If a guy in 40 is still un married, it really does not mean that he is a failure. Sometimes its family obligations that make the guy put his family in front of him. A guy in 20's lose his dad and has couple of younger sisters would think of their marriage before he will think of his.
Then maybe its education that stopped him from focusing elsewhere cause he was pursuing his double phd or what not.
now why is he going for a girl on 20's cause he still deserves to raise a family. Girls are not in an ideal child bearing age when they cross 35.
Point is, let him look for a younger girl, you still have the right to say no but I dont think that you have a right to complain and accuse.
Exactly what I was going to post, obligations can do a number on people and they have tonput their own life, goals and ideas on hold while they tackle these responsibilities.
Now let me state something that some will not like. This is not the case of a 40 yr old who is still single because of obligations.
Let's say the guy is divorced, because of utter incompatibility or whatever, or he was happily married and his wife died. Not a loser, loner guy but a decent looking go getter type who finds himself single all of a sudden. Takes him a few years to get over the breakup or to accept his loss, and is looking to find someone.
If we even take the desire for kids out of the equation. Now he has to look for a match, of the women available, the numbers decrease substantially after late 20s.
And all those who are unmarried at 35 are not because of career or obligations or loss or divorce.
Basically, you have a smaller candidate pool, so it's hard to find someone, and a number there is single, well to put it bluntly, they are not good catches.
So the guy has a couple of options.
1-Keep looking for someone closer to his age group who he clicks with
2-lower his expectations and go with someone closer to his age group even if compatibility is dodgy or the spark is missing
3- go for whoever he clicks with, whether she is 35 or 45 or 25.
What would yousay to such a guy?
Btw happened to a good pal of mine, he was 33 when his wife died after comications with a c section after giving birth to their second child. Took him years to accept the loss, so at 38..what are his options? Especially with kids do you want someone who is single and closer to his agebutis a spoilt narcissistic brat? What kind of married life would he have? What kind of interactions would she have with the kids? Should he be focused on age or on the best possible candidate?
An older gentleman I know went thru the hell of losing his wife andthen being married to someone who was nowhere close to being a good match where the overriding rationale for the match was that she was closer to his age and unmarried. They divorced, and he later married someone older than him but single because she could not have kids, and they are happy together. Compatibility was the key. Age was secondary.