In 2014, only 25% of singles met their last date through a friend, while 32% met through a dating site.As ways of meeting people and finding love has changed, so did perception. Girls ask guys out first, and guys dream about marriage and babies.In particular, 7% of the women surveyed confessed they would date a man 60 years older, a 27% said that felt comfortable dating one 40 years older and a 13% 50 years older.When it comes to love, dating and relationships, age was not a barrier years ago, and, according to recent dating studies, still is not an impediment nowadays.In 1989, the professor of psychology at the University of Texas, David Buss, conducted a research about age gap in relationships and showed evidence that women are into older men and males preferred younger females.In this particular study, men and women from around the globe, from 37 different cultures were surveyed.In particular, 80% of men of the 3,571 singles surveyed confessed that they were dating women that were at least five years younger.

A more recent survey (2013) carried out by the dating site Sugar Daddy For Me revealed that half of women felt OK dating a person who were more than 30 years older than them.

However, most men still prefer to meet and date younger women.

A more recent survey carried out in 2006 by the dating blog It’s Just Lunch, revealed that nowadays most men opt to get romantically involved with women younger than them.

A stunning 75% of female respondents confessed that they were satisfied with it, while only 67% of men reported so.

Dating and relationship habits have changed in the past years and nowadays, there are more people loving and living their single status to the maximum.