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Valentine's Survey Results

Barry — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:11:50 GMT

Thanks to the more than 1,500 of you who took the survey and shared your thoughts with the community!

Here are some highlights of the results:

** People are 4 times more likely to be "cheapskates" than "extravagant" this Valentine's Day.

** Men were nearly twice as likely as women to discuss finances right away.

** Almost 10% felt that a person's FICO score was an indicator of their willingness to give a great Valentine's Day gift.

** Nearly 60% preferred to date someone in the FICO Score range of 550-700.

** Men were 6 times more likely to choose "good looking" as the most important characteristic in a date.

** 20% of couples described their partner's spending habits as drastically different from their own, while over 45% described their partner's spending as only moderately different from their own.

Read the full survey results....

Happy Valentine's Day!

Message Edited by Barry on 02-01-2010 06:11 PM

Re: Valentine's Survey Results

athensguy — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:30:38 GMT

@Barry wrote:

** Nearly 60% preferred to date someone in the FICO Score range of 550-700.

Someone with a 749 would meet the minimum standards of 96% of respondents while an 800 could get a date from everyone!.

Re: Valentine's Survey Results

Anonymous — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:52:17 GMT

If I'm reading this correctly...

...fully 4% of survey respondents prefer their dates to have a pulse...

(I'm just havin' fun here...)

Re: Valentine's Survey Results

savmeformyse — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:08:40 GMT

Most people know that it is rare especially in this economy to have a score of 700+++

so you have to be real about your expectation of a person.

Re: Valentine's Survey Results

Anonymous — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:41:42 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:

If I'm reading this correctly...

...fully 4% of survey respondents prefer their dates to have a pulse...

(I'm just havin' fun here...)

Dang, if your score is that low the only good things you do have are a name and a pulse. Too funny. Never underestimate the power of the human drive to procreate.

Re: Valentine's Survey Results

Anonymous — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:27:45 GMT

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If I'm reading this correctly...

...53% of respondents would date someone with a minimum FICO of 600 or less, and 47% would date someone with a minimum FICO of 650 or more, meaning the 601 - 649 FICOs will never, ever get a date, 'cause there's NOBODY LEFT...

(I love surveys...)

Message Edited by Uborrow-Upay on 02-07-2010 01:27 PM

Re: Valentine's Survey Results

Anonymous — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 01:40:34 GMT

Those with lower credit scores have led more interesting lives.

Crazy people make better lovers.

A crazy person with lower credit scores? I hear wedding bells!