written by a volunteer who probably shouldn't be named for their own safety!
This is not to be seen as a rift within the select band of Grumpy Old Men, but purely an observation to avoid one of our number being pilloried by any ladies who might take umbrage at his recent comments regarding the Ladies Christmas Lunch.
The demographic male/female inbalance is the RESULT of a number of factors, NOT the cause.
The cause is quite easy to understand when considered in detail:-
Most men spend their married lives working hard to provide their spouses with all the GOOD THINGS in life. This entails personal sacrifice on an unprecedented scale, is very wearying, expensive, and requires long hours of additional effort to enable the female half of the marriage to maintain her position in society - thus enjoying a life of ease and relaxation with the freedom to shop for expensive clothes - and attend to household matters in slow time. Children can be tiring, but Mothers have plenty of time to attend to them, provided that Dad “works late at the Office” as often as possible.
As the years pass, this physical and mental strain takes its toll on a man.
The result is that there are more mature ladies than men.
Quod Erat Demonstrandum.