I don't agree with it at all. I got married at 22 and had kids when I was 24 and 26. Obviously I wouldn't wish my kids away, but I do hope they wait to get married and have children of their own. BUT, on the flip side, I'll only be 45 when my youngest graduates, so there's that.

I would politely tell someone with those beliefs that you beg to differ (if you're so inclined) and politely end the date. Swaying them is a waste of time, it's been deeply ingrained and usually would require a frontal lobotomy to get them to think otherwise (and I hear tell those are frowned upon.)

He's a dolt..

I wonder if by his definition, something wrong might cover being gay. I've been divorced a long time and didn't have kids, and about the only thing I've heard close to this is some sideways remark that I don't like women. Ugh. Anyway, I wouldn't think there's anything wrong with you. I kind of wish I had never gotten married in my youth, or more to the point that I had been more particular and selective.

Was he also a fat shamer? Tell you what you Should want to eat or drink? Tell you what movie you will like/must see?
Same mentality, get your self-confidence into question, then move in....and you WILL BE SO GRATEFUL HE RESCUED YOU! Riiiiggghhhhhhttt..........

Dunno if he meant it in a negative way but i think its more that if people hear you are single and 35 they will assume theres a reason why its that way and usually they will assume its a negative reason. Kind of like if you see someone jobless after a certain age you assume they either aren't trying to get a job or can't because they did something to where nobody wants to hire them, instead of assuming they were able to get along without working because they already made alot of money or that they inherited money or something.

The spinster theory, I'm not buying into his thought, how we see ourselves is the important thing.

People can and do have very weird thoughts indeed. Fortunately they can easily be ignored.

I got married at 18, son born day after my 20th, divorced at 26 and done raising him by 39. I'm very happy with the way I did things and glad my son has chosen a different path.

Where did you find this moron? I hope you at least ate well; you earned it! (oh, and to hell with "people".) Smile! Spring is on its way. Hell, giggle.

Marriage is overrated and our planet is overpopulated with humans. Your life belongs to you, not that conformist casting negative judgement on you. Fuck 'em.

My gosh! Well I ever venture into the deep south of America, they are all going think I am super crazy! lol. I can just imagine it... I would have so much fun with them. mwahaha.
Anyway Ignore the silly man, and do what makes YOU happy

Honestly? I don't think there's anything wrong with you, but parenthood is such a profoundly transformative experience, I can't quite relate to people who never go through it.

Yeah, I'd delete that guy's phone number right now. Dating many/most southern men are sort of like dating many foreigners..they are mostly totally patriarchal, and usually looking to upgrade socially, i.e. from broke trailer trash to an educated woman with an income.

I was married two weeks before I turned 20 yrs old, to an old MK (missionary kid) friend I'd known in Haiti since I was eight years old, and my brother's best friend. I only married him because we'd been pen pals for a few years, then dated in college, but only after I made him promise he'd never propose, since I couldn't say "no" to a pal (I didn't know at the time I'm partially transmale, with an active "bro" code), something I'd observed about myself, but didn't know why.

I didn't have my son until I was 27, and my daughter when I was 30.

I've never been told that, nor do I agree with it. I live in the Deep South though, and there are lots of weird things people think and say.
The father of a friend once told me that since I was an educated woman, I had an obligation to have children. I thought that was weird.

I think that you are probably just smarter than "the average bear"
Quote from the old yogi bear cartoons.. lol

I'm 30 and never getting married.

Guess you just have higher standards than those from the Deep South. Lol.
Oh wait a minute! I'm from the Deep South!

I can imagine that being a practical issue in the Deep South and in rural areas broadly.

I think people should marry when they are ready and mature enough. They are usually convinced they're both, well before they are.

Some people should never marry. I suspect I am one of them. It's just that I figured it out way too late in life.

I'd say he was definitely a bit weird. I know women in their 70s who never married, either because they never found anyone they wanted to marry or simply because they never wanted to be married. Some of them had kids, some of them didn't for a variety of reasons, including not wanting to. They're all well-rounded, intelligent people who have lived lives according to their own wonts and values, so fair play to every one of them and fuck what society says they should have done.

In the old days they used the term spinster. This term had a lot of underlying meanings, like ugly, prude, man hater, and even harsher names like dyke. Everybody tried to get them married but stopped trying when they passed the golden age of 30. so by these standards you are hopeless. I have a friend who is now 83, never married and had a blast every day of her interesting life. Her laughter pierces walls. I don't think that marriage would have made her any happier. She has a busy love life, a busy cultural life, and many many friends.

Nothing wrong in living the way you elect to live.

Hmm, let's see...

People no longer have to get married. Equal rights, women's lib, and feminism mean that women can pursue education and careers, and do not need to be limited by traditional gender roles. Anyone--of any cultural inclination--who's had their head above sand can see that people are taking advantage of these opportunities, and societies have changed and continue to change. There is no shortage of people in the world at large: no one needs to breed. Women are having children later, or not at all. People are marrying later, or not at all, or not staying married.

Its a different world, like it or not. If you don't see that, you're too stupid for me. If you don't like women making choices that don't align with yours, you're too shitty for me.

I've never been married or had kids. Some people think my life is over. I just find that attitude really sad.

She was on close to her 50's never married, no kids. Her boyfriend was her job. A pro dancer. I didn't judged her. We still friends and still annoy each other. She ain't weird or me a freak.

I don't agree with that type of thinking, but I think that's the consensus among all the zombies. Of course people who are married or in a relationship will think that people who aren't have something wrong with them past a certain age. It's kind of like the people who become rich and say YOU TO can become rich! You just have to work harder for it! It's your fault! What they don't also consider is that maybe it's the person's choice to remain single, or maybe they haven't found something close to what they're looking for and don't want to settle for something that will end in flames anyway or be miserable with someone who doesn't "get them", or maybe they attract a certain type of person that is detrimental to their health and on and on and on. It's none of their business really.