Valentine’s Day is in the Numbers
I guess this might sound as a cheesy greeting or a just an all too common acknowledgement of the holiday. Still, I feel it won’t hurt to be old fashioned and greet all those dear to us with a great day during Valentine’s. This is actually a time for many of us car owners to take our time from under the hood and to give our attention to those who truly matter.
Speaking of Heart’s Day, here are a few figures that I feel would be of interest to every person who wishes to enjoy this day with their loved one. I have compiled the most interesting ones and I do hope that these facts can be of help in making this holiday one worth remembering. Some of these are amazing and honestly, some are just ridiculous. All in all I know they’d satisfy the curious and teach the info hungry.
1 The number of adult Valentine shopper for every two who will be buying gifts for more than one Valentine this year. Number of men in 5 who proposed/ proposes on one knee.
2 out of five people usually get to marry their first love.
4 Percentage of men who asked for the parent’s approval for their bride’s hand in marriage.
5 The number of years longer, those who kiss their wives before leaving in the morning, live. It is even found that those who kiss their wives before leaving usually earn more than those who don’t.
6 Percentage of men who proposed to their girlfriends over the phone.
The average number of months an engagement lasts.
Percentage of men who have taken a date on a carwash. (Might be the same percentage dumped after)
Percentage of adults who are more likely to buy a Valentine’s gift for a pet than for their parents or their Grandparents.
11 Percentage of men who say they love their car more than their significant other. (It gets crazier)
14 The day for valentine and believed to be the day in February when birds choose their mates.
In 1970, brides were on average 20.8 years old when they married, while grooms were 23.2. Americans are now marrying later in life. In the year 2000, brides were on average 25.1 with their grooms averaging 26.8.
27 Percentage of men who think their girls like to receive a romantic dinner during Valentine’s day. Next gift of choice is saying “I Love You” and then flowers.
30 Percentage of car owners who buy a gift for their cars on Valentine’s Day.
43 Percentage of U.S. adults who are generous enough to think of buying more than one gift for their significant other.
53 Percentage of men who thinks Valentines is not the best time to be engaged.
55 Percentage of men who plan to buy a gift for spouse, compared with only 44% of women.
60 Percent of classic car owners who usually spend more on their car than their spouses in the past year. (Hmmm, now is that not sad?)
61 Percent of men of all ages who say they would like to receive flowers from a woman for Valentine’s Day, according to a nationwide survey conducted by Bruskin/Goldring Research for the Society of American Florists (SAF)
62 Percentage of lonely men who talk to their car.
67 Years it took for the longest engagement, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. The happy couple finally wed at age 82!
70 The average amount of money in dollars that an adult in the U.S. spend in total on Valentine’s Day gifts. (A good way to see just how much one your loved one is willing to spend for you)
79 Years for the longest marriage. Canadian hunter and trapper Joseph Henry Jarvis (b. 6/15/1899) and wife, Annie (b. 10/10/1904), have been married for 79 years.
83 The number of times Lauren Lubeck Blair and David E. Hough Blair of Tennessee renewed their vows since being married in 1984. A world record.
84 Percent of classic car owners in love with their cars.
102 Age of the oldest bride. Minnie Munro became the world’s oldest bride when she married Dudley Reid at the age of 102 on May 31, 1991. Reid, the groom, was 83 years old.
103 Age of the oldest groom. Harry Stevens was 103 when he married 84 year old Thelma Lucas at the Caravilla Retirement Home in Wisconsin on December 3, 1984.
1477 Year the the first diamond engagement ring was presented by Archduke Maximillian of Austria to Mary of Burgundy.
2000 The year the World’s Largest box of chocolates for Valentine’s Day was created by a liqueur manufacturer. The heart-shaped box, assembled in New York City, measured 15 feet high by 15 feet wide and weighed some 1300 pounds. It held the record until November of 2002, when Marshall Fields broke the record with a 2,002 pound box of chocolates in Chicago.
9,000 Number of romantic couples each year who take out marriage licenses, then fail to use them.
10,000 Number of marriages a year now that are directly traceable to romances which begin during coffee breaks.
1,000,000,000 Approximate number of Valentine’s Day cards are sold in the United States each year, according to the Greeting Card Association, which makes Valentine’s Day the second most popular card-sending holiday after Christmas.
Resources:
Romance Trivia at Dindragoste.ro
A valentines greeting from Google
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