Oh great, a new demeaning term for women: Introducing TWITs (Teenage Women In their Thirties)

Menopause. That is all =]

Guidelines to follow, after women are a "certain age"? Puulheeze!

I am a woman who is 50. I have been divorced since I was 28. Never remarried my choice. I met a man 14 years ago, close to my age (6 years older) He proposed to me and when I brought up getting married after 4 years of engagement, He tells me he did not mean it! I am now seeing a man who is 42 and we have a great relationship! Neither one of us has any long term relationship plans. We have been seeing each other for 8 months. If things develop later great if they don't great. But I am still being called a "cougar". If he was seeing someone else 8 years younger he would be congratulated!

Wouldn't you know the very minute that women decided that getting married and having kids was not the end all be all of human existence men would suddenly decide there is something wrong with it!!! I mean , men have long held out on marriage and women finally decided there was more to havng a life then waiting on a man to marry you and knock you up! Now we have labels to deal with. How stupid. Men are not called cougars and have been dating much younger women....men who choose to stay single and party into their thirties do not have idiotic labels put on them.....but when a woman makes the same choices it gets covered up in negative connotations. Bullsh**

i think whats most important is living your own life the way you want.
to each his own...
dan, youre too young to sound so bitter. lighten up!

society has really really been settled on one way of life mostly. I'm an attractive 28 year old and women and men( they are just as lonely as women) who ask " why doesn't this pretty lady have a boyfriend?" or the classic opinion " she's good looking i'd imagine that she'd have a husband!" note: these are STRAIGHT MEN and even they get into that topic! my reaction is that hungry attitude leads to one night stands so i'm better of with high standards(decent person). although i do dress revealiong i don't need this shit.

"basically, F&*( the Patriarch. I'm so sick of the penis rule"

Lizabeth, I <3 your comment. Awesome!

High fives Nicole, too!

Im with you Melissa. At 50 most people mistake me for late 30's or early 40's. I am a grandmother of 6

I don't see anything wrong with women of any age enjoying their lives as long as they don't mess with other people's lives. Whether they get married and settle down to be a wife or mother is their choice. Who set all these rules anyway? Why should people worry about all these if they are not? Why don't people say the same thing about men? Let people live their lives as they know what they want.

Okay, I might bristle a little at "cougar" if I got into that...I have actually been hit on by MUCH younger men and it makes me laugh and be tempeted to smack them on their cute little behinds and send them home to their Mamas...hehe. I have no idea what a puma is - I keep thinking of the character on Bugs Bunny now...thanks a LOT. Haha. TWIT isn't me at all...I don't act like a kid, and I have plenty of responsibilities that need to be met being a single parent - but I kind of like hearing MILF because that tells me, "Hey, she's still GOT it" ;) I do get out and have some fun from time to time, but it's done RESPONSIBLY. Also, in addition to being a mom and working hard most of my life, I am now also a college student (again) with the lowest of my grades being ONE A- (which kind of ticks me off).

I DO see those out partying like a bunch of divas and CHASING men much younger in a somewhat more negative light, but trashy behavior is not attractive at ANY age. People who go out to bars or troll the internet chronically on the prowl or hook up with someone on day one in a car (in a bar in a no-tell motel, on a bus with gus sam I am NOT) would also fit my definition of trashy, too.

I prefer the term "Human" - that definitely defines me to the core!

Have a great day!

High fives to Heidi too! <3

Reid, you missed the point of this article. This isn't about whether or not women sleep around, and all the stuff you said applies to men, too. I wonder why it is when people like you comment you're always quick to link STIs to WOMEN who choose to be single and not MEN who choose to be single.

Hi ladidud,
I m 39(NOT! it's an old jack benny line).
Good 4 u, on "keepin' it glowin'"!

Oh PLEASE. I can't believe I'm reading the comments about gender hypocrisy by men on the board. Nobody on here has said that MEN are immature mommas boys if they don't settle down. Is this all the fresh new stupidity you can offer for Shine?

"if you're older than 30, and you don't have a partner or children, might as well kick the bucket now."

Do you see any WOMEN saying stuff like this? So yeah, you can take your "hypocrisy" comments and stuff them where the sun don't "Shine" (and apply them to yourself!).

Oh, BTW, I read many of the comments and agree with those who think it's perfectly fine for women of any age to just go out and have some FUN already! I'm 29 and married without children. With going to work all day every day and coming home to clean and make dinner, I just want to hang out with friends on the weekend or on the occasional weeknight, but they're ALL busy with their kids! I understand that a family demands time, but really, can't moms EVER go out and have dinner or a drink with an old college friend? My friend from school, who lives only about 30 minutes away from me, whose house I pass every day on my way home from work, will actually send her husband to help me out rather than coming herself (like to help my husband and me move, or to drop off my birthday gift) because she has to stay home and watch the kids. Come ON! She's 29 years old. At the time she was 27. She can't have a life outside of her family??? I WANT MY FRIENDS BACK!

I think the term is for both men and women. My boyfriend has friends that are 30 and act like they just turned 21.

I have to admit that I laughed when I read what TWIT stands for. Sorry, but its funny. I see a lot of women in their thirties that don't want to have children- I am almost thirty and feel the same way. I don't have a problem with it. However, if you are thirty-something and wearing clothes from the Junior section trying to play up your inner tween for life I have to say the title is all yours.

I don't like it, but I think that it doesn't matter what label people put on you. That's their issue or problem. Plus, a lot of those married people who are so much more "mature" than us single gals in our 30's would love to be able to go out and have some fun while they are still relatively young. As long as you are happy, healthy and aren't hurting anyone, it doesn't matter what the hell anyone else calls you.

Comic Lady: Ha, ha! Actually I'm fine with the term "ladies," only I know that word has the sad connotation of "street walkers," so most grown females prefer "women" to "ladies," but I'd even much prefer "ladies" to "girls."

there is no guidelines when you reach your 30's on what you should do, as long as you are happy, satisfied and contented on what you are doing and no one gets hurt... live the life...! who cares for those acronyms...

***This term *should* be for both men and women is what I meant to say.