Valentine’s Day is the universal holiday for romance and sensuality.
Happy couples are scrambling to make plans with their partners and eager singletons are searching to find their own love matches for the big day and beyond.
From posting your significant other on social media to negotiating whether it’s socially acceptable to sleep with someone on the first date, romance can be a tricky business.
To help give dating Brits some answers, Vouchercloud surveyed 2,000 people about their dating and sex habits in a bid to help us all know what others are thinking.
According to its findings, those dating in Newport, Swansea and Portsmouth are more likely than people living anywhere else in the UK to get lucky on the first date this Valentine’s Day.
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Couples in Hull, Peterborough, Brighton, Warrington, Newcastle and Sheffield tend to wait two dates and love birds in Wrexham wait until after three dates to get physical.
Those in Belfast and Middlesbrough aren’t as open to sensual encounters on the first date though – with 39 per cent waiting ten dates or more.
The two cities were joined by Gloucester, St Albans, Bath, Chelmsford, Durham, Plymouth, Nottingham and Derby on the top ten list of cities which tend to wait longer to get intimate with a partner.
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Half of those surveyed said they split the bill on dates but before that happens, a venue has to be chosen and 35 per cent of us opt to have our first date at a restaurant.
13 per cent of nervous couples head to the pub, 12 per cent watch a film at the cinema and 10 per cent of daters meet up and go for a walk.
The least popular option is to meet at home with only three per cent of those surveyed saying they go for this option.
The amount of dates it takes to make a relationship official also varies according to the research.
16 per cent of those surveyed said it takes 11 dates, 14 per cent said four dates which was closely followed by 13 per cent of surveyed Brits who said it takes three.
Greg Le Tocq, founder of Vouchercloud, said: “Finding a partner can be one of life’s greatest challenges and in the run-up to Valentine’s Day, especially, the focus often falls on dating and romance.
“We decided to look at the dating habits of the British public. It’s fascinating to delve into how people approach dating and relationships in 2020, including how people most commonly meet their partners and how people in different cities across the UK approach sex.”
