29/31 by Garfunkel and Oates
Why Hacker News recommends it
Cited in threads on dating, loneliness and the shortage of eligible partners as a song that captures the dilemma.
What it is
A comedy song by Garfunkel and Oates in which both play the same woman at 29 and at 31, charting a swift slide in her romantic prospects.
Recommended by 0 HN commenters across 0 different months, 2017 to 2018.
What Hacker News said
Cites technofiend · 2017-07 · on “The real reason women freeze their eggs”
Garfunkel and Oates cover the dilemma some women find themselves in related to suddenly realizing you have no partner and no prospects [this video]
Cites Tade0 · 2018-03 · on “Why Women Choose Differently at Work”
You're ignoring a lot of subtelties here. > I'd love to live in a place where this were true. Which cities exactly have such thing going on? Warsaw is a great example, but ironically these womens' standards are pretty high - all in all they didn't leave their 30k-something-souls towns for the Big City to marry a man who doesn't enjoy a decent social status himself. > Or is there? Also, either there is stigma for being single woman or there are vast numbers of single women. Both at the same time cannot be true in even somewhat stable system, and it's hard to argue that Polish cities are in total chaos. Anecdata: my sister was born in 86' and is currently single and childless, just like a few
Cites RJIb8RBYxzAMX9u · 2018-11 · on “‘I’m Broke and Mostly Friendless, and I’ve Wasted My Whole Life’”
So, basically this[0] and this[1]. If the author just needed to vent and sympathetic ears, then the columnist's 2000+ words platitude is fine. However, if she really wants out of the situation, then a more pragmatic[2] -- tldr; treat finding a SO like a job; she already professed that she's found no fulfillment on her current job, so might as well -- approach would be more useful. [0] [this video] [1] [LINK] [2] [LINK]