In Singapore, the odds are stacked against the older woman who is looking for love and marriage.
Dating agencies here are turning away older women because men, regardless of age, are mostly interested in younger and prettier women.
Men also prefer younger women because they are more likely to bear children, reported The Straits Times on Saturday.
One agency, known as Good Luck Friends Centre, told the English daily that they do not accept female members over the age of 55 unless they look a lot younger. The agency found it difficult to match them with other men.
It also only accepts women who are pleasant-looking.
Lunch Actually also does not encourage older women to sign up for their services if they think that they will be unable to find matches for the women.
Female clients in their late 30s and 40s are generally only accepted by the agencies on a case-by-case basis.
Mr Matthew Chan, co-founder of Love Express, told The Straits Times that once a woman reaches the age of 40, men no longer want to consider them as potential life partners. He also added that even men who are in their 50s want a woman below the age of 40.
Men, however, are not subjected to restrictions in age and looks. Apart from having to draw a salary of at least $3,000 a month, the only thing that men have to make sure of is their health.
Another reason could be that Singaporean women are too fussy, and therefore losing out on the game of marriage.
Sociologist Paulin Tay Straughan told the English daily that young foreign women from China and Vietnam are tying the knot with the local men who have been deemed less-than-ideal husband material by status-conscious local women.
Older women, however, are much less likely to marry a younger man. The option of a young, virile man from other countries is simply not available to them.
Women who have been divorced or widowed are also less likely to look for love again because they might be judged negatively by society for doing so. They also tend to focus more on their family and children.
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if you able to mentally prep yourself what 50 years old would think, bring it forward to 30 years old, then you should be able to find someone for sure
most peoples at younger age, will look at everything on surface first , 5c etc ..if you able to isolate this first, see others for their real potential, it will help alot
ask yourself, when you are in hardship, i.e. you became unemployed, or you failed in business, did he/she stick wih you ...
i had seen a friend of mine, he was jobless for good 3 years, and .....
that is very true... i heard of some who meets their life partners when they were on a trip overseas... :D
pls la. It is common knowledge that man above 60 still can. Woman above 50 can not leow.
Man 45 not old. They should be at their prime. Maybe retire leow.
If older man don't use dating agency the older woman will be turn away. Simple hard truths.
yes. sometimes, it is not recommended to answer to every questions... have to 'screen' through. :"D
Then what to do huh? Seldom meet a kid/man behaving like a kid/man. Headache. Damned childish.
Eh please la. Older men are 45 - 58yrs old. Old men above 60s, if not healthy, are already ready to kick the bucket. Unless they're rich (in which case, they won't be using dating agency), there's little attraction in them.
maybe so happen that his favourite fruit or most hated fruit is strawberry? hehehehe. :D