This seems to be the only way to attract women beyond a certain age for any man who isn't good looking (top 5-10%). Some average/ugly men might be able to get a woman early on, when she's still a virgin or very limited sexual experience, and stay with her for life. But once women are beyond a certain age (around 21-23), they all usually have plenty of sexual experience and they've received plenty of attention off social media/online dating from a lot of attractive men.

Perversely, this means as women get older, their physical standards for men get more and more picky. A virgin girl at 17 might be happy with the first guy who gives her attention and makes her feel comfortable (you would be her first after all), but once they're 29 or 30 and had multiple lovers, most men don't turn them on physically or sexually anymore. They pine for alphas and their hypergamy goes out of control. It's no surprise that older women are generally only physically turned on by hot muscular men.

This is where average looking men have to use their resources to attract women. If you're average looking and low/average income as a man and haven't managed to find a long term girlfriend by 30-35, you're basically screwed:

- Women don't want you for your looks (their standards are too high after all their sexual experiences with more alpha men)

- You don't have enough resources to attract her through monetary means

- Dating much younger women is logistically very difficult once you're out of college/university and big age gap relationships are still quite rare/socially unacceptable

This is also why everyone complains that dating after 30 is so immensely difficult.