I'm conducting formal research on adult male attitudes towards dating. Prior studies have focused on undergraduate college populations or have been female biased. I'm looking for single men, ages 25-40, to participate in a 1 hour interview and/or a survey.

Feedback will be kept anonymous.

If you're interested, please send me a private message for more details.

Thanks,

belle

Do we get anything in return?

Is that your only criteria, or are you taking into account education, income, etc.?

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I think that about sums it up. Hah ha.

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Luckily not all men expect something in return as I've gotten a fair number of replies.

It will make sense at some point to correlate findings w/socioeconomic and demographic indicators, but people are not too willing to divulge personal information like income (although occupation can be telling). For now I'm focused on a narrow range of variables.

belle

What about divorced or seperated men? Married me date too, or would that bias your survey?

If they don't want something in return, they can't be real men :lol: :lol:

Did it ever occur to anyone that men who are still in their late 30's and are not married may not be experts on successful dating techniques?

Or, the opposite might be true.

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Why do so many people assume everyone on the planet wants to get married and that if you haven't achieved it by a certain age, you've "failed"? Shouldn't dating be an end in itself (i.e., enjoyed on its own merits), not just a means to an end (i.e., marriage)? I'm 35 and single, and I love it. As I go longer and longer without getting married, my standards don't go down—they go up. I love my independence and would only part with it for true love, the real McCoy, the stuff of Shakespeare sonnets and Beatles songs. I'd never do it out of convenience, peer pressure or inertia, as so often happens. Is it any wonder the divorce rate is over 50 percent?

P.S. Welcome back, Chief. To paraphrase the Joker, this blog needs an enema. It's been fun watching you work the hose the last few days.

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