DATING POLL

(Sept 2017) What is the appropriate number of dates to have before you have sex? A study of 2,000 U.S. adults by Groupon – and who would know more about dating than Groupon? – found the old “three-date rule” could be a thing of the past.
– The average person polled would wait until date eight. Men feel sex is appropriate at any point from date five onward, but women would rather wait until date nine, on average.
– The average couple now doesn’t kiss until the second date.
– The younger a person is, the more likely they are to kiss at the end of a first date.
– Guys, it’s still up to you to make the move – just 3 percent of women think they should be the ones to initiate the first kiss.
– One in 10 people have actually turned down a date because they didn’t like the choice of restaurant.
– Nearly a third of those polled have had a bad time due to the other person eating off their plate, drinking from their glass or telling them what to order.
– Nearly half of those polled have dated more than one person at a time, and 20 percent have dated three or more people at the same time.
– 30 percent of people confessed that they have a backup person in mind if their current relationship fails.
* That’s the same thing my mother says to me.
* Men say date five, women say date nine. Obviously, Groupon didn’t ask Leonardo DiCaprio or Taylor Swift.
* Or Terry in our billing office.
* So, of the women polled, most women would wait until date number 9 before being poled.