An alpha widow is an average woman who mostly dates alphas with the hope of eventually settling down with an alpha, but failing to secure marriage from an alpha.

She is financially stable enough that she doesn't need to be supported by a beta, and she doesn't value having children enough that she is willing to settle for a beta. So she ends up just waiting endlessly for an alpha, possibly freezing her eggs, but often ultimately ending up without any marriage or children.

I know of several such women (all had PhDs and dated men with PhDs but eventually got dumped due to two-body problem and the PhD men wanting to play the field), but I'm wondering how common they are and whether they are on the rise.