Japanese Dating Pleasures and Secrets!

Another weekend ends with a survey, thanks to “What Japan Thinks”. This time, Goo Rankings bring us another great survey with some interesting questions regarding what things your partner does for you on a date that makes you happy, for both Japanese women pleasing men and Japanese men pleasing women; and second is what secrets that you and your partner have that you don`t want your friends to know, for both men and women.

Demographics

Between the 23rd and 25th of March 2009 1,043 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private online questionnaire. 52.2% of the sample were male, 7.8% in their teens, 17.1% in their twenties, 28.2% in their thirties, 24.8% in their forties, 11.4% in their fifties, and 10.7% aged sixty or older. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample.

Ranking results

Q1: What actions by a woman on a date make you happy` (Sample size=544, male)

Rank		Score
1=	She holds my hand	100
1=	She locks arms	100
3	She tells me if there`s something she wants to eat	98.9
4	She tells me if there`s somewhere she wants to go	92.6
5	She expresses thanks (when I pay, help her sit, etc)	88.4
6=	She says she likes me	73.7
6=	She restricts her mobile phone use	73.7
8	She tells me if where`s feeling ill, tired from walking, etc	71.6
9=	She wears something different from her everyday clothes	69.5
9=	She applies herself to keeping the conversation going	69.5
11	She says thanks for the date at the end	66.3
12	She says we should go somewhere where we can be alone	63.2
13	She proposed the next date	58.9
14	She tells me if my hair is out of place, my zip`s open, etc	50.5
15	She puts her mobile into silent mode	44.2
16	She doesn`t talk about her ex	42.1
17	Her behaviour when paying	40.0
18	She tells me beforehand if she has a curfew	37.9
19	She pays for tea, water	27.4
20	She unfolds a napkin, wet tissue for me	20.0

Q1: What actions by a man on a date make you happy` (Sample size=499, female)

Rank		Score
1	He carries heavy stuff for me	100
2	He matches my walking pace	85.9
3=	He sees me home	74.4
3=	He walks on the outside of the pavement (sidewalk)	74.4
5	He prepares a surprise gift	54.3
6	He calls the waiter at appropriate times	38.7
7	He gives me advice when trying on clothes	38.2
8=	He buys juice for me when my throat gets dry	37.2
8=	He recommends a seat where we can see the scenery	37.2
10	He looks up for me how to smoothly change trains	34.2
11	He looks up famous shops and out-of-the-way places beforehand	29.9
12	He stands in front when descending and behind when ascending escalators	27.6
13	He checks out new shops beforehand	24.6
14=	He advises me beforehand on what to wear (for outdoor activites, etc)	23.1
14=	He arrives early at our meeting place	23.1
16	He opens and closes the car door for me	16.6
17	He tells me nuggets of information about places we go to	15.6
18	He wears clothes to match mine	10.1
19	He sends me secret emails during the date	9.5
20	He lays out his handkerchief for me before I sit on a bench	5.0

Q2: What secrets do you not want your friends to know regarding your lover` (Sample size=544, male)

Rank		Score
1	How I`m a spoilt brat when we`re together	100
2	Our nicknames for each other	47.9
3	It is a case of stolen love	35.4
4	How she`s a spoilt brat when we`re together	33.3
5	She`s a friend of my ex	31.3
6	Our relationship has already cooled off	31.3
7	How we met	29.2
8	That we`re going out together	27.1
9	I`m more deeply in love with her than vice versa	22.9
10=	We do cos-play dates	18.8
10=	There`s quite an age difference	18.8
10=	I`m better at housework than her	18.8
13=	She chooses my clothes	14.6
13=	She pays on dates	14.6
13=	Dates are always at home	14.6
16=	We carry a lot of paired items	12.5
16=	I haven`t met up with her for a number of months recently	12.5
16=	She`s a friend`s sister	12.5
19=	She picks my boxers	10.4
19=	I haven`t actually declared my love to her yet	10.4

Q2: What secrets do you not want your friends to know regarding your lover` (Sample size=499, female)

Rank		Score
1	How I`m a spoilt brat when we`re together	100
2	How he`s a spoilt brat when we`re together	68.0
3	Our nicknames for each other	42.7
4	I pay on dates	37.3
5	How we met	28.0
6	We do cos-play dates	26.7
7	He`s a friend of my ex	20.0
8=	I`m more deeply in love with him than vice versa	18.7
8=	Our relationship has already cooled off	18.7
8=	There`s quite an age difference	18.7
11=	It is a case of stolen love	16.0
11=	He chooses my knickers	16.0
11=	I haven`t actually declared my love to him yet	16.0
14=	I haven`t met up with him for a number of months recently	14.7
14=	He doesn`t want to get married	14.7
14=	He`s better at housework than me	14.7
14=	I`m shacked up with him	14.7
18=	That we`re going out together	13.3
19=	Driving dates are always in rental cars	9.3
19=	Dates are always at home	9.3

Source: Goo Rankings via What Japan thinks

For some reason, this reminds me of that Mel Gibson movie, What Women want. Sure, We can`t read the opposite sex minds, but I can bet this interesting surveys can help a little bit while dating.

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