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Let me give you some context for this phrase: my grandmother told me that her Andalusian grandma (who was always saying proverbios y refranes) used to say that someone who is in their 20s “está en edad de merecer.”

That was something that I’ve never heard, and I obviously had a really naughty thought (I think my great-great grandmother thought exactlythe same), but the DRAE’s definition is “época en que los jóvenes buscan mujer o marido” (time when young people seek wife or husband).

So now everytime someone is looking for a partner, I use this new expression. Thank you, grandma!