50% of people have used a dating website.
50% of men and 32% of women have dated a friend's ex.
10% of men say they know in the first two minutes if there will be a second date.
46% of women ages 21 to 29 buy something new to wear on a first date. (That drops to 37% once they hit 30.)
60% of women want a guy to bring flowers.
36% of dating men have feigned disinterest to get the upper hand.
41% of women have pretended to be sick to end a date early.
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30% of respondents cop to hooking up with someone who was married.
Twice as many men as women have dated for money.
47% of Democrat women and 20% of Republican women say it's OK to get busy on the first date.
(Source: Beta Research Survey of 800 singles.)
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