世論 What Japan Thinks

goo Ranking recently took a look at what manner of subterfuge people would get up to to try to get an ex back, for both men trying to re-woo a woman and women trying to re-woo a man.

Demographics

Over the 22nd and 23rd of February 2010 1,123 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 58.6% of the sample were female, 9.6% in their teens, 22.2% in their twenties, 32.1% in their thirties, 24.9% in their forties, 7.5% in their fifties, and 3.8% 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.

As with a lot of these surveys, the tactics start out quite reasonable, but the further down the list the more pathetic some of the attempts get…

Ranking result

Q: What do/would you do in order to get back together with your ex? (Sample size=465, male)

Rank		Score
1	Send her a birthday email	100
2	Ask her out for a meal	81.9
3	Ask her out for a drink	55.3
4	Discuss matters with a mutual friend	48.9
5	Phone her on her birthday	42.6
6	Accidentally on purpose send her an email	29.8
7	Get drunk and phone her	28.7
8	Send her a letter	22.3
9	Accidentally on purpose phone her	20.2
10	Discuss matters with a female friend	19.1
11	Discuss matters with a male friend	17.0
12	Ask her out shopping	14.9
13	Propose that we have a discussion about love matters	12.8
14	Ambush her at her nearest station	10.6
15	Ask her out to a favourite movie, concert	9.6
16	Invite her on a trip	6.4
17	Get my fortune read	5.3
18=	Dress up, choose a hair style she likes	4.3
18=	Turn up at her house pretending to be drunk	4.3
20	Ambush her in front of her house	2.1

Q: What do/would you do in order to get back together with your ex? (Sample size=658, female)

Rank		Score
1	Send him a birthday email	100
2	Discuss matters with a mutual friend	75.3
3	Ask him out for a meal	56.5
4	Ask him out for a drink	45.3
5	Accidentally on purpose send him an email	39.4
6	Get drunk and phone him	35.3
7	Accidentally on purpose phone him	34.7
8	Discuss matters with a female friend	32.9
9	Phone him on her birthday	22.9
10	Get my fortune read	20.0
11	Dress up, choose a hair style he likes	17.1
12	Discuss matters with a male friend	16.5
13	Send him a letter	13.5
14	Ambush him at his nearest station	12.4
15	Ask him out to a favourite movie, concert	10.6
16=	Ask him out shopping	8.8
16=	Propose that we have a discussion about love matters	8.8
18	Turn up at his house pretending to be drunk	5.3
19=	Call his home asking to be looked after when sick	2.9
19=	Ambush him in front of his house	2.9