Dating Statistics: Top Dating Tips Poll Statistics

Check our survey to find out what others think about dating

Have you ever dated more than one person simultaneously ?


1. Yes 53%
2. No 33%
3. Don't Know 13%

Do you believe in love at first sight ?


1. Yes 71%
2. No 20%
3. Don't Know 9%

Choose the most important features of a partner


1. Looks 11%
2. Personality 30%
3. Physique 5%
4. Sense of Humor 14%
5. Eyes 10%
6. Popularity 0%
7. Smile 12%
8. Hair 7%
9. Education 7%
10. Career 3%

When a previous relationship has ended which of these is true ?


1. I was unfaithful 0%
2. He/she was unfaithful 29%
3. Amicable separation 9%
4. Irreconcilable differences 23%
5. Angry breakup 3%
6. Still friends 14%
7. Still lovers 3%
8. Just drifted apart 6%
9. Not sure what happened 14%

On a date do you think your companion is generally 100% truthful ?


1. Yes 22%
2. No 78%
3. Don't know 0%

When does a date become a relationship ?


1. 1 week 3%
2. 1 month 17%
3. 2 months 20%
4. 6 months 13%
5. Once we have had sex 13%
6. Once I have met the parents 8%
7. Once we have been on vacation 0%
8. Once we have moved in together 0%
9. When he/she says I love you 25%

Do you trust someone when you first date them ?


1. Yes 24%
2. No 67%
3. Don't Know 10%

Do you think it is okay to date someone from work ?

1. Yes, absolutely 22%
2. Yes, if you are careful 26%
3. Yes, if it remains a secret 4%
4. Yes, but not from your own office 15%
5. No, you will risk your career 13%
6. No, absolutely not 11%
7. Unsure 9%

What is the biggest acceptable age gap for you ?


1. Same age only 0%
2. 1 years 2%
3. 3 years 12%
4. 5 years 44%
5. 10 years 24%
6. 15 years 4%
7. 20 years 2%
8. 25 years 4%
9. Age doesn't matter at all 8%

What is the first thing you notice about your date ?


1. Looks 38%
2. Dress 10%
3. Personality 17%
4. Wealth 0%
5. Style 2%
6. Manners 0%
7. Smile 10%
8. Eyes 19%
9. Humor 4%
10. Generosity 0%

How hard it it to find someone you really like?

1.) Impossible 9%
2.) Difficult 59%
3.) Fairly difficult 21%
4.) Fairly easy 9%
5.) Very easy 3%

Do you think people's expectations are too high these days ?

1.) Yes 62%
2.) No 31%
3.) Don't Know 7%

Do you like being single ?

1.) I love it 0%
2.) I like it 15%
3.) I don't mind 35%
4.) I don't like it 15%
5.) I hate it 35%

Do appearance and looks matter to you ?

1.) Yes 67%
2.) No 17%
3.) Don't know 17%

Would you ever use internet dating services ?

1.) Yes 69%
2.) No 20%
3.) Don't know 11%

Do you find it easy to meet new people ?

1.) Very easy 17%
2.) Quite easy 6%
3.) Easy 17%
4.) Quite difficult 42%
5.) Very difficult 17%
6.) Impossible 3%

How long have you been single ?

1.) 1 week 11%
2.) 1 month 7%
3.) 3 months 22%
4.) 6 months 18%
5.) 1 year 11%
6.) 2 years 7%
7.) 2 years+ 24%

Would you like to get married ?

1.) Yes 44%
2.) No 12%
3.) Maybe 32%
4.) Not again 4%
5.) Don't know 8%

Where is the best place to meet new people ?

1.) Bar 18%
2.) Club 11%
3.) Beach 4%
4.) Church 2%
5.) Social club 4%
6.) Mall 4%
7.) Internet 18%
8.) Work 22%
9.) Sport 7%
10.) Other 9%

What kind of hair color are you most attracted to ?

1.) Blonde 32%
2.) Black 16%
3.) Light Brown 8%
4.) Dark Brown 8%
5.) Grey 4%
6.) Red 8%
7.) Bald 8%
8.) Don't Mind 16%

These next results are a larger sample of readers over a 6 month period from May to November 2004...

Girls, do you prefer nice guys or bad guys ?


1. Nice Guys 38%
2. Bad Guys 15%
3. Any man I can get ! 6%
4. A blend of both 34%
5. Neither 7%

How important are a guy's shoes when checking him out ?


1. Extremely 8%
2. Very 13%
3. Quite 45%
4. Not very 11%
5. Not at all 6%
6. Don't notice 18%

Are men too clingy these days ?


1. Yes 38%
2. No 33%
3. Haven't noticed 11%
4. Don't know 18%

Do you think a man should pay for dinner ?


