I always thought that i'd be married before my mid-twenties.... uum', that hasn't been the case', so I say women embrace the changes and go with it. Marriage will happen when it happens, its more important to be with the RIGHT guy :)
Now, 40 might sound a little mature to be dressing up as a blushing bride but it’s not that unusual these days.
Wife begins at 40! The number of women marrying for the first time in their late thirties and forties has doubled in a decade. So why is it taking them so long to find Mr Right?
According to a recent survey from the Office For National Statistics, the age at which British women marry for the first time has been steadily climbing. In fact, the number getting married for the first time in their late 30s and 40s has almost doubled in the past decade.
And, despite their age, many are opting for the big white wedding they dreamed of as a little girl.
'Not that long ago, a woman risked being labelled a spinster if she was still single at 30'.
Relationship coach Jo Dale, founder of the Dear Mrs Herbert website, which specialises in helping ‘smart, professional women get confident and find love’, romantic history is typical of many women who ‘wake up’ in their mid-30s only to realise they’ve forgotten to nurture their personal life.
As any single woman knows, decent, kind, solvent men don’t come round very often. So could it be that Jennifer struggled to settle down because she was just being a bit too picky for her own good?
Psychologist Mairead Molloy, who specialises in relationship issues, says another reason many women stay single for longer these days is that they often have unrealistic expectations about relationships.
‘We’ve become a society of perfectionists. In the past we were happy to fall in love, get married and then do our best with that relationship, for better or for worse.
‘These days, women will complain that they can’t meet anyone — then tell me in the next breath that a man has to be the right height, have the right hair colour, the right job, the right car, almost the right DNA before he can even be considered for a date.’
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