I am 26 and not ready to settle down, am I behind in life?

[LadySimone]

Just because you and your friends didn't doesn't mean other women won't. And goes for a lot of things

Late 20s is probably a good time to start getting serious. Though I think a man is OK into his early 30s. Basically I think a man has room to start having kids in his late 30s/early 40s at the latest, which is plenty of time.

@Juicy is our resident young chick. Maybe you should ask her.

Do an experiment. Randomly ask 100 women ages 20-25 how old their husbands or boyfriends are and I bet upwards of 90% will say they are with 2-5 years age difference.

Early 30s is good for a man. It's important they are professionally established and personally developed.

 

[YaThreadFloppedB!]

fukk love I'm tired of trying

my heart big but it beat quiet

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

@Juicy is our resident young chick. Maybe you should ask her.

I hope your background isn't in statistics.....

Do an experiment. Randomly ask 100 women ages 20-25 how old their husbands or boyfriends are and I bet upwards of 90% will say they are with 2-5 years age difference.

Wrong, it's more like 50%

Age disparity in sexual relationships - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A good ~32% of women are married to men who are 4 years or older than they are. You take out the women who marry younger dudes and it's close to 40%. Women mature faster than men and like men who are more financially established.... both of these things come with age

Plus Im guessing the OP is black... if he takes care of himself he will look like a 22 year old in his mid 40s

Early 30s is good for a man. It's important they are professionally established and personally developed.

Which is what I said from the get go

 

[sfgiants]

Most marriages don't end in divorce. There are some couplings that have a higher rate of divorce than others.

Young people
Poor people
Non black women married to black men
Anyone married to a white woman...

The frequency of sex doesn't plumment when you get married but obviously relationships change ie you got kids, you get older etc.

You erroneously assume single people have lots of sex. Being on the coli should have told you these nikkas ain't married and still got ashy balls.

Didn't say you should get married because everyone else does but most men do and they aren't killing themselves. Actually their quality of life tends to be a lot higher than single men. If you're a black man your life is 1,000,000 times better if you are married. Do your homework bro.

Flabby wife happy life I don't depend or need another person to "complete me" which is the theme of many ppls reasons to marry another person
the sample size of married couples I've directly observed is small but everyone around my age give or take 5 years is and stagnant in every facet of life
My friend earns vacation time only to end up in Disneyland year after year with his kids and overweight wife
Meanwhile I was in Paris and Barcelona last fall

I'm happy right now

 

[MalikReloaded]

Right so I'm going to tell you guys a true story. I was once a woman 21, 22, 23, 24 25... I had girlfriends that age too. We never dated guys that age. Ever!

You guys need to let go of this idea that very young women want you as much as you want them. I didn't, they won't. I suggest he start getting serious in his late 20s because he will need a few years to get to know the woman enough to marry and then have children.

Men do it everyday. Don't know what planet you live on. All these desperate ass bytches out here begging to get married between the ages of 27-30 and you trying to say they won't marry a 34-36 year old guy? Yea. Okay. BRB. Bout to go on Plenty of Fish / OKC and ook at all these desperate ass hoes who are suddenly too good and unattainable Acting like men better get married young or else. Like we have a biological clock or something. Maybe in Huntsville, Alabama. This is standard practice for men in DC, New York and Cali.

 

[Poitier]

Men do it everyday. Don't know what planet you live on. All these desperate ass bytches out here begging to get married between the ages of 27-30 and you trying to say they won't marry a 34-36 year old guy? Yea. Okay. BRB. Bout to go on Plenty of Fish / OKC and ook at all these desperate ass hoes who are suddenly too good and unattainable Acting like men better get married young or else. Like we have a biological clock or something. Maybe in Huntsville, Alabama. This is standard practice for men in DC, New York and Cali.

lol ok

 

[BlackBall]

Do what's right for you. You'll know when you're ready to throw in the towel.

Fixed

 

[Express]

Men do it everyday. Don't know what planet you live on. All these desperate ass bytches out here begging to get married between the ages of 27-30 and you trying to say they won't marry a 34-36 year old guy? Yea. Okay. BRB. Bout to go on Plenty of Fish / OKC and ook at all these desperate ass hoes who are suddenly too good and unattainable Acting like men better get married young or else. Like we have a biological clock or something. Maybe in Huntsville, Alabama. This is standard practice for men in DC, New York and Cali.

young couples getting married = wack
a 34 year old jaded man marrying an unstable desperate younger woman = perfect love story, happily ever after

www.thecoli.com

 

[MalikReloaded]

lol ok

You know I'm right cuzzo.

You don't have a uterus, b.

Your junk will still work 10 years from now. Stop acting like you have to have a shotgun wedding today or else you gonna end up alone. That's a women's concern. Not yours

 

[Poitier]

You know I'm right cuzzo.

You don't have a uterus, b.

Your junk will still work 10 years from now. Stop acting like you have to have a shotgun wedding today or else you gonna end up alone. That's a women's concern. Not yours

Its hard to find a woman without baggage in your mid 30s.

 

[Aceofspades404]

Right so I'm going to tell you guys a true story. I was once a woman 21, 22, 23, 24 25... I had girlfriends that age too. We never dated guys that age. Ever!

You guys need to let go of this idea that very young women want you as much as you want them. I didn't, they won't. I suggest he start getting serious in his late 20s because he will need a few years to get to know the woman enough to marry and then have children.

how old are you?

 

[CinnaSlim]

That's if you're after a chick the same age, no?

My man is 30, (31 in Feb) and Im 23. I ain't shyt but he says I have "potential"

 

[MarcMan]

The short answer is 'no', you're not "behind" by any reasonable definition.

That said, from what I've observed, the lower your status/financials, the sooner you should settle down as a man.

 

[Mirin4rmfar]

We're your father and grandfathers married to your mother and grandmothers when they were 26?

Mine were.

Different time man, I enjoy work being my only responsibility right now. After work, I hit the gym and I study for career progression. No kids, no wife. I can go out when I want, date when I want. It just sucks when you meet a good one and have to pass lol

 

[Express]

My man is 30, (31 in Feb) and Im 23. I ain't shyt but he says I have "potential"

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