Fussiness decreases with age

Following on from the previous post on levels of discernment, the graph above shows that fussiness does not stay constant with age. When you're in your late teens and early twenties, you can afford to be idealistic when trying to find 'the one' or even 'the one for the night'. After all, you're young and time is on your side. You meet a nice person, but s/he isn't quite the full package. The hair colour might be wrong or you didn't like his/her shoes perhaps. No problem - another candidate is just around the corner.

However, as you get older you can't afford to be quite as selective as you once were. Your peers begin disappearing and prospective dreamboats become rather thin on the ground (and fat around the middle!). At this point, the fretting can begin in earnest. Pretty soon, desperation starts to seep in and all those essential criteria you had go out the window. If you're approaching the big 4-0 mark and you're still alone, you'll take almost anyone as long as s/he has a pulse and doesn't kill animals for fun!