We’ve turned into a Hive, things are getting serious.

I agree with the example of a guy who got an RSP from the SZ. But he's 17, and he shouldn't be held responsible.
With the second example, where a couple has been together for over 7 years, you're completely wrong. They met in their mid-20s as friends with similar interests, plus the same social circle. Neither of them was initially attracted to each other, and for several months, no one saw them as a potential couple. Their relationship, with all that it entails, began very gradually, not because "they wanted sex," but because they had not only shared interests but also a similar value system. And eventually, at some point, they both realized that they couldn't just see each other and live separately. And yes, she's the kind of girl that even with a "loser" partner, she's amazing in every way (not about appearance, although she's great in that too, but about the domestic side, she's a great homemaker). And no matter the situation, it doesn't depend on whether she has a child or not; people just enjoy being together.

"The remaining normies," hahaha. More likely, it's just a case of "at least I won't be alone."

Watch "Men/Women" and you'll see that many women choose "Арбузерs" and Kazbek-Dzhanibeks from their cities, where their appearance is often so bad that even a bag wouldn't save them. And most often, these guys leave them with children, going to lovers (and then they leave the lovers too).

And sometimes it's the other way around; the woman would wear a bag over her face and a gag so she wouldn't speak, while the guy is quite normal, and she would worship him.

In general, I agree with Kosha because everyone bases their arguments on stereotypes taken from personal experience, the experience of friends, acquaintances, and also from some generalizing materials on the internet, and in the end, the conversation starts to go nowhere.

I can only conclude that it's much easier to start a good relationship in your late teens or early twenties than after 30.

And it's not just about appearance, but about what's in their head. As they get older, people lose their flexibility of thought, and this greatly hinders building relationships. For example, if a person is used to drinking 0.5-1 liter of beer every evening, they are unlikely to get along with a non-drinking partner because the latter will see something unacceptable in this. Someone is a neat freak and wants the house to be perfectly clean, while the other is okay with letting the house get messy for a week or a month and then cleaning it all at once (or better yet, have someone else clean it). In their 20s, all of this is discussed, and it's not difficult to find a compromise, but older people start defending their comfort zone and don't want to leave it because it's become ingrained in their minds. There are many such everyday examples.

And when you start looking for a partner and meet a single person over 30, the first subconscious question you ask is: what's wrong with him? "I'm a normie, and I don't have anyone because I'm a normie—but is he really a normie?"—this is the thought that haunts people. Divorced? Eats a lot? Drinks/smokes a lot? Mentally ill?—a thousand and one pitfalls that you can stumble upon during a conversation/date with a potential partner if you initially met with this purpose in mind.

Of course, no one wants a crocodile with a repulsive appearance, but at that age, they don't look so closely at height and facial features—I beg you.