Demoiselle? 28ans+? Temps de se caser..

A Newsweek cover story titled "Too Late for Prince Charming?" showcased a study by Yale and Harvard researchers suggesting that 30-year-old white, college-educated single women had only a 20% chance of finding husbands. At age 40, the probability fell to 2.6%. Using hyperbole and humor that became infamous then, and sound far more awful today, Newsweek said those 40-year-olds were "more likely to be killed by a terrorist" than land a mate.

Another study by the American Medical Association suggests that women generally have some decrease in fertility starting in their early 30s. It is not unusual for a woman in her mid-30s or older to take longer to conceive than a younger woman. Furthermore, the risk of bearing a child with certain chromosomal disorders increases as a woman ages. The most common of these disorders is Down syndrome, a combination of mental retardation and physical abnormalities caused by the presence of an extra chromosome 21 (humans have 23 pairs of chromosomes). At age 25, a woman has about a 1-in-1,250 chance of having a baby with Down syndrome; at age 30, a 1-in-1,000 chance; at age 35, a 1-in-400 chance; at age 40, a 1-in-100 chance; and at 45, a 1-in-30 chance.

Once inside a marriage, the benefits for the Man are:

• Live longer
• Physically healthier
• Wealthier
• Increase in the stability of employment
• Higher wages
• Emotionally healthier
• Have better relationships with their children
• More satisfying sexual relationship
• And more…

For the Women:

• More satisfying relationship
• Emotionally healthier, lower risk of depression, mental problems.
• Wealthier
• Less likely to be victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, or other violent crimes
• Less likely to remain or end up in poverty
• Have better relationships with their children
• Decrease risk of drug and alcohol abuse
• Less likely to attempt or commit suicide
• Physically healthier. Less likely to contract ovarian cancer and other deseases.

For the kids:

• More likely to attend college
• More likely to succeed academically
• Physically healthier
• Emotionally healthier
• Less likely to abuse drugs or alcohol
• Less likely to commit delinquent behaviors
• Have a better relationship with their mothers and fathers
• Decreases their chances of divorcing when they get married
• Less likely to be sexually active as teenagers
• Less likely to be raised in poverty

So for those Tunisian ladies approaching 28+, hurry up and think about your well being and the well being of the community, rather than accumulating academic degrees or spending endless hours at work looking for the ultimate satisfaction, the incarnation of the feminist movement or the gender independence.

There is soul mate for everyone….it’s nature, that's how it is...but only if you take a leap of faith and don’t over-engineer it... otherwise and as we say in our language... ‘Yzaffir 3lik il babour”