Easy ESOs on DATING
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Marital Status:
Gender:
Current Age:
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Religious "Attitude"
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Dating ...                                                                 please be honest , it's anonymous
If single, what type of situation
are you ideally looking for?
What is your current living situation?
If you practice a certain faith / religion,
are you looking for someone who
shares that faith / religion?
If you are Catholic do you attend Mass?
Do you want to have children?
If yes, how many children would you hope for?
Approximately, how many different people would that you say you dated in the last year?
How/where do you meet most of the people you date?
What prompts you to ask someone out?
What signals do you give someone when
you’re interested in him/her?
What signals (if any) do you look for
before asking someone out?
Do you ask someone you’re
interested in out?
Reasons why you wouldn't ask
someone you're interested in out?
Would you date someone that you know as a friend?

If not, why wouldn't you date someone you know as a
friend?

If so, how would you initiate the transition from friend
to dating partner?

Would you date someone that you work with?

If not, why wouldn't you date someone you work with?

Have you ever tried online dating?  


If yes, how long have you been using online dating
services?

If yes, which online dating services do you use?


How often (if ever) do you date people that you meet
on these online dating sites?

What advantages/disadvantages do you find with
online dating?

Do you belong to a social / professional networking
site (such as Myspace, Facebook, etc.)?

If yes, which social / professional sites do you use?


How often (if ever) do you date people that you meet
on these sites?


Would you date someone older than you?

Reasons why you would or wouldn't date someone
older than you?

What age range do you find acceptable for your dating
/ relationship partners?

If you found out after you started dating someone that
he/she was above or below  your date range (they didn’
t lie, you just assumed they were younger or older),
would you continue to date that person?

f you're not initially physically attracted to  someone
who asks you out but who seems nice, would you go
out with him/her at least once to see if anything
sparks?

After a first date in which you liked the person and
wanted to go out again, when/how would you let them
know you had a good time and would like to go out
with them again (for example, text them that info
when you got home, call and tell them the next day,
email him/her 3 days later?

Do you have certain “rules” that you follow when you
start dating someone?

What are those dating rules, if any?

Do you feel like most people play “games” when
they’re dating?

If someone asked you out that you weren’t interested
in, would you?

If you would lie, why would you choose this option
instead of being straightforward?

What are your biggest complaints about people that
you date and dating in general?

How long do you think you need to date someone
before you get to know the “real” person?

How many dates do you usually go out with someone
(or how long) before you decide that you want to make
it an exclusive dating relationship?

How many dates do you usually go on with someone
before you decide that you want to end it?

How do you usually end a dating relationship (have a
talk, just stop calling, send a "break up" email, etc)?

How would you prefer someone to end a dating
relationship with you?

Have you ever been in love?

How many times have you been in love?


When you’ve been in love, how did you know?

If you’ve been in love, how long were you dating that
person (those people) before you knew you were in
love?

If you are currently in an exclusive relationship, how
long have you been in it?

What is the longest exclusive relationship
you’ve ever been in?

How many exclusive relationships have you had that
have lasted over 2 months?

Do most of your relationships end on good terms?

Why do you think most of your relationships end?

Have you ever stayed friends with past relationship
partners?
Do you have any additional comments or views you would like to share regarding ANY OF THE ABOVE TOPICS?
Money...                                                                                                   please be honest , it's anonymous
What is your working situation?  

What is your salary range?

How much money would you say you have
saved (including IRAs)?

If you asked the other person out, do you
usually pay for the first date?

If the other person asked you out, do you
usually pay for the first date?

Who do you think should pay for the first date?

Who do you think should pay for any
subsequent dates?

Do you have any comments / views on who
should pay for dates?

If you’ve been paying for all of the dates and
you would like your dating partner to pay
sometimes, what would you do?

If your dating partner, who has been paying for
all of the dates, in some way communicates to
you that he/she would like you to pay
sometimes, what would you do/how would you
feel?

How would you like your dating partner (who
has been paying for all of the previous dates)
to communicate to you that he/she would like
you to pay sometimes?

When you go out with a platonic friend who's a
member of the opposite sex, how is the tab
handled?

Would  you discuss your income with
someone you're dating?

If you wanted to discuss each other's income
when and how  would you do it?

Would you continue to date (and possibly
marry) someone that had credit card debt or
an outstanding loan(s) (other than a mortgage)
but who was employed?

Would you continue to date (and possibly
marry) someone that had little or no savings
(or assets) but who was employed?

