How is "Eligible" Determined?

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When i hear the phrase "eligible bachelor" i wonder what exactly makes the person "eligible"? Who determines eligibility, and what are the criteria for being considered eligible.

Im a bachelor (involuntarily celibate is more like it), am i, or how do i gain eligibility???

being rich and handsome.
they're the only things women care about /sarcasm.

no, seriously, i always thought it just meant being single? it was just a phrase to make people feel good about themselves.

Eligible Bachelor means a man is available to be married. He can be truly single, divorced, or widowed.

Confirmed Bachelor means a man is single and not likely to ever marry. Usually a man is in his later years when this label is attached.

I think it mostly means you're not suspected of being gay, or are not separated but not divorced, not known to be in a long-term relationship, etc. I think there can be additional criteria such as being rich, or not living in parent's basement, which depend on the person who is saying it.