I’m 44. Its only been in the last ten years that my parents have stopped fielding calls from guys who wanted to know what happened to me (“oh, she’s married…” end of contact). In some ways, its flattering. In other ways its sort of “can’t get a date, so calling the parents of your old girlfriends/flirts to find out if they are still single shows a certain kind of desperation, doesn’t it?”
The strange thing is I never dated much…and most of the guys I really dated I’m still in contact with - or they know where to find me. So its really those guys that I flirted with, went out with once and there wasn’t enough spark for one or the other, or were always “just friends” that resorted to calling my parents (I have an unusual last name - I’m not easy to find as I’m unlisted, but my parents are easy to find. Even on the internet, I’m not “easy” to find - i.e. you can find me on Facebook, but I have a dozen unanswered friend requests. You can find me on Linked In, but I’ll only respond if I know you professionally - or really well personally.)
But guys like this aren’t terribly realistic. You know, he could “save you” from your status as a frumpy mother. You are probably miserable and trapped. You were so carefree at 19…