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It’s Just Lunch, a dating service for professionals, recently conducted a study that found 75 percent of women would be unlikely to date a man who is unemployed.
However, 42 percent of the 75 percent said they might go out on a date with a guy who doesn’t have a job, but probably wouldn’t want to date him long-term (which many guys would actually prefer).
The research, which was based on 925 responses, revealed only 21 percent said they would definitely date an unemployed man, noted BusinessNewsDaily.com.
“Not having a job will definitely make it harder for men to date someone they don’t already know,” said Irene LaCota, spokesperson for It’s Just Lunch, said in a press release. “This is the rare area, compared to other topics we’ve done surveys on, where women’s old-fashioned beliefs about sex roles seem to apply.”
Spending Thanksgiving with your boyfriend’s or girlfriend’s family can be both an enlightening and stressful experience. You get to meet your significant other’s relatives, see their baby photos, and hear funny stories about their childhood. Or vice versa, you get to show your date off to your family. But, the task of keeping your date happy while impressing the family can be daunting. We spoke with Krista White, the president of It’s Just Lunch D.C. It’s Just Lunch is a dating service for busy professionals in D.C. and surrounding cities, with over 22 years of experience matching couples over lunch. She gave us a few tips on how to survive your first Thanksgiving with your boyfriend’s or girlfriend’s family, as well as some tips for those of you bringing your date around family for the first time.
The data showed that Asian women are the most preferred by all men except Asian men – who prefer Hispanic women.
Asian, Hispanic and Caucasian women prefer Caucasian men while Caucasian men are more likely to respond to everyone but Caucasian women.
Caucasian women are twice as likely to respond to Caucasian men than African-American men.
African-American men are more likely to respond to women of different races but receive three times more responses from African-American women than a non-black woman.
African-American women prefer all races over Caucasian men but are the least likely to get a response from all men.
Irene LaCota, spokesperson for matchmaking service Its Just Lunch backed up Fischer’s data. “We have seen a trend with younger men being more open to dating different ethnicities,” she said via email. “For example, young asian men are requesting to be matched with caucasian women.”
“For some singles ethnicity is extremely important and a deal breaker.” said LaCota. “Our matchmakers will encourage our clients to be open-minded and not paint such a ‘tight picture’ of who they want to date.”
LaCota did have some positive words of advice however. “ Chemistry trumps all when it comes to getting to the second date,“ she said.
It’s good to know – from a bona fide matchmaker – that no matter what your ethnicity, the connection is what really counts.
