Still time to find Mr Right

Mar 29 2007 by Kate Nelson, Liverpool Daily Post

Is it really so hard to find love after 30? Kate Nelson finds out

A GENERATION ago, a single woman over 30 was somewhat of an anomaly. To be married was seen as celebration of womanly success, and spawning 2.4 children was the icing on the home-made cake.

However, today’s young women are deferring marriage and children, preferring instead to focus on their careers, spend their hard-earned cash and have fun with their friends while they are young.

Kylie Minogue, pictured below, – one of the world’s most famous and beautiful women remains unmarried, as do two-thirds of 24-34-year-olds.

Whereas 25 years ago, the average woman was married by the age of 26, now it’s nearly 33.

This delay is attributed to women’s reluctance to settle down, grow up, and stop being selfish.

It is also known as the “decade of indulgence”.

Young, educated women feel it is their right after finishing university to enjoy their time before children however they see fit.

But not everything is rosy in the garden.

The flipside of this fun time is that a third of women in their 30s are yet to have their first baby and some are faced with the grim prospect that they’ve left it too late altogether to have children. Adele Costa Correa is not buying into this doom and gloom scenario, however.

A professional dating coach and counsellor, she insists that women can have it all, and that it’s certainly not too late for those who’ve prioritised their work over their love lives to find a good relationship.

Adele, 36, who is happily married, is the brain behind the new “Date Coaching” events at Liverpool’s Malmaison Hotel, aimed at educated, successful women looking to find the man of their dreams.