Match.com, the online dating site, has released findings from its second annual Singles in America study.
The study into the dating habits, behaviors, interests, and lifestyles of this large segment of the population is based on the attitudes and behaviors taken from a representative sample of over 5,000 U.S. singles aged 21 to 65+.
Highlights include:
- Men fall in love just as often as women do and are more likely to experience love at first sight. By age 30, 58% of men who say they have been in love and believe in love at first sight have experienced it, compared to 51% of women.
- Men are more likely to show their love and affection in public - 41% of men would be very comfortable kissing in public, versus 31% of women.
- Men are more willing to make a commitment either without being in love or without feeling sexually attracted to their partner. Men are more likely than women to be willing to make a commitment to someone who has everything they are looking for in a partner, but whom they are not in love with (31% of men and 23% of women) and willing to make a commitment to someone who has everything they are looking for in a partner but whom they don't find sexually attractive (26% of men and 22% of women).
- When it comes to cohabitation, men want to commit sooner than women. Contrary to popular belief, when dating a new partner, 46% of men and 26% of women would expect to move in together before they'd been dating someone for less than a year.
- Love can be sparked at any time - 33% of men and 43% of women have fallen in love with someone they didn't initially find attractive.
Source: Match.com
