Chemistry: It Just Takes 15 Minutes Into A First Date To Tell If You Have It
by Chiara Atik on March 28, 2020 As much as we like to list specific qualities we’re looking for in a mate (responsible! funny! cute!), one of the most important ingredients is somewhat intangible, yet completely perceptible: chemistry.
Either you click or you don’t, and most adults have been on enough “meh” dates to know that all the good intentions in the world won’t salvage a couple that doesn’t have that all-important spark.
According to a recent survey, the majority of both men and women can tell 15 minutes into a date whether or not there’s chemistry. So if you think about the normal course of a date, by the time you’ve ordered drinks, or by the time the trailers start playing at a movie, you and your date probably already know whether there’s chemistry or not.
In other words, if you’re still excited about a date 15 minutes in, things are going well. If you are no longer excited, well, it’s probably not going to build up again.
Happily, lack of chemistry is not a total date dealbreaker: in fact, almost nothing is. Only 12% of Americans say they’d leave a date less than 30 minutes in. Most of us will stick it out, and hope to be pleasantly surprised by the end.
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