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"By your math there should be only 0.5 fit, college-educated single people in your age and gender bracket in any given bar on a Saturday night. That’s obviously
by ransom1538 9y ago
"By your math there should be only 0.5 fit, college-educated single people in your age and gender bracket in any given bar on a Saturday night. That’s obviously not the case."
You left out "not in a relationship" which I would give a %90 reduction in odds. Which is a major point here. Because you see people at a bar I wouldn't assume they are single.
- Judgmentality 9y agoWhy do you think 90% of people are in relationships, especially at such a young age? I'd guess it's closer to 2/3, although I'm using anecdotal evidence.
- in_cahoots 9y agoPerhaps you’ve misread, that’s included in the ‘single’ part. Regardless, my larger point is that when you’re at a bar you’re not going to walk up to a random table and ask a guy out when he’s holding hands with some girl. People who are single and looking do just that - they look for signs that the other party may be interested. It takes some social skills, but as the original article shows a large proportion of couples meet in a bar, so clearly it’s not impossible.
- astura 9y agoJesus, much, much more than 10% of 20-30 year olds are single. In fact, more than that are still living with their parents: http://news.gallup.com/poll/183515/fewer-young-people-say-relationship.aspx http://news.gallup.com/poll/183515/fewer-young-people-say-re... >Gallup found 14% of adults aged 24 to 34 were living under a parent's roof. http://www.pewinternet.org/2006/02/13/romance-in-america/ http://www.pewinternet.org/2006/02/13/romance-in-america/ > Fully 43% of adults (87 million people) say they are single.