世論 What Japan Thinks

Today’s survey from goo Ranking looked at the matter of what changes in one’s partner do people feel after a year of dating, for both men looking at their girlfriends and women looking at their boyfriends.

Demographics

Over the 21st and 22nd of July 2010 1,159 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 63.4% of the sample were female, 12.4% in their teens, 21.1% in their twenties, 28.3% in their thirties, 23.6% in their forties, 8.2% 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.

It’s interesting that most of the events listed are rather negative. For me, I think all apply to the wife and me. However, it only took me two months to do number 4…

Ranking result

Q: What changes in your girlfriend did you feel after a year of going out together? (Sample size=424, male)

Rank		Score
1	Frequency of email decreased	100
2	Length of telephone calls got shorter	63.4
3	Frequency of meeting decreased	52.1
4=	On dates her clothes got rougher	47.9
4=	She more clearly expressed her likes and dislikes	47.9
4=	She got fat	47.9
7	When I went to visit her room things weren’t tidied up neatly	46.5
8	House clothes got rougher	42.3
9	She could express lots of things even without speaking	36.6
10	Her meetings with friends took priority over us	35.2
11	Occasionally it would seem like we were married	33.8
12	Her face would clearly express her bad moods	33.8
13=	She stopped saying “I love you”	28.2
13=	She’d soon drop off to sleep in bed	28.2
15=	She met the family	22.5
15=	She’d talk back over trivial things	22.5
17=	She didn’t want to go on dates	16.9
17=	She stopped holding hands	16.9
17=	She stopped being sure to arrive on time	16.9
20	The number of dishes for meals at home decreased	14.1

Q: What changes in your boyfriend did you feel after a year of going out together? (Sample size=735, female)

Rank		Score
1	Frequency of email decreased	100
2	He could express lots of things even without speaking	71.6
3	Length of telephone calls got shorter	61.8
4	He started farting in front of me	57.8
5	He stopped saying “I love you”	57.4
6=	House clothes got rougher	54.9
6=	He’d soon drop off to sleep in bed	54.9
8	His face would clearly express his bad moods	54.4
9	Frequency of meeting decreased	52.5
10	He met the family	49.5
11	He more clearly expressed his likes and dislikes	49.0
12	On dates his clothes got rougher	48.5
13	When I went to visit his room things weren’t tidied up neatly	48.0
14	She got fat	33.3
15	His meetings with friends took priority over us	31.9
16	He stopped holding hands	27.5
17	He’d talk back over trivial things	23.5
18	He didn’t want to go on dates	22.1
19	Occasionally it would seem like we were married	21.1
20	He stopped telling jokes to liven up conversations	17.6