39% Of Men Are Turned-Off On A First Date If She Requests Ice Water, Only

As much as 39% of US single men find it a major turn-off if on a first date she requests ...ice water, only. According to It’s Just Lunch, the premier dating service for busy professionals with over 100 locations worldwide, who conducted a survey of 8,457 singles, men prefer their dates to order an alcoholic beverage on a first date ...perhaps they think it makes the conversation better.

When the waiter comes to the table to take their drink order and their date says ...I don’t drink,... 62% of single men will order water or soda and skip the alcoholic beverage. Single women don’t care if their date doesn’t drink, but it doesn’t mean they can’t; 41% of single women will order a glass of wine, even if their date orders only water.

When the waiter asks if you want another drink, better watch your limit. 86% of U.S. men and 91% of U.S. women agree that 2 alcoholic beverages is the maximum on a first date, and one in five would not drink at all.

What should you order on a first date?

• 72% of women on the West Coast order red wine, 49% of East Coast women order white wine, while 21% of Midwest women prefer an ice cold beer on a first date.
• 31% of men order wine (64% of those men order red, usually Pinot Noir, hmmm...anything to do with Sideways?) 58% of single men will skip red and order a bottle of Chardonnay if white wine is their date’s preference.
• 75% of single women would skip sharing a bottle when wine preferences differ from their date and insist they each get their own glass.
• Although 15% of singles order a mixed drink on a first date, the type of mixed drink varies by gender. Men prefer Gin & Tonic or Scotch on the rocks as cocktails before their meal and wine with dinner, whereas women prefer martini’s, or Cosmo’s as mixed drinks before and during dinner.
• 39% of singles pay $25-$40 on a bottle of wine on a first date; however Texan men save the extra cash to get their shoes shined and spend only $15 dollars on a bottle on a first date.

The U.S. dating industry is estimated at nearly $1.5 billion, and growing at 25% annually, with 110 million single adults in the United States alone.

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