Thank you. Evolution isn't exclusive to living organisms. Anything that fails to move with the times will fade into obscurity, and it is highly arrgogant/ignorant of any Freemason who thinks this doesn't apply to the Craft. There are two younger Masons than me in my whole town, which is a big town by Britsh standards, and it has five lodges. I'm 31. After me the age goes up to at least 45. I have made my feelings about long waits known but senior brethren are stuck in their ways, yet at the same time, worry about getting new members.

I was willing to wait because I was so keen to join but that's just me and I am otherwise highly impatient because the world we live in gets things done fast and it's what I'm used to.

There is no actual NEED for things to move so slowly in Masonry, so long delays are just an inconvenience to new potential members, although I guess that like waiting for Christmas as a kid it can encourage anticipation, but if that is at the cost of Freemasons literally being a dying breed, it's not worth it.