New research indicates that the dating game is littered with half-truths and white lies
A staggering 94 percent of singles wish the dating game was more honest with 84 percent saying it should be socially acceptable to get right down to the nitty gritty on or even before meeting for a first date.
According to a new poll, 92 percent insist the dating game is littered with half-truths and white lies, with 34 percent saying they’ve turned up to a date with someone who looked completely different to their pictures.
In fact, according to the research from luxury dating platform Seeking, more than a fifth (22 percent) have arrived to meet someone only for them to be from a different generation to them, while 21 percent have turned up to find the person much shorter than they said they were.
One in six (15 percent) have tipped up to meet someone who had children but didn’t tell them and eight percent have been out for a drink with someone who said they were teetotal, when they weren’t, reports Daily Record.
And the research revealed the questions singles would like the answers to, before having dinner with someone.
These include: ‘‘What do you look like first thing in the morning?” (10 percent), “How much do you earn?” (nine percent), “Are your teeth real?” (eight percent) and “What is your bank balance right now?” (six percent), according to 2,000 singletons.
One in six (15 percent) would love to ask a potential partner directly, how many people they’ve slept with, while 12 percent say they’d like to know if the person voted conservative.
Age (51 percent), relationship status (44 percent), money (42 percent), interests (35 percent), height (33 percent) and exes (33 percent) are the main areas for not being wholly truthful, along with work (30 percent) and hobbies (22 percent).
As a result of the fibs, a third (36 percent) admit that they don’t like mainstream online dating or dating apps, with a quarter (23 percent) going a step further and saying they hate them.
On average, UK singletons have been online dating for eight years and use an average of two dating apps for two hours and 30 minutes a week.
Men spend longer browsing through potential dates (two hours and 45 minutes), compared to women (two hours and 15 minutes).
On average, online daters spend 19 days talking to someone before meeting them face-to-face, even though three quarters (73 percent) would like to meet up sooner.
Seeking.com’s in-house dating expert, Emma Hathorn said: “The research shows that single Brits are struggling with the current online dating world.
“We know that online dating is still one of the most popular ways to meet your future partner and we can’t see that changing any time soon as we celebrate three decades since online dating first started.
British daters know what they want, they have high standards.
It’s now about finding platforms that allow those standards to not only be met but exceeded.
“At Seeking, honesty and transparency are at the very centre of what we stand for on our dating platform so it’s promising to see how important that is to British daters.” One in five (20 percent) daters say they are struggling to find anyone that is on their level or shares their values, while 19 percent are bored of dating and feel like it is a second job (12 percent).
Below you can find the full list of the most burning questions on the brains of British daters.
13 questions Brits wish they could ask someone before dating them
- Are you still married? – 37%
- Why did your last relationship end? – 35%
- Do you have narcissistic traits? – 32%
- Do you want to get married one day? – 27%
- Do you have an addictive personality? – 18%
- How many people have you slept with? – 15%
- Are you a Tory? – 12%
- Will you pay on our first date? – 11%
- Do you look OK first thing in the morning? – 10%
- How much do you earn? – 9%
- Are your teeth real? – 8%
- What is your net worth? – 6%
- What is your bank balance right now? – 6%