Butterflying Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 I've looked it up online and couldn't find anything that puts a specific age on this. If a woman is 30 to 39 years old, unmarried, and childless, is she a spinster? Link to post Share on other sites
Stung Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 In my opinion, no. I think the term spinster is extremely outdated, in general, though. The world has moved on from the concept. Link to post Share on other sites
Feelsgoodman Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 I've looked it up online and couldn't find anything that puts a specific age on this. If a woman is 30 to 39 years old, unmarried, and childless, is she a spinster? A spinster is an unmarried woman past the common age of marrying. Take the mean age of marrying for a female in your area, add one standard deviation and you've got the minimum age of a spinster. Link to post Share on other sites
musemaj11 Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 (edited) Spinsters are b*tchy self entitled women in their 30s who wonder why nobody has ever wanted to marry them. Edited May 29, 2011 by musemaj11 Link to post Share on other sites
sanskrit Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 A "spinster" is a "cougar" who isn't getting laid. Link to post Share on other sites
Feelin Frisky Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 Yes. Spinster. But that is an antiquated term and even at that I'm sure no one back in the day called anyone good-looking a spinster. A spinster was more likely the "old maid" who gave up on herself and accepted the place as repressed-looking old frump. ETA: No way does anyone who looks like your avatar gets called a spinster. Link to post Share on other sites
carhill Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 I've looked it up online and couldn't find anything that puts a specific age on this. If a woman is 30 to 39 years old, unmarried, and childless, is she a spinster? Think unmarried, childless and menopausal. Essentially, unwilling or unable to form a human pair bond which results in offspring. Perhaps it is outdated in this age of clearer choices and independence, and serves no useful purpose as a descriptor. Link to post Share on other sites
Star Gazer Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 It's so weird, until the BJD series came out, I thought "Spinster" was a GOOD thing! It just has such a fun ring to it, and sounds like "hipster," that I always thought it was probably something to aspire to. Link to post Share on other sites
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