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Man drought continues

by Whaleoil on October 9, 2011

Or so the Sunday Star-Times says:

In the whole country there are only 24,000 men in the prime marrying slot. These men are straight, single, have no children and earn at least $60,000 a year. They have their pick of at least 50,000 single women, aged 25-39.

…FindSomeone, New Zealand’s leading dating website, asks singles to fill in preferences for potential partners.

Men between 20 and 40 were generally relaxed about these preferences, except when it came to children. The area deemed most important to men was whether future partners had existing children, with 75% of men saying they would prefer a potential partner to have none.

Yep no one likes SOCKs.

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  • Jonathan W

    An utterly ridiculous and sexist story, and the “journalist” who wrote it should be ashamed.

    It is ridiculous because to be included in the “prime marrying slot” a man has to earn above the median wage. Which (by definition) is the wage such that half of the population is above and half below. If you take the set of all single, straight men and only count the richer half, then its not surprising its roughly half the number of single straight women.

    But more importantly than the statistical nonsense is the blatant sexism that only high earning men count. Perhaps the number of available women should likewise be filtered, perhaps by weight or cup size.

    • http://www.cadlow.co.nz Spanishbride

      Yep what I want to know is what percentage of single men are dicks? I don’t care what they earn. Are they looking for a commitment? Will they make a good father? Do they treat their woman as their best friend or are they selfish prats and control freaks?
      Luckily for me I am not in the market for a new man and if I ever give WO the flick I will still not be in the market for a man.
      Yep, if this marriage crashes and burns I will be done with committment. Marriage is for raising children. With out children together I really don’t see the point. Yep if I ever end up single and feel the need for a man he will be strictly a weekender. No shared finances, no shared home. My new mans place will be in the bedroom and that will be it. Dickheads need not apply ;)

      • Petal

        Good grief SB.  With what you’ve been through, don’t you dare give up now! ;)  Just as your investment is starting to mature (ahem), you need to stick around for the payoff!

        • http://www.cadlow.co.nz Spanishbride

          No worries Petal, he is my best friend and is a good Father and he has never ever been a control freak. I’ve spent 24 years training him with limited success ;) and can’t be bothered training a new one :)

      • Cactus Kate

        What percent of single men are dicks? Probably the same as the percent of married men! Agree with the rest. Although when you say “weekender” do you mean Fri and Sat nights?  Sunday night is too much if you need to get to work Monday if he’s doing a good enough job.

  • Cactus Kate

    60k at 25-39 is high earning? Bloody hell little wonder there’s a man drought.

    • Petal

      $60k is fortune to the hack that wrote it.