Ready, Set, Impress (in 30 seconds or less)
Every so often I run across a article that, well, makes me believe that all the wierd theories I have about women are not completely off track.
From Scotsman.com:
HALF of all women make their minds up within 30 seconds of meeting a man about whether he is potential boyfriend material, according to a study on speed-dating.
I’m guessing the other half take about 45 seconds? Moving from the boyfriend to “Just Friends”
“However, this evidence suggests that women may make up their minds much quicker than men. It suggests men have only a few seconds to impress a woman, thus emphasising the importance of their opening comments.”
The study also found that women were twice as picky as the men.
Yup.
I knew it.
And since it’s scientific research, it has to be fact, right?
Don’t believe this 30 or 45 second routine. Never have, never will. Moreover, if they are deciding that quickly, I wouldn’t want to have them as a boy/girl friend anyway.
Allow me to disagree. I have seen plenty of beautiful women with butt ugly guys, but never have I seen a man (who wasn’t a troll himself) with a butt ugly woman. Men are way pickier than women.
Dad: Well, that’s what science says, and if you want to fight science… 😉
Rachel: It didn’t say that women decided on looks, just that the decide faster than men, and are pickier about what they look for.
Don’t care what “science” says. I am not quite sure how they figure that you make up your mind anyway. What makes a good spouse is certainly dependent on “first impressions”, but I know lots of people who didn’t particularly care for their spouse at first site, and are very happily married. I am a firm believer that you look more than once, and give em a chance. My firm belief is that the current generation is too caught up with instaneous, whether it is having a new home, the latest gadgets, or figuring out who is dating material, thus the even higher divorce rate amongst your generation than mine, which by the way hasn’t done too well either.
I think they had them fill out questionaires? Or they filmed it? I dunno.
As for the give it to me now. Well, that could be part of the problem, but I don’t think it is but a small tip on a very large iceberg.
I agree w/Rachel. Men are oh so picky and don’t give nice girls a chance–if they don’t look like Barbie or Paris Hilton.
Your phone broken or something?? I’ve been trying to send you a video!!
Is there some sort of study about how upon meeting a woman, it only takes 10 seconds for a man to decide whether or not he could do her? Because really, that is most important. Whether or not she’s “girlfriend” material is completely irrelevant to a man until much later.