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Singapore women’s dating expectations

February 24th, 2008

A recent survey of 200 Singaporean singles done by Social Development Services was cited in a Sunday Times article today. The survey results on dating expectations of single women were:

80% of Singaporean women expect their boyfriends to pay on dates and 92% of men will do so.

50% expect men to open the doors to cars and restaurants and 88% of men will do so.

90% expect expect men to send their girlfriends home after a date and 94% of men will do so.

96% of women expect their boyfriends to initiate the celebration of special occasions such as anniversaries and birthday and 92% of men will do so.

88% of women expect their boyfriends to dress up for special occasions such as birthdays and Valentine’s Day and 78% of men will do so.

24% of women expect their boyfriends to carry their handbags and 70% of men will do so.

Dr Ilya Farber, 39, an assistant professor of social science and philosophy at SMU said this: “If those are the most important items on most people’s dates checklists then the human race is doomed”.

Again I am thankful for the undeserved blessing of a wonderful wife, my wife Jenny. Either she is from an earlier generation or she is among the 20% of Singaporean women with different expectations or both.

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