Lack of Self-Awareness

  In this article a woman named Jillian Dunham describes a bit of her life. What we glean from the article is:
  -She dated a wonderful man from the age of 25 until about 30
  -This man proposed shortly after her mother died
  -She broke off the engagement when she was 32 because "[her] sense of who [she]was lacked the normal range of experience", whatever that means
  -She was in a string of relationships where "the mistakes [she] made were obvious", admitting she was dating men unsuitable for or uninterested in a relationship
  -After years of this she realized her fertility was decreasing, so she spent the money to freeze some of her eggs
  -Now about 40 she is having trouble finding single men interested in both her and a relationship

  He conclusion?
  Men are the problem.

  This little article is so heartfelt it tugs at me, so ludicrous in its lack of self-awareness it makes me want to cringe, and so common I want to cry.

  I see this same story on the verge of beginning as I speak with young people and their parents;
  "Oh, she shouldn't even date until her education is complete and her career established!"
  "So you want her to not even start looking for a husband or husband material until she's 25 or so?"
  "Goodness, no! 30 is young enough to start looking for a husband! I mean, she's beautiful, she'll be well-educated, and she'll be successful; what man wouldn't want her?"
  "Well, since the median age of marriage for men is 29 and for women is 27 more than half of all the men who every will marry shall be married by the time she starts looking. Also, the average amount of time spent dating before marriage is a touch more than 3.5 years so even if your daughter finds a good guy immediately and everything works out then she will be 34 years old at the time of marriage. And since it takes about 2.5 years on average to find 'the right guy' that's 6 years average, making her 36!"
  "...well, an education is so important."

  Miss Dunham's problem is that she trew away opportunities and now doesn't want to wait.