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Your date appears to have everything: good humor, great looks, kind words...and an unemployment check.
Online dating community Zoosk.com recently asked its users what would happen next--would singles stick around for a second date with an unemployed person?
Not surprisingly, the sexes differed greatly on this question--almost 92 percent of men said that they would date a woman who is currently unemployed. Women, on the other hand, were about half-and-half, with 52 percent reporting that they would date a man if he said he is currently unemployed.
OK, I'll take your unemployment and raise you living with their parents. How does that rate among singles? A surprising 80 percent of respondents said that they would go on a date with someone who drives home to mom and dad at the end of a date. Again, men were a little more tolerant than women (85 percent versus 67% of them being OK with it).
The survey also asked about recession-busting dates. How would people feel about doing something for cheap, like a walk in the park or a visit to a museum on free Friday? Eighty-five percent of respondents state that they are “turned on” by a free activity and the idea that dating can be fun without spending money. A small percentage (11 percent of women and 17 percent of men) said that it does not feel like a “real date” to do something free.
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