UK Wedding News
05/02/2013
The number of random chances and conscious decisions required for two people to end in a long-term relationship mean that those who are living the life of a singleton may stay that way for quite some time.
"We've sat down and done the actual maths," said Mark Hall, Gentleman Creation Officer at Socked, who conducted the survey "and if we're correct, it's a wonder that the human race has actually managed to survive this long."
According to figures from the 2011 census, the number of single adults in the UK rose to 15.7 million, while the number of married couples hardly moved at all in the ten years since 2001.
"If that trend continues," said Hall," the entire country will be single by the middle of the century. Great news for people who run dating websites, terrible news for jewellers."
While singles meet online, in bars or through mutual friends, the increasingly disposable nature of society appears to have spread to relationships, where couples don't seem to be going the distance.
According to the research, the average long-term relationship requires the following before it comes to fruition:
•22 meals out as a couple
•Five meals out with friends in groups of four or more
•Two holidays
•Meeting the parents
•Stay at the parents' house twice
•Seven major arguments
•Finding approval of at least 55% partners friends and relatives
•At least £,3000 spent on gifts
"This is a long, risky process that requires skill, judgement and no little tact," says Hall, "and by our calculations, only about 3% of new relationships will last long enough to get the couple up the aisle or into the registry office. We've taken it upon ourselves to help gentlemen find and keep their ideal partner, or this nation is facing ruin."
(GK)
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The odds of finding and keeping the ideal partner on the most romantic day of the year are longer than you might think, according to a gentleman's lifestyle website.The number of random chances and conscious decisions required for two people to end in a long-term relationship mean that those who are living the life of a singleton may stay that way for quite some time.
"We've sat down and done the actual maths," said Mark Hall, Gentleman Creation Officer at Socked, who conducted the survey "and if we're correct, it's a wonder that the human race has actually managed to survive this long."
According to figures from the 2011 census, the number of single adults in the UK rose to 15.7 million, while the number of married couples hardly moved at all in the ten years since 2001.
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"If that trend continues," said Hall," the entire country will be single by the middle of the century. Great news for people who run dating websites, terrible news for jewellers."
While singles meet online, in bars or through mutual friends, the increasingly disposable nature of society appears to have spread to relationships, where couples don't seem to be going the distance.
According to the research, the average long-term relationship requires the following before it comes to fruition:
•22 meals out as a couple
•Five meals out with friends in groups of four or more
•Two holidays
•Meeting the parents
•Stay at the parents' house twice
•Seven major arguments
•Finding approval of at least 55% partners friends and relatives
•At least £,3000 spent on gifts
"This is a long, risky process that requires skill, judgement and no little tact," says Hall, "and by our calculations, only about 3% of new relationships will last long enough to get the couple up the aisle or into the registry office. We've taken it upon ourselves to help gentlemen find and keep their ideal partner, or this nation is facing ruin."
(GK)
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