Thirty-One and Done
Ursula Hennessey ·
Jul 21, 2010 at 12:31pm
A new study has found that the optimum age for women is 31. Apparently, at this age, women experience the perfect confluence of confidence and physical beauty. Can’t say I totally disagree, but I have to say I’m a wee bit disappointed. I was buying into the 40 is the new 30! and even the 50 is the new 30! stuff of late.
Naturally, nowhere is it mentioned the “peak” age for men. Because, you know, there really isn’t a peak age. They just keep getting better and better…
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Jun '10
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It's also the age at which women realize that they have lots of choices. Obviously that's not the age Hef likes best.
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I note that the "related headline" is Mustaches Proved to Turn on Fish, Australians. No, I didn't click on the link. I have work to do, my friends. Important work. Do not distract me with this frivolity, Ursula! I am very busy here. Very, very busy. I will not click on that link. Nosirree Bob, I will not.
Jun '10
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Ursula: Don't believe it about men. I am one, in the fifty-something range. The best description I've ever heard describes men's plumbing systems in terms of irrigation systems. They begin with a pressure system, move to a gravity system, and end with a drip system. I can testify that all three are true.
Men like to think they get better and better. Some may get wiser, but our bodies don't.
May '10
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As I understand it, men hit that confluence at about 18.
Yeah, all the confidence and peak physical condition and a head full of granite and oatmeal. Thanks up there, Almighty One!
Jun '10
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Okay, now I'm offended. The only thing women find attractive about Hefner is his big, fat bank account. Everyone of his "girlfriends" was bought. The man preached a lifestyle based on hedonism and objectification of women. He did more to undermine traditional morality in this country than anyone in our history. Hef was, and remains, a pig.
As for the other topic, that women (or men) have an optimum age is shear piffle. Some girls peak at 16 and it's all downhill from there. Other women mature later and might reach their prime in their 40's. And that's just a skin-deep assessment. What about the important stuff like wisdom and morality?
Piffle, I say.
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~Paules: Okay, now I'm offended. The only thing women find attractive about Hefner is his big, fat bank account. Everyone of his "girlfriends" was bought. The man preached a lifestyle based on hedonism and objectification of women. He did more to undermine traditional morality in this country than anyone in our history. Hef was, and remains, a pig.
As for the other topic, that women (or men) have an optimum age is shear piffle. Some girls peak at 16 and it's all downhill from there. Other women mature later and might reach their prime in their 40's. And that's just a skin-deep assessment. What about the important stuff like wisdom and morality?
Piffle, I say. · Jul 21 at 1:02pm
Oh Paules! I hope you know the photo -- and the post -- are tongue-in-cheek! Hefner is totally gross. In *all* ways. You are completely correct. Just trying to add a little lightness for those of us who, like Peter and I, wring our hands daily over the safety and well-being of Claire and Judith!
Jun '10
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Okay, I can sometimes be a bit thick. Speaking of which, I think I will retire to my garden for awhile to play with my friends: the bricks.
Jun '10
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Paules, are you really Winston Churchill.....?
May '10
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Women who take care of themselves don't even get interesting till they are at least 40. I am not shy to say I find Helen Mirren sexier than, oh, pick any Hollywood air-headed anorexic blonde. My RD is fifty-something and in better shape than she was 30 years ago.
The most important factor in making a female attractive is that she genuinely likes men.
May '10
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This is great news! At least for those of us that see fitness as a large part of physical beauty, for which it isn't really news at all. According to USA Triathlon, over 75% of their female members are over the age of 30 (nevermind the self-selecting expense of sport entry, blah blah Craigslist), and I can say that it's true from what I've seen. Most of my mid-20's active friends have been looking past their age for years now, because we've witnessed the increased drive of the post-30 crowd when it comes to fitness. As for being more interesting: for singles of both sexes, once the initial post-college "my friends are getting married" scare is over, everyone seems to become more themselves and thus more interesting.
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Thoroughly agree!
May '10
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Ursula, thanks for making me feel guilty. Every time I see a photo of Hugh Hefner my heart lilts - "Maybe he's finally died!" Then I'm disappointed when I realize no, this isn't an obit.
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Jason, same thought here. However, in my defense, it was the headline: "Thirty One and Done"? Come on. Must refer to Hef shuffling off this mortal coil after, well, after "Thirty One" of something.
Jun '10
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I have much in common with Churchill, most especially his devilish good looks. I noticed just the other day that my once muscular rump now resembles a profile of Churchill. Or perhaps a profile of Churchill after a serious bender. Don't even start with the cigar jokes!
May '10
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Satoshi Kanazawa has an article in Psy Today about this subject that asks an interesting question:
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-scientific-fundamentalist/201007/why-don-t-teenage-girls-swoon-middle-aged-billionaires
May '10
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People kept telling me that stuff. Don't believe it. Play the Double Down game with me.
When I hit 35 and I doubled that, I said, hell yes I can make 70. When I hit 40 I figured 80 was still in reach. At 45 I got queasy. 90 felt like a stretch. Last year when I hit 50... No Flipping Way.
I am over that hill.
May '10
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I am 41 and rarely liked women younger than myself. I don't know when men "peak," since I never did, but my body tells me that my chance at it is well past.