1. Yes always 42%
2. It depends if I like him 4%
3. Sometimes 34%
4. No, both should share the cost 11%
5. No the girl should pay 1%
6. Only if it's expensive 0%
7. No opinion 7%

What kind of woman do you go for ?


1. Modern career girl 35%
2. Professional go-getter 7%
3. Home-loving girl-next-door 34%
4. The quiet librarian 4%
5. The outrageous vamp 0%
6. The femme fatale 0%
7. The girl at the checkout 6%
8. Someone like mom 1%
9. The free spirited hippy chick 8%
10. Your ex 6%

Do girls over estimate their looks ?


1. Always 15%
2. Usually 25%
3. Sometimes 28%
4. Rarely 17%
5. Never 5%
6. All women are beautiful 10%

Do you know what people are attracted to about you ?


1. Yes always 4%
2. Yes I have some ideas 32%
3. I can guess 18%
4. Not really 32%
5. No idea 14%

Have you ever had a one night stand and regretted it the next day ?

1. Yes 42%
2. No 53%
3. Maybe, not telling 3%
4. Not sure 2%

Girls, how often should men buy flowers for you ?

1. Once a day 5%
2. Once a week 9%
3. Once a month 23%
4. Once a year 5%
5. When it's special 20%
6. Spontaneously 33%
7. Never 6%

For me, dating is mainly about..... ?


1. Love 21%
2. Marriage 19%
3. Friendship 8%
4. Partnership 6%
5. Sex 19%
6. Company 3%
7. Social life 3%
8. Romance 12%
9. Conversation 3%
10. Sharing 6%
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Advice About Dating - The Nature of Dating Advice


Dating advice is often given by the most well-meaning of people. Unfortunately they are often the least qualified people to give it. How many times have mothers mentioned that there are "plenty more fish in the sea" when we announce our partner has finished the relationship. Most advice we receive is well meaning but also unhelpful. This is primarily because when we need advice the most if is usually from the wrong sources. When we need to talk, our friends just want us to get "better", be more positive etc.

The best dating advice often seems to come from people who have been in the same situations as ourselves and have gained some comforting wisdom that we can equate to. The more we understand and agree with what is being said, the more common and shared the experience the more it is something we will choose to take in. The problem when seeing dating advice is that there are not too many places to turn. Sure there is Relate for marriage counseling and there are professional agencies and "experts" to help those of us who are getting divorced, but there is almost nothing to help us when we do what everyone does - date.

I personally feel that the best dating advice available to us is from single people, those of us who are at the sharp end of the dating equation. When you are trying to find someone to take to dinner, or accompany you to a function, when you have weekend after weekend to fill and yearn to spend time in stimulating company then it is to single people that you must look for inspiration.

Strangely we seek out those who are in couples for support in times of crisis, perhaps because they have "made it", they are where we want to be, so we trust their judgment. But what brought them together is not necessarily of help to you. And believe me, people in relationships soon forget what it was like to be single. I have heard some of the most useless dating advice of all from couples so I recommend that if you are currently single and playing the dating game, compare notes with like minded people. Couples will drive you crazy and remind you too often how smugly nice it is to be happy.

When dating, the thing we should always remember is that advice is simply what someone else thinks might assist you. The person giving this advice may not necessarily have any idea of your true state of mind of your particular circumstances. How can someone know what you should say or what you should so, or where you should meet apart from the usual practical ideas. But then there is an equally and opposite forceful argument.

Your friends who are not dating are often able to see things from distance that you sometimes cannot. One good example of this was when I was in a two year relationship with a particularly nasty person and I was continually advised to run away as fast as I could. I was being used and abused and chose not to see it. I ignored the advice that may have saved me. Friends may be single and not currently dating. They may have just been through the dating treadmill and are full of good ideas. Therefore whilst we can discount the happy couple's advice, don't cut off the advice of friends fully.

Trust your own instincts and trust your judgment. Once you are in a relationship you will need all the judgment skills you can muster anyway. Personally though, I get tired of people working out set formulas about how we date. I get tired of lifestyle gurus who often have no idea what they are talking about. To some, dishing out the same old dating advice and garbage is a way of making a living. The fact is, if you are out there calling people, meeting for lunch dates or evening dinners. If you are making calls and waiting for your phone to ring, if you are having plenty of ups and downs then you are as much a dating expert as anyone and have as much right to your views on the dating scene as anyone. That is why I like to hear about single people's experiences.

Dating advice is not a fixed theorem with a fixed set of answers. Dating advice is varied, unique and individual and comes from the heart. This site is owned and written by me, as a single person who has been on hundreds of dates and has had some really lovely relationships. Dating advice is simply my way of sharing my dating experiences and views on the world with you guys.

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