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Women are more fascinated by the relationship history of their (potential) partner than men. This is evident from recent research by dating app Lexa among a thousand Dutch people who have been active on a dating app in recent years. Single women are prepared to dig deeper, ask more questions and observe more sharply in order to understand a new love. While men also find this information important, they appear to be slightly less eager when it comes to unraveling the love story.
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What singles want to know
Let’s say you’ve hooked up with a new match. What do you want to know first? A whopping 67% of respondents want to know how long their date has been single, followed closely by the length of their previous relationship (65%). After all, it’s essential to find out whether your date is looking for a serious relationship or perhaps just a rebound. But the curiosity doesn’t stop there.
What else do we want to know about a potential love candidate? The gender (67%), age (50%) and even appearance (45%) of the predecessor are also what we like to see on the relationship resume. You want to make sure that you are the better match, right?
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Women are the detectives
When it comes to detective work in love, women are quicker to have their magnifying glass at the ready than men. Men show over 20% less interest in their current flame’s ex-partners and previous dates than women. But even men (40%) can’t resist taking a quick look at what their predecessor looked like. Secretly, they all want to be more beautiful or handsome than their ex, just like half of women (50%).
Interestingly, the majority want someone with not too many previous partners . Most people are not looking for a partner with a laundry list of exes. Only 37% do not care how ‘experienced’ their new partner is. More than a third (37%) even prefer someone with few exes, and a little under 6% see a blank slate as the jackpot.
And among men alone? They are even a little more picky. Almost half (42%) prefer a partner with few previous bed partners. For a small group (8%), a virgin is even the pinnacle of attractiveness. The idea of being the ‘first’ and ‘only’ is apparently the ultimate goal for some men, as if they are marking an undiscovered area on a map.
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It changes
Please note: what you find important can change over the years. For example, people in their thirties find the number of partners most important, and intimacy also scores high among them (53%). This is missed less among people in their twenties (44%) and forties (51%). The older you get, the less you also seem to desire the approval of others. Recognition is more important for people in their twenties (48%) than for people in their forties (38%). For the latter group, it is especially important to have a nice partner to have adventures with (51% compared to 44% among people in their twenties).
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