For all this talk of “the Wall”, I think in big cities (certainly London in my experience), men need to be alive to the fact that there are a lot of women out there who are totally fine with remaining single well into their thirties and potentially forever

Whenever I’m on the apps or indeed just out in the real world, I’m forever meeting and seeing ostensibly happy, beautiful and successful women well into their thirties who really aren’t remotely fussed about finding a man.

And it makes sense why not.

The physical pleasure of sex is just absolutely on tap. They can have that absolutely whenever they like and there’s no chance of any real nudge in that direction required. Secondly, there are so many single men out there that they can jump off the market for some kind of a decent man if they want whenever they want, so that option is always available.

Add to that the fact that there’s so much to do in big cities in terms of hobbies and socialising, and their social circle is often so wide with a lot of women to give them the comforting feminine companionship one might need, and you have a huge population of women who straight up don’t care whether or not they have a man in their lives.

I think a lot of men need to come to terms with the fact that they don’t have anywhere near as much leverage with the passage of time as they think they do.