I would like to take this opportunity to commend Truth Serum for his July 11, 2006 commentary. His 16 reasons why women have the problem "Why can't I find a nice guy" are right on target. Congratulations for saying what all men have been thinking. Ladies, listen up....one or more of these points apply to you. This list should be required reading for females planning to post profiles on any dating website (if they are serious about finding a guy). Allow me to add an additional reason why you "can't find a nice guy". It is that your acceptable target age range is too narrow, particularly with regard to men your senior. It is well documented that males (of any species) are hard-wired to seek out the most nubile, the most fecund (read: "young") females available. This is true from insects to humans, from African tribes to Boston bluebloods, from cave men to today's men. Check your anthropology and zoology textbooks. No extensive list of your accomplishments (Harvard PhD, 150 IQ, testimonials from friends about how "sweet" you are, etc) can overcome nature's program. Men can't (and don't have to) justify it. Let's just say that, for example, the often listed (inane) quality in women's profiles "I love to laugh" is NOT the thing that attracts men and has resulted in the six billion people on this earth. But nature is. Therefore, if you are (pick an age) a 40 year old female, for example, the "pool" of available marriage minded male candidates who are your age or younger who would be interested in you (for a wedding) is incredibly small. Particularly after you exclude the marrieds, the gays, and the others with deal-killer attributes. Sure, we can all name a few women that have married younger men (primarily actresses). So what? A few people win the Powerball lottery. Does that make it an intelligent game to play? Do you want to wake up (alone)at (pick an age) and realize that you did NOT find the "needle in the haystack" and have only regrets about having rejected otherwise qualified candidates that were well north of you in age? Not a pleasant way to spend your spinsterhood. You might be (unpleasantly) surprised to know what the statistics say about your marriage chances at your present age. These numbers are for the odds of you EVER being married during the rest of your life (you don't even want to know what your chances are in the next 12 months). I haven't made up these statistics; they come from "The Woman's Almanac and Book of Facts" (page 17) "Age" and "Percent of Women Who Will Ever Marry": 25 - 78.5% 30 - 55.3% 35 - 34.3% 40 - 20.2% 45 - 11.3% 50 - 6.1% 55 - forget it. Some of you may think "But I have YEARS before I have to worry about this". Wrong. I assure you that you will be there in the blink of an eye. Want to wait until you are, say, 40? Four out of 5 unmarried forty year old women will never tie the knot. Do you want to be in that group? Ladies, I am NOT criticizing women "of a certain age". Many of you are very appealing. And I am not suggesting that you welcome liars, cheaters, or assorted miscreants. I am only trying to encourage you to direct your search to the catagory of males that WILL find you the most attractive, viz: men somewhat older than you. It's all about targeting to a receptive market. In my own case I know that (most) women prefer guys taller than they are. That's okay, I'm average height but I don't piss and moan about how unfair that is. Instead I concentrate on petite women that find my height satisfactory and have had good results. In your case I suggest you ignore the younger dudes that want a very young babe and focus instead on the guys your senior who DO want you. My counsel is to significantly expand your target age range northward and watch your pool of quality "nice guys" increase commensurately. What they lack in youth (so do you, actually) the older guys may more than compensate for with stability, maturity, and desire to commit. You won't like all of them, but you will like some of them. Good luck.