Date published: 01.09.08 - not release date

IT'S OFFICIAL - WOMEN HAVE HAD IT WITH VALENTINES DAY

Guys can ditch the roses, bury the cookery books and forget the romantic weekend in a tent, www.CitySocialising.com reveals the moment that every guy has been waiting for, research shows that women do not like Valentines Day either!

Research revealed today shows that over half of women, an amazing 54%, loathe Valentines Day. Social events and friend-finding company CitySocialising.com commissioned the research to find out peoples modern day attitude to the most romantic day in the calendar and were amazed at some of the results that came out.

For the 1st time ever it showed that more guys value Valentines Day than girls with 25% saying that they love the day and the events that it brings compared to just 12% of women who said the same.

The researchers also presented participants with a list of celebrities that people could choose to either go on a date or just be friends with. Chris Moyles was narrowly beaten into 3rd place by Johnny Vaughan with 29% whilst Dermot O Leary topped the poll with 36% of the votes for the girls when it came to going on a date.

Moyles was the clear leader on the friend category with 38%, beating radio rival Johnny Vaughan into 3rd place with 24% after Dermot came in second spot.

On the girls front Tess Daly with 60% of votes was the most popular date for guys but bizarrely the least popular female that they would want to be friends with. Top choice for the ‘person people would most like to be friends with’ went to the universally loved Davina McCall with 68% of votes.

Bad news for Russell Brand who came in as last choice in both the Valentine’s date and the friend’s poll.

Speaking about the findings, MD of CitySocialising.com, Sanchita Saha said,

"We have been running this survey for over a month now on the front page of our site and I was staggered when we went through the findings and saw that women are now getting fed up of Valentines Day".

"I have always been a big fan of Chris Moyles so it is good to see that the public has ignored the recent media criticism and holds him close to their heart and I am sure he will have been delighted to have beaten Johnny Vaughan in the poll".

CitySocialising.com started as an easy way for young professionals, new to London, to meet new friends and discover new places to eat, drink and socialise across the Capital but today over 40% of members are seasoned Londoners seeking to reignite their social lives and meet new people in a relaxed and informal way.

Due to its continued success CitySocialising.com has now expanded to cover Manchester, Leeds, Nottingham, Birmingham, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Bristol and Brighton.

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Editor's Notes:

1343 people took part in the survey and the full results are shown below.

For further info contact andy@10yetis.co.uk or 01452 527898

* CitySocialising.com launched in January 2005 with startup funding from The Prince’s Trust to create an easy and platonic way of meeting and socialising with new people in London

* In January 2007 CitySocialising.com launched sister sites in Manchester, Leeds, Nottingham, Birmingham, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Brighton

* Over 40% of CitySocialising.com members are seasoned professionals looking for fresh inspiration to rejuvenate their dissipated or stale social lives and networks.

* No annual membership to pay, it's free to join and become a member.

* CitySocialising.com is the only social club/service designed to meet new local friends in London (we organise social days and nights out across the Capital and are the only social club to do so)

* Their higher calibre membership base - a regular, sociable, intelligent crowd of professionals in their 20s and 30s

* NOT a dating site/service in disguise - there’s no profile matching, no dating games, gimmicks or connotations

* Finalists in the Shell Livewire Business Awards 2005

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JOURNALIST QUIZ

Unbranded gift for the 1st journalist to send the correct answer to andy@10yetis.co.uk
Q: St. Valentine left a farewell note for who, which is allegedly the cause of Valentines Day?

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VALENTINE’S STATISTICS (1343 participants)

How do you feel about Valentine’s Day? (WOMEN/MEN)

I love it =12%/25%
I loathe it = 54%/37%
I do not mind it =34%/38%

What would be your ideal Valentine’s date? (WOMEN/MEN)

Dinner at a nice restaurant = 38%/53%
Going to the theatre =19%/16%
Clubbing = 4%/7%
Staying in = 39%/24%

What the worst that’s happened to you on Valentine’s Day? (WOMEN/MEN)

Been dumped = 12%/21%
Been stood up =7%/9%
Been bought a present you hated = 10%/6%
Your partner forgot to get you a card = 32%/18%
None of the above = 39%/46%

Who would you most like to take you on a Valentine’s date? (WOMEN)

Dermot O’Leary = 36%
Johnny Vaughan = 29%
Chris Moyles = 27%
Russell Brand = 6%
I’m not into men = 2%

Who would you most like to be friends with? (WOMEN/MEN)

Chris Moyles = 38%/32%
Dermot O’Leary = 30%/24%
Johnny Vaughan = 24%/36%
Russell Brand = 8%/8%

Who would you most like to take on a Valentine’s date? (MEN)

Tess Daly = 60%
Lauren Laverne = 18%
Davina McCall = 14%
Fearne Cotton = 5%
I’m not into women = 3%

Who would you most like to be friends with? (WOMEN/MEN)

Davina McCall = 66%/68%
Lauren Laverne = 22%/17%
Fearne Cotton = 10%/10%
Tess Daly = 2%/5%