A general "hmph"

Overheard at Sakura Con, from guy in his 20s trying to convince younger girls in costume to let him take their picture: "Someday when you're 42 you'll look back on these and think, 'Wow, I was hot.' "

Ahem, dude, women of the age range of which you speak are sitting next to you. And I'll bet you didn't even realize it.

(Note that he was also one of those know-it-all types, and giving bad advice on how to pose for photos. Considering the source and all that.)

It reminds me of the recent flap over the
Atlantic article about why women over a certain age who want children should settle for men who were once beneath their standards. All that aside, commentary on the matter has been edifying. Or something.

For instance, a comment from this, er, doofus:
Are all the good ones taken? Not quite. But here’s a lot of what you’re going to get as a 40-year-old woman on Match.com: Commitmentphobes. Players. Financially unstable guys. Unattractive guys. Socially awkward guys. Much younger guys. Much older guys. Look in your in-box.

All I have to say to this is, does he even know any women in their 20s? Aside from the "much younger guys" descriptor (and not even that, necessarily), every bit of that sounds like what I mostly came across in my 20s. I'm sorry, but for many of us, it really is that hard to find someone, and I don't think age is much of a factor in that.