With Valentine’s Day around the corner, hearts and flowers are everywhere you turn, but is love really in the air or is it just another Hallmark holiday?
To gain insight on this year’s Valentine’s Day, online dating site AYI.com surveyed over 1,000 people and analyzed over 55,000 responses to some of their most popular multiple-choice questions. Here is everything you need to know about the upcoming holiday…
Although 68% of women and 60% of men agree that Valentine’s Day is all about love—opposed to it being a superficial holiday—of those surveyed, over one in five (22%) said they had been dumped and one in six (17%) said they had been cheated on or that they cheated on Valentine’s Day. Talk about bad timing!
Don’t worry though, there’s still hope for budding romance, as 51% of women and 70% of men would go on a blind date on Valentine’s Day. And somewhat surprisingly, both women AND men prefer a romantic dinner to everything else. Here’s how the responses broke down:
· What women want for Valentine’s Day:
o Romantic Dinner: 44%
o Flowers: 24%
o Nothing: 15%
o Jewelry: 8%
o Sex: 6%
o Candy: 3%
· What men want for Valentine’s Day:
o Romantic Dinner: 35%
o Sex: 26%
o Nothing: 25%
o Flowers: 9%
o Candy: 3%
o Jewelry: 2%
Fair warning: Men taking their dates on a romantic dinner should be prepared to shell out some cash. 64% of women and 71% of men think the man should pay for the date on Valentine’s Day, and 35% of women and 30% of men think they should spend up to $50.00 more on a Valentine’s Day date than a regular date.