Thirty - three . It ’s the age Jesus died . It ’s the jersey act of basketball legend Kareem Abdul - Jabbar . And now , it ’s the absolute risky eld to be a individual lady – at least , fit in toPlentyOfFish . In arecent surveyby the popular dating site , researcher analyzed nigh 2 million messages across 81,000 exploiter profile . They discovered 33 - class - old women have the fewest subject matter , and therefore concluded this the lonely number of all .
And in today ’s least surprising news , 25 - year - old gals came out on top .
But exactly what makes 33 so unlucky ? While there ’s no hard science to prove it , a site rep suggest that at 33 , most women prioritize getting matrimonial and start family line , while their male similitude prioritize ordering their next beat of swallow . In fact , the survey anticlimactically revealed that there ’s just no bad age to be a unmarried guy .
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Still , if you are a undivided girlfriend and turning 33 today , do n’t freak out out ( and happy birthday , btw ! ) . Relax . You wo n’t turn into a real - life Carrie Bradshaw just because one dating land site says so . Sure , it might be a suction - filled solo twelvemonth for you , but it wo n’t necessarily be the worst ever . In fact , I ’m somewhat sure these other single years could suck even more .
22: No-man’s-land of good looks and shitty judgment
It may not seem like it , but when you ’re 22 , you ’re in a catch-22 , sound out kinship coachElly Klein . You ’ve engender the looks ( confront it , you ’ll never be as red-hot as you are now ) , and the power to pull the highest - quality , most usable manpower ( you ’re in every man ’s pet age range ) . But you’llalsobe prostrate to making the dim dating mistakes . In your other 20s , you ’re “ immature and inexperienced , ” says Klein , which is why you ’re drawn to the unseasonable guys ( Justin Bieber ; anyone on reality goggle box ) , or look sharp into serious relationships . The big risk here is that you omit out on heaps of good dating and sexual experience ( at this age , most masses do n’t even know what good sex is ) and may find yourself stuck in the wrong family relationship for years .
27: The era of awkwardly Facebook stalking/half-avoiding engagement status updates
But the pain sensation does n’t end there . You also have the fillip mortification of attending those weddings solo , or bring a Tinder stranger to model as your plus - one . Both options usually result in less than a honest metre .
34: The outer limits of culturally acceptable singledom
Thirty - three is regretful , but 34 will be worse , warns Pegah Shahriari , a attorney and self - described human relationship expert who will be turning 34 later on this year . “ You ’re suddenly at a decimal point when everyone around you is married and take in their first , sometimes second kid , ” she says . “ All you see is how much progress everyone else has made with their lives . It ’s impossible not to palpate scared , lone , and left behind . ”
Aside from the major FOMO , Shahriari believes 34 is also the last year to get your relationship act together . It ’s the oldest acceptable age to be individual , she says . “ You ’re literally counting down the days until you ’re 35 , which , by then , is too late . mass just assume that it ’s never going to happen for you . That ’s when we really give up . ”
40: Middled-out ground for lonely hearts (and empty wombs)
You may feel like hold up at 35 , but if you ’re 40 and single , it ’s a " live hell , " saysTreva Brandon Scharf , a dating expert and human relationship blogger . Before she married her husband at 51 , Scharf “ date stamp half the planet ” but was still convinced she ’d be single forever . You see all your friend are settled and have kids , she says . And if the equal pressure sensation does n’t put you in agony , your biological clock will .
By 40 , women ’s bollock are at a greater risk for chromosomal problems , which means you become painfully cognisant that the window for having intelligent nipper has started to close up . What ’s big , she suppose , many of the man in your date pool are freshly divorced – and the last affair they desire to do is dive back into a serious relationship .
Early 60s: Old maids and cradle robbers
What make dating in your 60s so difficult is that all the long time - appropriate men are trying to hook up with womanhood who are a mates decades young than them , say Sarah Patt , a matcher and dating expert withIt ’s Just Lunch Houston . This demote women in their early sixty , who are “ still very participating and vibrant , " to date humans in the seventy and 80s , who – let ’s face it – belike are not so much ( unless , of course , you ’re theChiquita Banana Man who ran hurdle and broke humanity records well into his 80s , but how many of those old dudes really subsist ? ) .
Suffice to say , there is nothing appealing about spend the start of your retirement postulate care of someone who is nearing the end of his .
Take that , 33 .
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