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October is Positive Attitude Month, and It’s Just Lunch, the premiere dating service for busy professionals with over 100 locations worldwide, has conducted a survey of 5,876 singles to gauge their attitude on life, love and happiness. The survey reveals that 65% of singles say they are generally happy people and 72% of singles are positive they will get married some day.
Palm Desert, CA (PRWEB) September 27, 2006 -- October is Positive Attitude Month, and It’s Just Lunch, the premiere dating service for busy professionals with over 100 locations worldwide, has conducted a survey of 5,876 singles to gauge their attitude on life, love and happiness. The survey reveals that 65% of singles say they are generally happy people and 72% of singles are positive they will get married some day.
“A positive attitude is everything when it comes to dating,” said Alana Beyer, Vice President of It’s Just Lunch. “The top characteristics a single person looks for in someone they date are humor and kindness. Our survey also showed that singles believe rudeness and arrogance are the least attractive character traits. Positive Attitude Month is a perfect time to change your outlook and see if those changes impact your love life.”
• 91% of singles have kept a positive attitude in a relationship even when things were bothering them
• 23% of singles would tell a significant other one of their behaviors bothers them the first time it occurs; 44% would tell them the second time it happens
• When it comes to having a positive attitude, 81% of singles say they want their significant other to be an 8 or a 9 on a scale of 1 to 10
• 25% of women say what bothers them most is a man who smothers them and tries to spend every second of the day with them, 38% of men say a woman who nags about everything bothers them the most
• 50% of women say Ellen Pompeo as Meredith Grey in Grey’s Anatomy is the TV character whose attitude most mirrors their own, 44% of men say their attitude mirrors Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer in 24
82% of singles feel positive or very positive about their career. Singles were asked to choose between financial success and happiness, only 20% chose financial success with no limits, while 80% chose happiness and well being without financial success.
About It’s Just Lunch
Since It’s Just Lunch was founded in 1991, the company has arranged millions of fun, first date lunches or drinks after work -- an atmosphere where singles can feel comfortable with the process of meeting a new person. With over 100 locations worldwide, each day IJL meets with clients one-on-one, then arranges hundreds of fun, first dates over lunch or drinks after work at over 1,500 restaurants. No photo or online profile for the world to see. With many introductions leading to second dates, It’s Just Lunch is the world’s leading first date authority.
The U.S. dating industry is estimated at nearly $1.5 billion, and growing at 25% annually, with 110 million single adults in the United States alone.
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