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79% Of Girls Make The First Move Online

Posted on January 10, 2013

Mysinglefriend logo new Jan 13PRESS RELEASE – Jan 10 – New study of MySingleFriend's users reveals that 79% of girls are happy to make the first move online but 71% will leave boys hanging before returning texts. Only 29% of girls are happy to reply to dates texts immediately. 65% admitted to trying to get more information about a potential date by looking them up on Facebook before going on a date. MySingleFriend was created by TV presenter Sarah Beeny in 2005 and now has over 200,000 users in the UK. The site has also recently launched in Ireland at www.mysinglefriend.ie.

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2 thoughts on “79% Of Girls Make The First Move Online”

  1. MyDatingMails's avatar MyDatingMails says:
    January 10, 2013 at 10:13 pm

    79%? That’s a lot! I was more thinking 15-20% 🙂

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  2. MyDatingMails's avatar MyDatingMails says:
    January 10, 2013 at 10:13 pm

    79%? That’s a lot! I was more thinking 15-20% 🙂

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