What's in store for aging women?

Some people on this subreddit have labelled 'revenge porn' the idea that women become older and more miserable as they age without having locked down an LTR. I kinda used to think that was the case myself , but I'm less and less sure.

As I get older I'm starting to encounter more and more single women in their 30s, and many of them are not at all happy about it. These women were definitely not unattractive in their younger days, and some of them look good even into that age bracket.

Anecdotes:

1. A 31yo German woman. She was cute for her age. I thought she was a lot younger. She kept pointing out really, really hot guys to her friend while us three were hanging out. She started talking about finally wanting a relationship. She talked about wanting a guy who was around five years younger than herself. She seemed somewhat disagreeable, extremely shallow and also generally unhappy.
2. A mid-30s American woman from Detroit. She and I were hanging out with this guy who was also my age (29) at an electronic music festival. They get into a drawn out conversation while I vibe out to the music. Later, I rope in a bunch of girls to hang with us on the town. They span the whole range of 20s. Us guys being single, we try to seduce them throughout the night. Logistically, things broke apart. Myself and the mid-30s woman eventually left the dude dancing in a bar by himself. She begins to complain that the other women we were with that night were "So young," and that he and I should "Go for someone in your own league." She then complained that he could be having sex right now if only he went for 'someone in his league' (her). (Note: Those girls were totally in our league physically and age wise. In fact, I almost banged one of them but she got worried about her friend who got pissed at us for some stupid reason and ran off).
3. Obese mid-30s woman. This one kinda speaks for itself. Admittedly, I kinda egged this one along because I was bored that night. But honestly? She was a fool to think she ever came close. Like, how much time is this woman wasting by hanging at these events filled with young people.
4. Mid-30s Asian lady. This woman was actually pretty attractive and I enjoyed her company quite a lot. She gave me abundant and very, very clear signals that she wanted to fuck me that night. I would have slept with her if not for the fact that her male engineer 'friend' came with her to the event. This guy is a long tenured employee at my company, and I didn't want to cross him. She made reference to her 'lost youth' as well as a boyfriend she hated because he played too many video games. She seemed to sour to me when I informed her that I also played video games.
5. 31 year old enhanced woman. This girl had fake boobs. I don't doubt that she had other work done that didn't even register to me in the moments that we chatted. She was fun to talk to and looked hot as far as I could tell. But enhanced hot will never compare to the natural equivalent. I asked her bluntly why she was single. She said to me that she and many of the women she knew felt that the men in Austin suffered from Peter Pan syndrome. Like, they didn't want to take on responsibility. She said it was easier just to remain single. I thought this was total bullshit. Austin has an absolute abundance of wealthy, single, hard working men. In my mind, what she said translated to, "I want to date really hot guys, but they don't want a relationship with me."

^I encountered all of these women in the past year.

I wonder what the long term plan is every time I encounter an average or below-average looking woman who is chasing after nothing but the hottest men without any self awareness of what she can actually afford on the dating market. I found it inconceivable that women could possibly be unaware of what men thought of them after a certain point, and equally inconceivable that they would turn a blind eye to what would happen to them after their youthful beauty faded away. But the evidence is stacking up that there are a lot of women who actually really, really don't get it. There is no long term plan. At least none that was realistic.

All of these women except the obese one were certainly attractive and intelligent enough to find a good guy to be with. And yet... they choose not to... Like, they could find a good looking guy, but they want the VERY attractive guy.

As a guy who has had very little success with women after I left university on the rare occasion that I actually try, I used to think that I would feel catharsis when I encountered a woman wallowing in her own self-inflicted misery. Now that I'm actually seeing it happen, I do not feel that catharsis. Instead, I just feel sad. I feel sad that they were too stupid and shallow to find someone. I feel sad because, well, there really are a lot of women out there who would rather be alone and kinda miserable instead of giving a high income, lightly muscled, somewhat hardworking, but very flawed, guy like me a shot.

Even now, there is this 27yo girl at work who I've been crushing on for months who has apparently been single for the entire year that I've known her. I think, L, you could have my love... You could surely have SOMEONE's love who is bigger and richer than me... Are you really going to gamble all that away?