Random Facts about American Singles #1

So, Glamour magazine and Match.com surveyed 8,000 singles in the 10 most populous (their word, not mine - it's pretty high flauntent) cities and 10 most populous states.  These are some of the facts they found.

- 24% of the women in Georgia get a Brazilian wax before a big date - the largest percentage in the nation.

- More men in California (40.2%) met their last date through friends than in any other state.

- 85.7% of men in Pennsylvania live with their girl before marrying her (although, I highly doubt the Amish are in that 85.7%!)

- Alaska has the greatest number of eligible men per women, these "available" guys usually are the type with high testosterone, rugged, and possibly aggressive - not exactly the best combination. 

- The men and women in Texas tend to be much more traditional and 26% of the men surveyed would not move in with even the "right girl" before marriage

- 40% of women in Georgia expect to spend nothing on a date.  I would assume they aren't going on free dates, but rather these women expect the men to pay!

- Washington, DC is the only "state" to have more young single women (53%) than women (47%) - yeah, lucky me.

- One in four women in Ohio did the asking for their last date.  Go Ladies!

- One in eight Boston men expect sex on the first date.  No fooling around there.

- 14% of NYC men spend less than 5 minutes getting ready for a date (god, I hope that doesn't include the shower as well!)  24% of men in Illinois don't spend a minute getting ready.

- 86.7% of the women in Washington, DC are happy with their dating lives (umm, who are these women, because 86.7% of the single women I know aren't happy with their dating lives!).  Philadelphia is number two - 83% of their women are happy with their dating lives.  Those Bostonian women are least happy with their dating lives - probably because all those men just want sex on the first date!

- Women in California spend more money primping for dates than any others.  12.7% of the women spend $50 plus primping. Women in Ohio spend the least amount primping.  78.8% of the women spend less than $25.  Granted, I don't know what counts as "primping money"

- 39%, The good men of California will call or text on their way home from a date to say they had a good time