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Singles want friendship, not sex

Updated on: 22 June,2012 06:40 AM IST  | 
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A survey on nearly 150,000 romantic hopefuls has found that when looking for love, friendship is their number one priority, while sex was not thought to be that important

Singles want friendship, not sex

The survey, by an online dating website, revealed that friendship and chemistry came in as the top two most popular relationship ideals among all age groups, reports a major newspaper.

Sex and relationships, Singles want friendship, not sex


Both genders placed friendship and chemistry as the two most important qualities, and while women placed more importance on kindness men did not.


Partners' ability to communicate is seen as more important by women than men, and men placed more importance on enjoying physical closeness than women.


1. Friendship between me and my partner
2. Chemistry between me and my partner
3. Enjoying the way I feel around my partner
4. Having my partner be open with me about feelings
5. My partner's personality
6. My partner's kindness
7. Romantic attraction I feel for my partner
8. Being able to easily talk about personal problems with my partner
9. Enjoying physical closeness with my partner
10. Being able to discuss with my partner how I am feeling towards him/her

1. Knowing that my spouse is usually to blame when things go wrong
2. Importance of match's income
3. Importance of match's religion
4. Importance of match's education
5. Importance of match's height

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