“As far as getting more modern as you get older: Again, it does not and should not happen to everyone but it does happens to enough people to be an eye opener and become something to ponder about.”
Sure some singles get more modern as they get older, in my case people observing me (without really knowing me) might think I’ve gotten more modern. I watch more movies and TV than I did when I was younger and other things like that but as a whole as I’ve gotten older and more mature I would say I’ve become a better person and Jew than I used to be. I also have a lot of friends who were more modern when we were younger and became more frum as they grew up. It goes both ways.