5M views · May 29, 2012 · 3:00 · 0 HN recommenders · 3 mentions · discussed 2017–2018
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.
Why Hacker News points people here: Cited in threads on dating, loneliness and the shortage of eligible partners as a song that captures the dilemma.
“cover the dilemma some women find themselves in related to suddenly realizing you have no partner and no prospects”
Song about women suddenly realizing they have no partner
Garfunkel and Oates cover the dilemma some women find themselves in related to suddenly realizing you have no partner and no prospects this video
“This song[0] illustrates this point beautifully.”
Song illustrating shortage of eligible single men
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 of her friends. On one hand they're pressured to do something about this, on the other there aren't many eligible bachelors available because well, they're taken. This song[0] illustrates this point beautifully. Hell, the problem is so visible right now that a TV show dedicated to making couples out of (most of the time)well-off farmers and city-dwelling women[1] was created. [0] this video [1] link
“So, basically this[0] and this[1].”
Song about loneliness and lack of prospects
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
