10/08/2025
Why You Struggle to Find a Husband in Your Forties
Most likely, it has something to do with these repulsive weaknesses I've observed with many women in midlife, which they're notoriously ignorant about.
The best makeup is an attractive personality. It draws people to you more than your brilliance and your accolades.
Pay attention to these black spots in your personality. They make men to be magnetized by your figure or mesmerized by your brains, but the moment they encounter you up close, they retreat as fast as they came.
Number one: You talk too much.
You dominate conversations. You've achieved a lot in your career by this point. You have built businesses and scaled up companies or departments. You have lots of exciting stories to tell.
You're also the support system for your extended family, and you can tell a hundred stories about this nephew or that cousin you've been helping.
The problem is that you don't know how to calm down and listen. You have something to interject with at every point and a related story to everything.
When men spend some time with you, they can't wait to leave. You go around saying, 'We had such a wonderful connection with that guy. We talked for hours nonstop.'
But he goes away saying, 'I've just managed to escape a trap with a woman who wouldn't stop talking.'
You're heading a department in a large company that deals with car imports, for example, and a solitary guy walks in to make inquiries. You recognise him from college, and suddenly, you're over the moon, explaining your achievements over the years. You tie the poor guy there for hours with unsolicited stories and totally repel him from buying from you.
Unbeknownst to you, the guy is also single, but he has silently sworn that he would never want to be in the same space with you again.
You should have just asked him how he's been and seen how much he's willing to share or how much time he has for casual banter. Then, exchange contacts and try catching up later through a less demanding form of communication, like texting.
Second, you have a silent disdain for male authority.
You want a husband, but you hate the position of a wife. You're constantly arguing against concepts of submission and service to a man.
You got money, and it somehow got into your head. You keep saying things like, 'I don't need you. I choose you,' and men only hear, 'You're very disposable to me.'
You talk about open conversation when you just mean a loose mouth. You question a man's relevance in your life even when you're unprovoked.
You make your relationships a transaction with balance sheets. You keep hinting at the benefits a man will bring to your life. 'I have my house, my car, a decent job. The man had better step up or step out.'
Most of them just step out because nobody wants to marry a challenge.
Third, you're emotionally avoidant, and you operate in masculine energy. You say you'll become feminine when you meet the right man, but you don't ask yourself why he will be attracted to you in your male energy unless he's gay to begin with?
When you meet men for dates, you lead the way. You pick the tables. You pull your own chair. You make the orders. You initiate conversations.
You run your dates like boardroom meetings.
Men feel suffocated and emasculated. You never hear from them again.
Your response is always, 'Men nowadays are intimidated by empowered women like me.' You never turn the mirror inwards and look at yourself.
Fourth, you talk s**t online.
You fight men in the comment sections on Facebook and Instagram. You're aggressive in your opinions and move around like an activist.
It doesn't click with you that this is a public forum and would-be suitors are reading and getting the wrong image about you.
Fifth, you neglect your emotional history and recycle and repeat mistakes for years.
Why do you scream when you're upset, for example? Why do you throw things or go on a drinking spree when you're stressed?
Is that cheaper than therapy? Which man do you think can withstand that?
You earn, but you can't invest in psychological well-being.
You downplay counsellors and bargain until they leave you alone.
It's easier for you to channel huge amounts of money to rescue your alcoholic brother than to work on your emotional stability with a therapist.
You prefer partying and alcohol to destress instead of learning self-management and emotional maturity.
In short, marriage is a project in self-actualisation, and it will come from self-improvement and honesty. Escapism and avoidance will only keep you in a frustrating orbit.
(©️ Benjamin Zulu Global)