wait forever to make your move. At 25, the marriage clock starts to tick faster for girls and the time zone affects how fast it ticks.
REALLY diggin' this article…
It's interesting how the number of hot women available seems to drop the older they get. Yet at the same token, the older women get, the more their looks drop.
That's what's glorious about being a man, many of us can continue seeking women in the 20 – 25 range pretty much our whole lives. I just did an interview with Don Steele (a body language expert) – he's 70 dating a 23 year old.
As for women, once they get older, there choices in men start dwindling (unless of course their cougars). I guess that explains why single women in their thirties tend to be loco in the dome…
A statistic I'd like to know is the average period of time women throughout their twenties spend outside or a long-term relationship.
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Great article man, keep up the good work.
Problem: 25 and taken.
The Solution: Go for the girl with the boyfriend anyway. Girls cheat ALL the time.
I love going for girls with boyfriends (and sometimes husbands if I felling morally dubious). They are more a challenge anyway. Plus, like you said, the hottest girls are taken anyway, so you might have no other option. After all, if you click she might upgrade :)
Run the last part by me again. How does the Spanish 25 become a lower number than the Polish one?
There is also one more reason: she always meet dick…;]