From Jersey Shore to Mixology to Ladies, single residing takes a beating on TV. Ladies are painted in a nasty gentle—portrayed as promiscuous or determined. Males are additionally going through detrimental portrayals when it seems that they’re solely after one factor time and time once more. The trailer to Bravo’s newest present, On-line Relationship Rituals of the American Male, isn’t doing anybody any favors—particularly males on courting websites.
Most guys who on-line date don’t adhere to those stereotypes, and never all courting websites appeal to the identical sort of person. In keeping with a latest ballot from the net courting web site Zoosk, nearly 86% of Zoosk customers are on the lookout for a long-term relationship. And no, that’s not simply the women. 87% of Zoosk guys are on the lookout for a severe relationship. What prompts these relationship-minded males to begin courting on-line? One person responded, “I’m on the lookout for a high quality girl that I can find yourself with. Becoming a member of a web based courting web site with folks that need one thing severe is smart. Attempting to fulfill ladies on the bar doesn’t.”
When requested what qualities are most essential in a big different, each women and men listed belief as primary.
Surprisingly, intelligence surpassed sexiness because the second most essential high quality. Though it’s not shocking to study that males ranked sexiness greater than ladies, the emphasis on belief reveals that guys are extra within the qualities that endure, not the qualities that fade over time.
For a primary date, almost half of Zoosk guys rated humorousness as essentially the most fascinating high quality over bodily attractiveness. In different phrases, the humorous girls—not the attractive girls—are making the very best impression. For all you George Costanzas on the market, ladies additionally favor laughs to six-pack abs.
If that first date evolves into extra dates, you would possibly marvel when the sleepovers begin. Greater than half of male respondents favor to attend not less than two weeks earlier than getting busy. 75% of feminine respondents really feel the identical means.
Apparently sufficient, the quantity of males that favor the one evening stand is sort of similar to those that favor to attend not less than a yr.
To sum it up, the standard man is on the lookout for a long-term relationship with somebody he trusts. He prefers to snigger on the primary date and, if that goes properly, wait a couple of weeks earlier than staying the evening.