Male Mating Patterns

In cities where women outnumber men (i.e. good odds), men in their 20s tend to play the field longer, but the trend reverses for men in their 30s - they tend to go for marriage. Interesting.

One would think men in their 30s would continue to play the field so long as their odds remained good, right? Apparently not.

In general, what men tend to do (taking falling in love out of the equation) is evaluate themselves like stocks. If they feel like their price hasn't peaked, why sell? Most men in their 20s probably feel as though they are going to be making more money and be able to land better girls if they hold out longer, so they do. But men in their 30s might see themselves as peaking and realize if they don't cash out now, they're going to have to sell later at a lower price.

I have evidence for my claim - NBA Basketball players. I'm always shocked to hear these guys that are 23-27 years old and and married. I think, "Dude, are you kidding me? You can party it up all you want - why settle down? You're a young dude." But under my theory of peak stock an NBA player correctly calculates that he is peaking WHEN he is an NBA player. He isn't going up in value when he retires at 33. Or when he's getting old at 31 and his legs are going. He knows "this is it, man, I ain't getting better poon than the poon I'm getting right now." And you know what? He's right.

I think this theory could also be tested on the balding population. If a dude notices his hair is going, is he more likely try and settle down quickly? In one Seinfeld episode, this exact scenario occurs. Elaine's boyfried, a head shaver, discovers he is going bald when he can't grow back his hair and immediately asks Elaine to marry him. She considers it. (Note - There is a subset of the balding population, however, who will overcome the bald-as-unattractive meme by becoming a total Zidane-style badass and not give a shit. Like how Biggy could make fat cool. Male self-stock evaluation has many aspects and is a balance - looks, money, reputation, etc).

This is also why girls yell at their boyfriends who break up with them, "You'll never find anyone as good as me!" They don't appeal to love or companionship or any of that crap. They appeal to guys self stock evaluation.

Not that this system isn't flawed. A man with low self worth is going to misvalue his own stock. Likewise, a man with delusions of grandeur is going to miscalculate his future value. Also, a man may find himself in an interesting scenario. He may land a girl out of his league - the Turtle-Meadow Soprano scenario - and even though his stock may not have yet peaked, he would correctly calculate that even when his stock does peak, he is not going to top Meadow. In this scenario, the wise move is to sell preemptively. Likewise, a man could be on his downswing and past his peak, but the girls he can get at the moment land are below his current value. He is getting low-balled. Like how the stock market bottomed out earlier this year. GE stock was a damaged stock with all sorts of exposure in the financial sector. It dropped all the way to 6 bucks. But even if you're in you're twilight, it doesn't mean you need to sell in desperation. So a man may have peaked, but that doesn't mean he's going to sell at .50 cents on the dollar.