Someone on the internet suggested that I add a bunch of additional stats to that last post I wrote about my fun dating experiences, so I spent my entire Saturday night drawing pie charts. I discovered that I’m a huge nerd when it comes to analyzing data from my love life; I got way more excited than I should have figuring all this stuff out.
These numbers obviously aren’t a super accurate reflection of my experiences, but I thought it would be a fun thing to look at given the fact that my dating spreadsheet on Google Docs is pretty much the most detailed spreadsheet I’ve ever created. Why I chose dating as the part of my life in which I am the most organized, I’m still not sure.
Here are the original stats to refresh your memory:
Total # of first dates: 42
How many turned into second + dates: 23, so about 55%.
31% turned into 3 + !
Longest hang-out: 3 months
Shortest hang-out: 1 hour
How contact was first established:
And here are the new ones!
What’d ya do on the first date?
Drinking, mostly. Upon further reflection, I think alcohol dates are fine to calm your nerves (and I got really nervous sometimes before meeting people, especially at the beginning!) but if I could do it over I would cap it at 2 drinks max. More than that and I stopped being able to tell if I actually liked someone or if I just liked everyone because whiskey. Don’t be afraid to do something different like go to a space museum! In fact, I would recommend it because it gives you a common experience to bond over. I would love to bond with someone over space.
Who ended things?
1) Boredom: our interaction lacked mental stimulation / I didn’t feel excited by it.
I think some people were just not very expressive, which is a quality I possess a lot of and subsequently crave in others. Others were straight up just not that interesting to me.
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3) No physical attraction: I was surprised by how big of a deal this ended up being. I think unfortunately it weighs in more in this kind of setting (serial dating) because you have to decide very quickly and not going off much if you are into someone enough to keep seeing them. A few people I had a great mental connection with so I tried to force myself to become attracted to them, but it didn’t work.
Well I guess it was a constructive experience for him at least. Gah dating is hard work!
How did it end?
Only 2 guys confronted me when they weren’t feeling it, and I really appreciate them for it (one managed to do this so well with really nice compliments that I was left with a warm glow all day and had to remind myself that what actually happened was that I just got rejected).
I just realized that one third of everyone I met works at a big tech company. #sfproblems
Hope this was at least mildly interesting for you all! If you know anyone who’s also going through the struggles and triumphs of the post-grad single life, please feel free to share these dating posts with them. The point of exposing all these experiences is to empower people to take charge of their own love lives. If you’re feeling like all your friends are settling down, please don’t feel left out because it’s awesome to be single and learn so much from the once in a lifetime experience that is serial dating!
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