A major survey  on "the attitudes of singles" was recently conducted by a third-party agency.

The survey found that...

• 68% of singles are interested in falling in love and getting married in the next five years.
  
  
• 12% of singles believe it is appropriate to break up with someone via email or text message.
  
  
• 21% of singles think it is acceptable to first say "I love you" via email or text message.
  
  
• 30% of men believe it is OK to tell "little white lies" in their online dating profile.
  
  
• 24% of women believe it is OK to tell "little white lies" in their online dating profile.
  
  
• 22% of singles didn't go on a date in 2007.
  
  
• 49% of single women say they never have to pay for a date.
  
  
• 10% of singles say they dated someone last year that was either married or in a committed relationship.

For the survey, more than 600 singles in the United States were selected at random.