Would you date someone who was looking for
a job, but was currently unemployed?
Do you have any additional comments or views you would like to share regarding MONEY issues?
Trust...                                                           please be honest , it's anonymous
Do you prefer your
dating/relationship partner to
always be honest with you or
lie to protect your feelings?
Do you lie to your dating/relationship partners?

How often do you lie to your dating/relationship
partners?

What are some of the reasons you lie to your
dating/relationship partners?

Do you feel badly when you lie (other than little
white lies) to your dating/relationship partner?

What do you consider “cheating” in a relationship
(the selections shown are all done with someone
other than your relationship partner)
?

Do you feel that you have to tell someone that you
have just begun dating that you want a long term
relationship even if you don’t?

If you do, why do you feel that you have to tell
someone that you want a long term relationship
even if you don’t?

When you begin to date someone do you act?

If you initially try to hide some of your
imperfections, when do you feel that you start to
show your true self to someone you’re dating?

If you’re in an exclusive relationship, do you think
your partner should still go out to bars with their
single friends?  

Why or why not?

If you’re in an exclusive relationship, would you
mind if your partner went out with a single
member of the opposite sex who was a friend?

Why or why not?

Do you talk to your friends and/or family about the
negative aspects of your dating/relationship
partner?

Do you talk to your friends about the intimate
details of your relationships (including sex if you
have it)?

If your dating/relationship partner shared
personal information with you that he/she didn’t
want you to share with anyone else, would you be
able to honor their wishes and keep it a secret?

If your relationship ended, would you share
confidences that were shared with you with
others since you are no longer together?
Do you have any additional comments or views you would like to share regarding TRUST issues?
Sex and Intimacy (for those over the age of consent) ...
What are your views on sex before marriage?

Do you (or would you) engage in premarital sex?

If you have had sex, what age were you for your first
time?

Do you feel that you had sex for the first time too
early, too late or at just the right age?

If you haven’t had sex, what is your reason (for
example, waiting for marriage, against my religion,
haven’t met the right person, waiting for love, etc.)?

If you are not open to the idea of sex before marriage
and you knew that someone that asked you out (or
that you had already started dating) had already had
sex with others would you date that person if they
respected your views?

If you are open to the idea of sex before marriage, do
you expect your partner to be open to it as well and
have sex with you?

If yes, when do you expect your partner to have sex
with you (for example:   first date, fourth date, when
we begin an exclusive relationship, etc.)  

If you are open to the idea of sex before marriage, on
which date # or at which point of time (1 month, 6
months) etc. do you usually have sex together for the
first time?

Would you date or continue to date someone who
chooses not to have sex before marriage?

If you are open to the idea of sex before marriage
and you were in a sexual relationship, how many
times a week would you
want to have sex with your
partner and how many times would you
actually have
sex with your partner?

Whether or not you are open to the idea of sex
before marriage, do you consider oral sex “sex”?

If you are open to the idea of sex before marriage,
would you (do you) participate in oral sex with your
partner?

In the previous question if you said you don't enjoy it
do you still do it because your partner wants you to?

If you are sexually active, do you use contraceptives?

If you were married and sexually active would you
use:  natural family planning, contraceptives, neither,
other.

Whether or not you are open to the idea of sex
before marriage, do you ever “stimulate” yourself?


If you are open to sex before marriage, when you
aren’t exclusively dating one person, do you have
sex with multiple partners?

If you are open to premarital sex, approx. how many
people have you had sex with in the last year?

If your relationship partner wanted to live together
before marriage, would you do it?
Do you have any additional comments or views you would like to share regarding SEX and INTIMACY?
Commitment                                                                            please be honest , it's anonymous
Do you feel that you have a fear of marriage?

If you feel you have a fear of marriage, what are you
most afraid of (for example, marrying the wrong
person, not having enough combined resources for
a family or desired lifestyle, being unhappy in
marriage when you’re pretty happy single, etc.)

If your goal is marriage, how long would you date
someone who hadn’t proposed or who said she/he
wasn’t ready for marriage at this time (dating time
should start when you first started dating)

If you got married, would you feel like divorce was
an option if you felt things weren’t going well?

If yes, what reasons would you feel would be cause
for a divorce?

How would you describe your ideal relationship
partner?

What are your dating relationship "dealbreakers"?

What do you think are the most important
“ingredients” for a successful long term
relationship ranked in order of importance?
Do you have any additional comments or views you would like to share regarding COMMITMENT, MARRIAGE and LONG
TERM RELATIONSHIPS?
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