世論 What Japan Thinks

Today’s bit of fun from goo Ranking looks at the moment you realise someone you’ve got your eye on is not girlfriend or boyfriend material, for both men looking at women and women looking at men.

Demographics

Between the 18th and 24th of September 2009 1,156 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 63.8% of the sample were female, 10.1% in their teens, 20.8% in their twenties, 30.0% in their thirties, 23.4% in their forties, 9.3% in their fifties, and 6.4% aged sixty or older. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample. This does seem like a rather unusual demographic spread for goo Research.

Ranking result

Q: What is the moment when you realise she’s not girlfriend material? (Sample size=418, male)

Rank		Score
1	When I see her littering, other bad manners	100
2	When I see her bad table manners	90.8
3	When I see her being mean to someone else	79.6
4	When I find out about her two-timing someone else in the past	61.2
5	When the conversation doesn’t flow	60.2
6=	When I can’t comprehend her hobbies	59.2
6=	When she talks on and on about herself	59.2
8	When I can’t get her to comprehend my hobbies	56.1
9	When she doesn’t listen to me	52.0
10	When I hear her slag off her friends	50.0
11	When her room is a tip when I go to visit	46.9
12	When she doesn’t place a priority on promises with me	45.9
13	When I notice that her food preferences are rather different to mine	44.9
14=	When she doesn’t pay anything towards dates	33.7
14=	When I realise she has lots of male friends	33.7
16	When I hear about her past loves	24.5
17	When I learn that she’s hopeless at housework	21.4
18	When her mail repies are slow	16.3
19	When her choice of locations for dates is not smart	8.2
20	When I see her in her private wear	7.1

Q: What is the moment when you realise he’s not boyfriend material? (Sample size=738, female)

Rank		Score
1	When I see him littering, other bad manners	100
2	When I see his bad table manners	88.1
3	When I see him being mean to someone else	83.6
4	When he talks on and on about himself	77.2
5	When the conversation doesn’t flow	74.0
6	When he doesn’t pay anything towards dates	64.2
7	When I find out about him two-timing someone else in the past	61.4
8	When he doesn’t listen to me	59.6
9	When I can’t comprehend his hobbies	59.1
10	When I hear him slag off his friends	54.6
11=	When I notice that his food preferences are rather different to mine	49.5
11=	When I can’t get him to comprehend my hobbies	49.5
13	When I realise he has lots of female friends	40.2
14	When he doesn’t place a priority on promises with me	38.4
15	When he always goes Dutch on dates	29.5
16	When I see him in his private wear	23.1
17	When I hear about his past loves	21.7
18	When his mail repies are slow	18.9
19	When his room is a tip when I go to visit	16.2
20	When his choice of locations for dates is not smart	13.5