Find The Best Guy For You Based On Your Job

Opposites attract: only relevant to personalities (and magnets, obvs)? Or does the same hold true for occupations of people who date?

eHarmony conducted a study of online dating and communication patterns to determine if your occupation might be affecting your life life. It turns out, opposities do seem to attract as far as communication goes. People are more likely to talk to members of the opposite sex who do something different from themselves. For instance:

• Female business executives have are most likely to communicate with men who are barbers or hair stylists. Perhaps a home blowout would fit into their busy schedules.
• Women who consider themselves “stay at home” talk most to men who are dentists.
• Unemployed guys have the highest rate of communication with lady personal trainers. (Perhaps they've put on a few pounds while unemployed?)
• Female doctors are into talking to male bankers.
• Male soldiers talk most with women who work in middle management white collar jobs.

But taking it beyond talking (because is there anything worse than a guy who endless emails but never asks you out?), they also looked to see which professionals are actually making it beyond the chat phase to actually go out on dates. By occupation, matches are most likely to go on a date if: He's a/She's a…
Banker/Teacher
Analyst/Teacher
Business executive/Mid-level white collar worker
Marketer/Mid-level white collar worker
Analyst/Mid-level white collar worker
Banker/Doctor
Police/fire/Teacher
Engineer/Mid-level white collar worker

And matches are least likely to date if:
He's a/She's a…
Unskilled tradesmen/Nurse
Retired/Administrative assistant
Unskilled tradesmen/Mid-level white collar worker
Unskilled tradesmen/Administrative assistant
Artist/Student
Banker/Administrative assistant
Doctor/Student

Are you surprised by any of these pairings? And if profession doesn't matter to you, don't just these professions too much (they're the pickiest, but they prefer "particular" rather than "snobby"):

6 New Dating Rules for 2012

It's 2012. Time have changed, and it’s time to throw out the old rules of dating as well.

 
According to eHarmony, that’s exactly what single people are doing. In the spirit of the Olympic games (everybody’s getting into it), the online dating site conducted a survey of men and women to uncover the truth behind dating games, and some of the old standards are being thrown out the window.

The new rules of dating:
Don’t wait three days to call. Oh thank God. The stupid “3 Day Rule” is no longer a thing. Nearly three quarters of both men and women said waiting that long to return a phone call is “ridiculous.” Rightfully so.
Do your research. Almost half of singles admit to Googling their dates before meeting up. Because preparation is half the battle. Or something like that.
Know that two can play that game. Playing hard to get, which in Ye Olden Dating Times was known as a woman’s move, has gone gender neutral. Now, 44% of men say they play hard to get as well.
Start saying things like “Are your feet tired? Because you’ve been running through my mind all day.” Evidently, 44% of women actually like pickup lines! Who are these women? To each her own, but unless it starts with “Hey girl” and is actually said by Ryan Gosling, I’m not falling for it.
Stop texting already. Over 75% of men and women prefer a phone conversation to a text message. Give your fingers a break.
No fakers allowed. Not, not that kind of faking (although don’t do that either), but an overwhelming majority (89% of women and 77% of men) agree that inventing a busy schedule is so over. Those people would agree to go on a date with same-day notice if they were available, rather than pretending they’re sooo booked this week.