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When dating someone new, what's your primary motivation?

I read a quick clip in Bernice Kanner's book, Are You Normal? that shared the majority of men (42%) and women (51%) date to 'establish a relationship', whereas 33% of men and 29% of women date to 'have a good time'.

I couldn't find the origin of the statistics quoted unfortunately, but I'm still looking. Since the book was published in 2004, I'm assuming the research is a bit dated now - so now I'm even more curious as to what the point of dating is for people today. Take the poll and let me know - why do you date?

Why Date? originally appeared on About.com Dating on Friday, March 12th, 2010 at 17:12:52.

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I'm not sure how these purchases will filter down to its user bases, but there were some major deals brokered in the online dating world recently. Match.com purchased SinglesNet, and private equity firm Great Hill Partners LLC has made an offer to buy Spark Networks (who owns a myriad of sites including SingleParentsMingle, and American Singles).

For those of you who belong to one of these dating sites, are you worried that the services you've gotten used to will change, or are you happy and hopeful it will lead to a better online dating experience?

More information:

• Spark Networks Announces Formation of a Special Committee to Evaluate Acquisition Proposal
• Confirmed: Match.com Acquires SinglesNet

Several Dating Sites Get Purchased originally appeared on About.com Dating on Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 at 21:37:52.

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