Thanks to dating apps and social media, there are more ways than ever to meet “the one” and fall in love. Whether it was love at first swipe or a real life meet-cute straight out of a rom-com, 94% of Americans say they’ve been in love, according to a new survey from Shane Co. It also uncovers the average relationship timeline for couples and how they really feel about falling in love.
The jewelry company’s poll of 2-thousand Americans reveals:
- More than one in five (21%) believe in love at first sight, and 19% have actually experienced it.
- Another 13% claim to have fallen for someone who they’ve never even met in person.
- While the spark from an instant connection can be exciting, 27% feel that compatibility is more important than chemistry.
- Proving that may be true, nearly a third (29%) of respondents are in a relationship with someone who started out as a friend.
- For most couples, realizing they’re in love is a gradual process, but 18% say they knew they were in love after the first date.
- Couples tend to introduce their new partner to their friends after they’ve been dating for an average of 3.7-months.
- That’s also around the same time they realize those butterflies they feel are love, usually about 3.8-months into the relationship. But it takes them even longer to tell the other person.
- Couples tend to decide to be exclusive around the 3.9-month mark.
- After being together for an average of 4.4-months, they actually say “I love you” to each other.
- Once they have the friends’ blessing and know they’re in love, meeting the parents is the next important milestone, which usually happens about 5.4-months into the relationship.
- When they know they want to be together forever, one partner pops the question, around one year and three months after getting together.
- But if things don’t work out and you end up breaking up with someone you just can’t seem to get over, there’s still hope. About 10% of those surveyed have managed to rekindle an old flame and give an ex a second chance.
Source: News 3 LV
Courtesy of: Dr. Dave's Ultimate Prep