Monday, January 2, 2012

2011 Year In Review (by the numbers)

In 2011, I went out on dates with 19 different girls. I kissed 6 girls. I had 0 real relationships. Statistically, that is a date with a different girl approximately every 19 days (in years past, I have traditionally been on a date with a different girl every 14 days). I kissed 32% of the girls I went out on dates with (in years past, I have traditionally kissed 20% of girls that go on a date with). Of the 19 girls, 2 were met on a dating website, 4 were girls that I was set up with, 8 were girls that I already knew and 5 were girls I met this year on my own.

Of the 5 girls met this year on my own, 2 were met via mutual friends, 2 were met at a party and 1 was met on an airplane. Of the 5 girls met this year on my own, 4 received a second date and 2 were girls I kissed. Success rate: 40%

Of the 2 girls met on the dating website, 2 received a second date and 1 girl was kissed. Success rate: 50%

Of the 4 girls I was set up with, 0 received a second date and 0 girls were kissed. Success rate: 0%

Of the 8 girls that I already knew, 7 were taken on a second date (this year) and 2 were kissed (this year). Success rate: 25%

Of the 19 girls, 2 are girls I am still considering going out with again, 4 are girls that told me they were not interested in going out with me and 13 are girls that indicated they would go out with me again if I asked.
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  1. AnonymousJanuary 3, 2012 at 1:19 AM

    I think you need to adjust your success rate calculation. If your only goal were to just kiss girls on a first date, then you should obviously spend most of your time setting up dates on match.com or beautifulpeople.com or whatever site you prefer and for which you qualify.

    However, I know your goal is something different. I'm not saying that you shouldn't place any weight on kissing, because that's obviously going to bring you some enjoyment. The calculation should be weighted similar to:
    Overall Utility = -$ spent + .9(2nd date) + .1(make out)
    Therefore, we can determine which avenue has been most successful by making the following assumptions:
    1. You spent the same amount on each date
    2. If you took them on a 2nd date, you feel like there might be some potential
    3. You enjoy kissing each girl equally
    4. The difficulty of obtaining dates via each method is equal

    We can now draw several conclusions:
    1. Don't ever let somebody set you up ever again unless you are certain you can kiss them without spending any money
    2. Go on more dates with girls you already know, and also try to meet more girls
    3. Spend as little money as possible, and if you know there's no chance of a second date, try to kiss them anyway

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  2. Tripp HazardJanuary 3, 2012 at 12:11 PM

    Dear littlebrother:

    An excellent comment. I especially loved "Don't ever let somebody set you up ever again unless you are certain you can kiss them without spending any money." Funny advice.

    Love Tripp

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  3. Chas HathawayJanuary 7, 2012 at 8:53 PM

    Lol! This is too funny. This reminds me of a conversation I had with a guy a number of years ago. He was the guy all the girls liked, and he was going on dates multiple times per week, and kissing many. I envied the attention he got...

    I dated somewhat irregularly, and never felt very confident at the game.

    And yet he's still dating, and single, and I'm married with four kids. There's no question that he was the better dater. He fully rocked at dating. But I can't help wondering how things might have been different if his goals had been different.

    I think it's awesome that you keep all the stats of your dates. I wish I'd done that--it would sure be funny to look back on.

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