Similarly, it's unsurprising how much vitriol and poor behavior/misogyny these folks exhibit in their 30s.
Consider the number of guys who go through their twenties and don't have any luck--perhaps even having good female friends who are close but never take that additional step into a proper relationship because there are hotter guys around.
Now, go through a decade of this, and suddenly you "get your shit together", and now things are easier (really, perhaps, the girls are just better adjusted in their expectations), and how are you to treat these people?
People who looked on for a decade while you suffered? Why not treat them like pieces of meat--that's how you were treated, after all.
And if you do treat them decently and settle down, you basically know that you are likely missing out on a whole chunk of life experience.
It's a horrible and toxic cycle.
It seems like we get to keep having this as a societal norm, or we get to complain about manchildren and not settling down--we do not get to do both.
EDIT: This is clearly not the case for everyone; there are many, many different life experiences out there. That said, for a certain set, I would wager this is fairly close to what they'll/they've gone through.
Well, it should be expected - by that time the majority is already married or 'settled-down' without marriage, so the nice guys and average guys are mostly 'out of market' while all of the douchebags and also the most frustrated ones are still right there.
Consider the number of guys who go through their twenties and don't have any luck--perhaps even having good female friends who are close but never take that additional step into a proper relationship because there are hotter guys around.
Now, go through a decade of this, and suddenly you "get your shit together", and now things are easier (really, perhaps, the girls are just better adjusted in their expectations), and how are you to treat these people?
People who looked on for a decade while you suffered? Why not treat them like pieces of meat--that's how you were treated, after all.
And if you do treat them decently and settle down, you basically know that you are likely missing out on a whole chunk of life experience.
It's a horrible and toxic cycle.
It seems like we get to keep having this as a societal norm, or we get to complain about manchildren and not settling down--we do not get to do both.
EDIT: This is clearly not the case for everyone; there are many, many different life experiences out there. That said, for a certain set, I would wager this is fairly close to what they'll/they've gone through.