In the past I’ve used Postcrossing.com to swap postcards with random people all over the world, just for fun. Now I’m using it to find out a little more about the dating culture around the world.
On the incoming postcards, I’ve requested that the senders share anything they want about dating.
On the outgoing postcards I’m conducting a very short survey:
- In your culture, how old is too old to be single…
- for a female?
- for a male?
- In your culture, how young is too young to get married…
- for a female?
- for a male?
- Do/did your parents put pressure on you to get married?
- Yes, a lot
- Yes, but not too much
- No
I sent out a small batch of postcards not too long ago and the responses are slowly trickling in. It’ll take awhile until I’ve had enough survey responses to share the results, but I’ll share any dating stories as they come in.
I’m excited to see how this turns out! Do any of you readers have ideas for questions about the dating culture in other countries?
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Love your idea! It’ll be interesting to see how people answer.
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Thanks! So far the response rate is pretty good.
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Can’t wait to see the results!!
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I love surveys! I would also ask about gender roles – who makes the first move? Who is expected to pay? How prevalent is online dating? Good luck!!
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Interesting questions! I only wish there was more room on a postcard for questions!
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Exciting!!! I got so excited when I saw you have a new post and even more excited when I read it!
Maybe a question about religion/do they have to be of the same culture or religion
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That would be a good question. I wish I could choose which regions to send and receive the postcards from. So far it’s just western Europe, Ukraine and Russia or China.
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You can send one to me in NZ :p
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That’s a brilliant idea Sandra! I look forward to when you start sharing them.
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Thanks! I’ll be sharing the first one this weekend.
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