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The nights are getting longer, the air colder, and we want to help you cuddle up under the covers. For this, our guide to meeting your match in the smallest state, we surveyed and talked to hundreds of real-life singles and couples, peeked into intimate diaries and found the best places and ways to meet. We can’t promise it will be easy, but take heart — you’re not alone.
By Edited by Pippa Jack and Nicole Maranhas
Dating Diaries
The Meet Market
Tough Love
Social Networking
It's a date: We asked, you answered. Our "Love in RI" survey respondents told us about getting it on, Ocean State style.
More than 330 people took our online survey in June and July. Our respondants were largely in their thirties and forties, and three-quarters of them were women. More than half were ina committed relationship, and the largest chunk (45%) lived in the Providence metro area.
What's the most important characteristic of a potential partner?
Women
| Good conversationalist | 62% |
| Intelligence | 18% |
| Nice face | 8% |
| Education | 4% |
| Money | 3% |
| Well-dressed | 2% |
| Good job | 2% |
| Body | 1% |
Men
| Nice face | 30% |
| Intelligence | 30% |
| Good Conversationalist | 27% |
| Body | 10% |
| Money | 3% |
The Dating Scene
| Weekly | 18% |
| Monthly | 40% |
| 1 to 2 times per year | 26% |
| Never | 15% |
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