 Overwhelmed koala It has been some years since I've written this blog post, which still seems to stand the test of time. New statistical information about the oversupply of men in some countries, however, has come to light. Err ... yes, you read it correctly, ladies; it's not a typo, and I did write "OVERSUPPLY". But more on this later; in the meantime, enjoy the following blog post. We have an expression in Australia that we sometimes use when we're feeling rather overwhelmed; and when I finished reading a certain article about the chances of women finding men after a certain age, I was left trembling with apprehension. As I clutched the newspaper to my breast and shakily boarded the train on the way home from an appointment the other day, I said to myself: "How much can a koala bear?" Once on the train, I re-read the by-now-crumpled-paper so I could take things in once more, this time sitting down. A flashback to the movie "Sleepless in Seattle" brought back the comment made to the Meg Ryan character that "A woman has a much higher chance of being killed in a terrorist attack than getting married after the age of forty." Well, I have news for you, sisters--the age has now dropped dramatically since they filmed that movie. This explains my downing a Valium when I arrived home and making myself a huge bowl of pasta with pesto (my favourite comfort food) so I could get over the shock of what I had learned. The following comes from a regular column in the mX newspaper (courtesy of City Rail), written by Emma Merkas. WARNING: READ AT YOUR OWN PERIL!!!
 Never mind being past 40 years of age (plus the growing number of global terrorist attacks these days). Bloody hell! They are now saying if we don't land a man by age 29 we're done for! So what are the chances for us older chicks? As we fondly say in Australia: "Buckleys and none". This is how much of a chance we have of landing a man past the age of 29, 30, 35, 40, 45, and so on (I won't even go into the 50s). Therefore, our mission is not just impossible; it's "frigging IMPOSSIBLE!" Hence, with heartfelt sympathy and condolences to my older, wiser, and sometimes dumped sisters out there, bring on the terrorists! In fact, I think we have a much better chance of capturing a whole terrorist organisation and bringing them to justice, while winning millions on Lotto three times in the space of a week; and for me, also having George Clooney and Clint Eastwood entering into a bidding war for the film option to one of my novels, than landing a man who is decent, faithful, loving, and considerate. Oh, fudge! Forget the last bit and simply make it ANY man. Okay, I'm off to find a mining town now, where women are few and men are desperate, or if all else fails I can always move overseas and try my luck over there. AND NOW WHAT YOU'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR... The article on the OVERSUPPLY of men, courtesy of the Washington Post.  Too many men? Knowing our luck they're also after 29-year-old females :(
10 Comments
6/9/2012 18:06:02
I think this is just a lot of hysterics. It's also not looking at the bigger picture. There are *always* single men at any age but a lot of them aren't worth your time. Too many problems, too immature, too much farting around, too few social skills. And, a man's social skills seem to *drop* with age rather than improve. As many women get married who do because they're desperate, afraid of being alone, want to be like all their friends. I mean, there's a reason why the divorce rate hovers at 50% in most Western countries, right? It's because as many people are marrying wrong as marrying right, and of the ones who married, a good chunk of them probably aren't all that happy but they're sticking it out because who wants to go back to the Match.com days? 6/10/2012 02:18:57
Nicole, I tend to agree with all that you say; what you left out is also the fact that if all those women who are not in the "sisterhood" stopped taking part in cheating with other sisters' husbands, the world would be a better place, and marriages might have a chance of lasting a lot longer as the two people in the marriage make time to work out their differences. Sadly, most men are easily led to take the easy way out. 6/10/2012 03:17:10
I didn't leave *anything* out; when I dinged women for settling, that automatically includes women who chase after other women's men. The man who goes for it is a whore, same as her. 6/10/2012 05:30:01
Thank you for clarifying this, Nicole. Yes, both the man and the woman are "whores" when they cheat on their spouse. 6/10/2012 09:22:17
If you lived here I think your chances are pretty slim after the age of nineteen. I checked out the local town - bad news! Further research though has produced positive results. If you really really want a man there are lots of unmarried farmers in my area. Now, I can't vouch for the fact that they might all be terrified of women or that you might find yourself getting up at 3am every morning to milk the cows, but there are unmarried men here. 6/10/2012 11:31:22
Carol, you make me laugh :-) The last thing I need is to get up at 3am to milk a cow. Hehehehe. However, Nicole from Canada might find this appealing; she says all the guys in Toronto are totally NOT into women. So I'm not sure what is happening over there, but she might like a red-faced farmer. 6/10/2012 18:11:40
Sylvia, there is NOTHING wrong with going out with younger men. For one thing, society has begun to warm up to it with TV shows like Cougartown. Cher & Elizabeth Taylor have both *famously* gone for young men for *decades*, and neither one gave a rat's patootie what "society" thought. Personally, I'm all in favour of shocking anyone who's still naive enough to be shocked by something so silly ;) My point is, there are ALWAYS very few men who are really and truly worth settling down with; and that's even when we're younger, because half the folks who get married get divorced anyway. I'm sure men aren't the *only* reason why; plenty of marriages fail because of faulty women too, but really, you've been in two marriages that failed, I've been in a common-law that failed, and we can both look back on them with 20/20 hindsight and say hey, we picked losers, our bad. I'm surprised you'd even *want* to settle down again; most of my divorced friends say they'll never marry again. Explain to me what, exactly, I'm missing? 6/11/2012 02:11:25
Nicole, I never said there is anything wrong with younger men; all I'm saying is that society tends to look down upon a woman who goes with younger men. If you're a celeb you tend to get away with it more than the average woman. Perhaps it's the money and the status, who knows, but even they sometimes get a hard time from people. 2/19/2019 09:00:53
Re-reading this seven years later, I *STILL* think it's a lot of hysterics! 2/19/2019 10:04:03
Not so, Nicole. I've read a number of articles over the years written by reliable sources on the shortage of women; even Australia's latest census showed there are more women than men. I believe it's the same in the US, UK and other Western nations. In any case, we can't help it if we're the stronger sex in terms of outliving and outsmarting the weaker, less intelligent male of the species, right? ;) Your comment will be posted after it is approved.
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