Dating for a Week?…Unmarried Men and Women Say "That's Not Dating"

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Unmarried men and women generally do not consider a relationship lasting less than a week as dating.

On the 20th, Gayeon Marriage Information released the results of a survey conducted on 212 unmarried men and women. First, when asked about the definition of short-term dating with the question, "'If you dated for this long, would you not consider it dating?," the responses were ‘within 1 week (48.4%)’, ‘half a month (19.5%)’, ‘1 month (14%)’, ‘include all short periods (10.4%)’, and ‘2 months (6.8%)’ in that order.

Regarding the question, "What if your potential partner only has short-term dating experience?," the answers were ‘doesn't really matter (39.6%)’, ‘rather good (28.8%)’, ‘other (16.5%)’, ‘not very good (12.7%)’, and ‘would reconsider dating (2.4%)’ in that order. Overall, many respondents felt it didn’t matter much, but the percentage of men who answered ‘rather good’ was 39.1%, while women’s was 17.6%, indicating a slightly more positive attitude toward a partner’s short-term dating history. Gayeon commented, "Since men often tend to lead the relationship more than women in romantic partnerships, this appears to be a natural tendency."

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