When men fall in love they do it fast
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Among men, 51 percent have loved between two and five different people but for women this falls to just 45 percent, said the survey of 2,000 adults. Among men, 51 percent have loved between two and five different people but for women this falls to just 45 percent, said the survey of 2,000 adults.
London - They’re the three little words every woman is apparently dying to hear – but we take longer to say them for the first time in a relationship than our boyfriends do.
It’s official: when men fall in love they do it fast, taking only 88 days to tell their partner they love them, compared with a woman’s languorous 134, according to new research.
Moreover, 39 percent of men say “I love you” within the first month of seeing someone, compared with 23 percent of women.
Adding to the idea of men now being “commitmentphiles” instead of “commitmentphobes”, a third of men had met the family of their partner within the first month of dating, compared with just a quarter of the women.
Men are also quick to commit, with 33 percent of men questioned in the study by YouGov for eHarmony saying they moved in with their beloved within the first month.
Contrary to the widely-held stereotype that men are bad at remembering milestones, a high percentage of men remember important dates, with 77 percent of men remembering when they said “I love you” for the first time.
And just 5 percent of men couldn’t recall the first time they held hands with their partner.
The study also found that young people (18- to 24-year-olds) were more reserved than expected: they were the slowest of all age groups to both hold hands and share a first kiss.
But they were the fastest of all ages to consider themselves in an exclusive relationship: 39 percent claim to consider themselves exclusive after just one week.
When it comes to getting even more intimate, 58 percent of men and women confess to having had sex within the first three months of their relationship, while a higher percentage of men (43 percent compared to 36 percent) admit to having done so within the first.
Men are also quick to commit to long-term relationships. Some 33 percent of men move in with a partner within the first year, and 37 percent of respondents who were married or engaged went down on one knee within 12 months.
Jenni Trent Hughes, relationship advice expert for eHarmony, said: “Boys are softies and can be way mushier than us girls!”
Hughes believes many traditional perceptions of men being afraid of commitment are outdated.
She said: “After centuries of women questioning the reluctance of men to commit or be romantic, it seems that we may just have been wrong all along.
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Realistically and physiologically speaking, the average man tends to be more focused and task oriented than the average woman.
“They establish a goal and set out to accomplish it at all costs, be that running the marathon in less than three hours or wooing the girl of their dreams.” – Daily Mail