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Articles in category 'Latest Polls'

The things We do for Love

A new YouGov survey has found out what people are willing to change about themselves when they are in a long-term relationship. The report shows that people are most likely to move house to be with their long-term...

How Many Members Have Googled a Date?

In a time where 50% of people in the UK and Ireland have a Facebook account, it is easier than ever to find out about your date via social media and a via a simple Google search. Whether you should investigate your...

How Much Makeup is too Much on a First Date?

When you think of the countryside, you may have images of natural, ruddy-cheeked people with farmer's tans. However, when it comes to going on a first date, statistics show that 91% of women would rather cancel a date...

Top 10 Unromantic Gifts

With Valentine's Day coming up soon, you may be wondering what to buy for your new date. Instead of providing a list of presents that you could buy, we've asked people what their worst gift was, in the hope that nobody...

What’s the Most Popular First Date Idea?

You may have noticed that we have been running a poll to find out what the most popular first date idea is with three classic options. The options included meeting for 'coffee', going out for an 'evening meal' or going...

What The Top 10 Dating Profiles Have in Common

Using some mathematical wizardry we calculated what the Top 10 male and the Top 10 female profiles on Muddy Matches had in common and this is what we found out... (more…)...

Do You Believe in Love at First Sight?

Our success stories are testament to the fact that it is possible to fall in love at first sight, but for most people love takes time to grow. We were keen to find out just how long it does take to fall in love, so we...

Should You Open With a Joke?

When you're looking to send a message to someone on a dating site, you might be thinking of creative ways to break the ice and might even be tempted to add a joke, but is it a good idea? (more…)...

Pets in Your Dating Profile

If there was a prize for the dating site with the most pet photos I think we’d win and frankly Muddy Matches HQ often resembles a petting zoo, so we’re not short on pets here either. On a website packed full of...

Should You Choose a Shooting Date?

To celebrate National Shooting Week (25th May – 2nd June) we asked our members whether or not they would like to go to a shooting range on a first date. We couldn’t have got a more even spread between the...

Love in the Countryside returns to BBC

BBC 2 reality rural dating series Love in the Countryside returns to our TV screens this week (Tuesday, 9pm) and yes, here at Muddy Matches HQ, we admit...

Why Online Dating Beats Meeting in a Bar

“If anyone asks we’ll say that we met at the pub” is something that we’ve seen on a fair few profiles, but we think that internet dating beats...

5 People Not to Include in Your Profile Photos

Before I start, any photo that shows what you look like is better than nothing. However, if you have the choice there are certain people who you shouldn’t...