Be good, I am going to do something I don’t typically do – retract a statement. As I re-read what I wrote, I thought better of how I posted it. Let me rephrase, if she is bothered by being asked to answer a question that will no doubt come up when being redt shidduchim, she will have to find a way to deal with the issue in a comfortable way. The suggestion to say she is looking for a shidduch in such and such an age range, is a good one. I did not intent to hurt anyone’s feelings, and I am sorry.
I married relatively late (I was nearly 26), sompared to my friends, and it was a sensitive thing, especially as my younger sister got married five years earlier, and my relationship with the fellow who I was sure was about to propose, broke up right after she got married. I understand from personal experience how some people feel about these questions.
But – it is not a crime to be an older single person. It is not something of which to be ashamed. It IS sad, if one is lonely and watching his/her friends get married and nothing meaningful is happening. So when well-meaning people who WANT to set you up ask questions that make you uncomfortable, you have to find a way to answer the relevant ones, without making a big deal out of it, and forgive the others for the intrusive questions. I do not personally feel that AGE is an intrusive question, but if someone else does, then I agree that a sensitive way needs to be found to deal with the issue. I am sorry that my original answer might have caused additional agmas nefesh to anyone.