It will be of little comfort to the woman who has just had her heart broken for the second time.
But the next man she falls for could well be ‘the one’.
The average woman will suffer heartbreak twice before she meets the man of her dreams, according to a study.
She will also kiss 15 men and enjoy two long-term relationships.
The research suggests that before settling down, a woman will go on four disastrous dates and be stood up once. But she will also have fallen in love twice, lived with one partner and had four one-night stands.
Finding the one: Researchers have released stats that lay bare the rocky path to true love
Men, on the other hand, face being stood up twice and will have six one-night stands before they meet their ideal partner. This figure could be coming down, though, because a separate study suggests that men are becoming less afraid of commitment.
They also want to settle down at a younger age than a decade ago, a survey of 2,000 adults by dating site eHarmony found.
The average young man is ready for a committed relationship from the age of 22, two years younger than ten years ago.
The study found that men are also moving in to live with their partner at an earlier age – making the leap at 25.
One in four single men questioned said they wanted a committed relationship so they could start a family, while a fifth worried that they would be ‘left on the shelf’ while their friends were paired off.
The biggest difference between men and women lies in the number of sexual partners - with men having ten in their lifetime, compared to an average of seven for women
But before they settle down men will enjoy eight dates with different women, as well as three blind dates and meet three people over the internet, according to the study of loved-up Brits who have already met the one.
By comparison, women will date seven women, not including two blind dates and two dates with someone they meet onlineThe biggest difference between men and women lies in the number of sexual partners – with men having ten in their lifetime, compared to an average of seven for women.
The study also revealed that men will have six relationships, of which two will last more than a year, while women will have five.
Men and women both face getting cheated on once in their quest to find the one – but the average adult will also be the cheater on at least one occasion in their dating lifetime.
It also emerged that almost six in ten Brits once reached a point where they felt they were never going to find that special someone.
Eight in ten said they met the one when they least expected it, while more than a quarter said their current partner wasn’t the type of person they thought they would settle down with.
Researchers also found that while 94 per cent of women believe in true love, just 88 per cent of men feel the same way.
The statistics emerged in a study commissioned to mark the paperback release today of The Rosie Project, a novel about a man’s quest to find his perfect wifehttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2532213/No-one-said-finding-The-One-easy-The-average-women-kiss-FIFTEEN-men-enjoy-TWO-long-term-relationships-heart-broken-TWICE.html

everyfin abt dis Post is wrong..including the toPic!

With proven research like this, adonblivit when some nairaland girl will be claiming virginity. (You know yourself). SMH

pweetixandy: everyfin abt dis Post is wrong..including the toPic!

you can say that for yourself, but you can't say that for most Nigerian girls this day where a girl even goes to the extend of doubledating just to feel on top of the world, check their contact list, you'll see funny names to conceal the real names of their victims

yea, absolutely wrong....and the content not for nigerians.....an 85% of naija ladies are runs girls, do you still want to tell me this can ever be correct?

Some unfortunate guy will end up with one of them now, SMH

billtommy: yea, absolutely wrong....and the content not for nigerians.....an 85% of naija ladies are runs girls, do you still want to tell me this can ever be correct?

bro, am not hating on Nigerian girl but one can't just pretend like all is well why it isn't so.

You all are mis-understanding what this extensive research is actally saying, in the course of dating lady tends to date more widely more than men in that they at most time double-date so they will be able to get the best to settle down with.