I'm in my early 30s with no children and noticed a few years ago that from the age of 29 , women start disappearing from public view. I've been on train carriages and buses many times where there are 20 - 30 men, but only 4 women on there consisting of me, a teenage girl and maybe two women in their 50's. Occasionally I'll see a woman my age with a child in a cafe or walking down the street, but unless you turn up at very specific time of day they're pretty much like unicorns. It's very strange when you are a woman my age walking down a street full of people and not see any woman between 28 - 37 around you!
I go out to creative & arty events and they are largely absent there as well. Many are at home I think or only attend events for small children, families or mums when they do go out.
I've made friends with women that were older in the past but given the fact that the age gap was 15 - 20 years, I'd really like to make some close friends my age where I'm at a similar stage of life with shared experiences and cultural references. I still value the friendship of women who aren't my age of course, be they younger or older, but I hope you understand why I'm searching for ones my own age in particular.
I can't do that thing where mums meet in the park because their kids have started to play together and I can't meet anyone at the school gates, so as a childless woman where can I regularly meet them??