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Why are so many men single

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Winter2028 · 12/12/2024 06:26

I know quite a few single men in their 30s. They all have jobs and their own properties. Their friend groups are also overwhelmingly single men; a single friend of mine who is a civil servant used to live in a houses where where all the men had similar jobs and all struggled to find girlfriends (the flatmates apparently railed a lot against 'feminazis'); another friend of mine (late 30s) socialises with a group of 6 friends where only 2 are in relationships (they are all nearly 40) and the rest are single not through choice.

This creates an impression that its hard to get a girlfriend and its because women have more choices and are more picky today (my friend don't think this is a bad thing but it also means they support things like government sponsored dating!) These men are probably not an anomaly as the rise of the far right is apparently correlated with the rise in single young men. However as a woman my impression is that many poor men are in relationships (my dh was a penniless graduate student when we married in our early 20s and his sisters also married men who were poor in their 30s; one of my SIL even had to share a hotel room with her MIL and baby and DH and she she is planning on having another baby with him). Sadly many abusive men are in relationships.

So what is the reason why so many men are not in relationship when women's expectations are hardly sky high. Is it lack of social opportunities (they do go on dates but my impression is the dates don't go anywhere). Is it lack of charisma (many uncharismatic men I know are also in relationships)?

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Augustus40 · 08/09/2026 05:24

Many single men stay indoors a great deal. Men can be very weak at community links. They at best go pub sports activities and then rot at home watching porn. A few men join meet up groups but the vast majority of even those have drink problems.
I just have men as friends these days. I no longer bother with relationships and all the overcompromising!! Staying single is the way to go.

Wingingit73 · 08/09/2026 06:41

Because women are gettingorw and more sensible

LivelyRedFawn · 08/09/2026 06:46

Because they aren't meeting at work. Because of HR and concerns with complaints etc many men don't feel comfortable approaching women at work which is where many of us previously met partners

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