Singles In America

 

 

To celebrate the launch of Match’s 2015 Singles in America study, Dr. Helen Fisher gave an extremely insightful presentation this past Saturday. Discussing exclusive facts about single male and female behavior. Here are some facts about what they discovered.

 

I’m not going to lie. I really like meeting someone unexpectedly…like at a coffee shop or something.                          

Where Singles Meet — 31% of U.S. singles met their last first date online, while 25% met through a friend and 6% of singles met their last first date in a bar or club.

 

Yikes! I am the queen of misspellings and incorrect grammar.          

Texting Turnoffs — Both single women (54%) and men (36%) find misspellings and incorrect grammar to be the biggest text message turn-offs, and 33% of singles don’t like “very short” text responses. Women don’t want to receive sexts from men; men don’t want to receive texts during work; and singles don’t want to receive a second text until after they have already responded to the first.

 

Agreed! Really dislike it when the guy I’m dating communicates his emotions through social media. I’m just a phone call away.                

Social media taboos — The top social media activities that turn singles off include: airing your emotional drama in posts (65% men; 78% women); displaying too many selfies (46% men; 65% women); and asking you to un-friend your ex (49% men; 59% women). Also, 72% of singles do not want a potential partner to use their cell phone too frequently while on a date.

 

Amen to this!                                                                                                   

What women want — Single women want: more time with friends (64% women; 55% men), more personal space (90% women; 78% men), their own bank account (78% women, 68% men); and to pursue their own hobbies and interests (93% women, 88% men). Single women are also slower to want to move in with a new partner, thus maintaining their independence. Single women are most likely to expect to date someone for 1-2 years before living together (33% women; 30% men), while single men are most likely to want to date 6-12 months before cohabitating (34% men; 23% women). Yet, 46% of singles believe the sexes are equally romantic.

 

I will now be looking at guys in Yoga class differently…lol.            

But yogi men work it out — Single men who do yoga have had more sexual partners than those participating in any other kind of exercise. Yogi men aged 20-50 have had an average of 17 partners, while the average is 10 partners for men in this age group. Singles’ values — Most singles believe in a woman’s right to choose (74% men; 81%women); in the legalization of marijuana (54% men; 48% women); in environmental protection laws (72% men; 76% women); and marriage rights for LGBT individuals (56% men; 60% women). Most singles also agree that they would vote for a single president (91% men; 90% women); and while 18% of singles don’t have an opinion on a presidential
candidate’s gender, of those that do, a vast majority would vote for a female president (87% men; 95% women).

For more interesting stats on #SinglesInAmerica watch Dr. Helen Fisher’s 15minute presentation on YouTube.