A press release today from Tickle's in-house Research Group:

The findings are based on a sample of more than 250,000 singles in the U.S., who responded to Tickle's personality and relationship tests. Highlights include the following:

    — Online daters are more confident.
          — Only 69 percent of online daters have trouble asking
            someone out on a date vs 79 percent of non-online daters.
          — 46 percent say they feel comfortable making
            direct eye contact with someone they have just met
            versus 34 percent of non-online daters.
          — Only 50 percent get flustered talking to someone they're
            attracted to versus 62 percent of non-online daters.

    — Online daters are more romantic.
          — 85 percent of online daters believe that everyone
            has a soulmate versus 81 percent of non-online daters.
          — 78 percent believe in love at first sight
            versus 70 percent of non-online daters.

    — Online daters are more committed to a relationship.
          — 92 percent of online daters are looking for a long-term
            relationship versus 89 percent of non-online daters.
          — Only 18 percent try to end things first when they think
            someone might want to break up with them versus 27
            percent of non-online daters.
          — 86 percent would be willing to go out of their way to
            meet a romantic partner versus 75 percent of non-online daters.