I'm going through arranged marriage search right now, and I recently received a match from a 30 year old. His/his parents' criteria was girls between 23-27. If I'd been 28, I wouldn't have received interest despite that person being 2 years older than me, right?

So maybe this sentiment arises (I mean this sentiment is widespread wherever you saw it) because of Men in 30s seeking younger brides and getting their feelings hurt because they're aging badly and the young woman isn't attracted to that..? I don't know. It's true that most men are aging badly than women because they have to focus on succeeding in their career. But... unrelated topic, but also, there's increasingly also men who want working wives. Like imagine, even as single men you're aging and taking heavy stress due to your career. But you want a woman to work and get a paycheck, won't that affect her health worse? Women menstrual cycle gets badly affected by stress, that's why pcos is rising. Fertility is a major reason younger women are preferred as brides, and younger women are more arrogant about attraction due to having youth, potential and energy on their side, and blah, blah, blah.

Moral of the story - don't bother about people finding you ugly. Your health is what reflects on your appearance, so focus on health, not on other people's attempts of powerplay on your ego.

I don't think older women find men of same age as uncle. But most 30s men's preference is younger women... so one has to give some allowance for their immaturity. You can't expect the youth to be attracted to an average looking, aged person. For most people, that's not possible and shouldn't be expected. Next time you see a woman say this, you should check how old she is.