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Most people only get a handful of real shots at a long-term partner. Jordan Peterson put the number at around five if you’re lucky. “Plenty of fish in the sea” doesn’t mean they’re swimming toward you. He also pointed to the tighter timeline many women face. At the present time in the West, roughly half of women 30 and under don’t have a child. By age 30, one in three couples already experiences fertility difficulty (defined as a year of trying without success). Fertility declines more sharply after 35. His framing: the window is shorter than a lot of people assume, and the number of genuine opportunities is smaller than the cultural message suggests. A conversation about timing and limited chances.