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Funny Is The New Sexy (Maybe)
Match.com does this thing every year called “Singles in America,” which is a comprehensive report on the state of being single in, well, America. By “comprehensive” I mean it surveys 5,600 singles, although they do come from all walks of life, essentially. (Sample size seems good.) Within the past year, it seemed that the best place to live for singles was Colorado Springs or El Paso, so I wanted to see if “Singles in America” had any additional context on that. (Also, 30 percent of married couples apparently meet through friends, which I found interesting. I met my wife through friends, personally.)
The PR-savvy element of 2015’s “Singles in America” is something called “The Clooney Effect,” which speaks to the idea that the era of “macho man” and “protected younger woman” is over. Confirmed bachelors like Clooney are now marrying smart, accomplished women! Damn right!
But there’s something potentially more interesting here.First off, check this out:
I thought that 74 percent number (“think it’s OK to casually date more than one person at a time”) was high, although I know around 2008 or so, I was…
