Valentine's Day By Numbers

NOT ON THE HIGH STREET .com VALENTINE'S DAY BY NUMBERS FEBRUARY 14 - NOT JUST ANOTHER DAY IN THE CALENDAR ESTIMATED 2014 UK VALENTINE'S DAY SPENDING £119 AVERAGE SPEND PER PERSON FOR VALENTINE'S DAY IN £1.3 BILLION THE UK One in three people NOW SHOP FOR VALENTINE'S DAY ONLINE 9 8 6 m ESTIMATED UK SPEND FOR THE "BIG FIVE" GIFTS ON VALENTINE'S DAY 2013 * LINGERIE 8.8% JEWELLERY 47.3 % CHOCOL ATE 9.6% 2014 * FLOWERS 26.5 % CARDS 8.6% * GENTLEMEN - PLANNINGA RELUCTANT VENTURE INT O THE LINGERIE DEPT? TWO WORDS: SIZE + QUALITY (GE T THEM BOTH RIGHT) * NUMBER OF ROSES SOLD IN THE UK IN FEB RUARY: 189,000,000 LOVE'S GRANDEST GESTURE- EMPEROR SHAHJAHAN BUILT THE TAJ MAHAL AS A MEMORIAL TO HIS WIFE (BEAT THAT). VALENTINE'S DAY IS ALSO "LET'S GET MARRIED DAY" And Getting married IS BACK IN!! IN 2009, THERE SINCE THEN, THE WERE 231,490 MOST RECENT UK MARRIAGES - ANNUAL FIGURES THE LOWEST HAVE RISEN TO NUMBER SINCE 285,391. QUEEN VICTORIA WEDDINGS ARE WAS ON THE OFFICIALLY 23% THRONE. MORE POPULAR! SO MAN Y QUESTIONS ONE IN TEN 51% OF PEOPLE ENGAGEMENTS TAKE MARRY ME! BELIEVE IN LOVE AT PLACE ON VALENTINE'S MARRY ME! FIRST SIGHT. DAY. THEORETICALLY MARRY ME! THAT'S 28,5 3 9.1 MARRY ME! QUESTIONS POPPED. MARRY ME! SCIENTIS TS BELIEVE PEOPLE DECIDE 17 % OF MEN WHETHER THEY ARE HAVE PROPOSED ATTRACTED TO SOMEONE FIVE TIMES OR MORE.. WITHIN THREE SECONDS AWKWARD! OF MEETING THEM. THE MATHS OF ROMANC E HOW TO CALCULATE WHAT'S THE RIGHT AGE TO PROPOSE (n-p*0.368)+n=a happy proposal 1. СНОOSE THE 2. DECIDE THE OLDEST AGE (n) BY E ARLIEST AGE (p) AT WHICH Y OU WANT TO WHICH Y OU STARTED TO GET MARRIED, FOR CONSIDER MARRYING, EXAMPLE, 39. FOR EXAMPLE, 20. 3. SUBTRACT p FROM n 4. ADD THIS TO Y OUR ( 39 - 20), THEN MINIMUM AGE. MULTIPLY THE RESULT BY RESULT: 0.368. THIS EQUALS 27 IS YOUR OPTIMAL 6.992. PROPOSAL AGE. AS FORMULATED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS (AND NUPTIALS). RING SHOPPING? JUST REMEMBER THE FOUR C's CUT CARAT CLARITY COLOUR MEN: IT'S AN IMPORTANT PURCHASE - 20 % OF WOMEN WOULD SWAP THEIR RING IF THEY THOUGHT THEY COULD GET AWAY WITH IT IN IN 1968 2007 THE AVERAGE AGE THAT MEN AND THE AVERAGE AGE THAT MEN AND WOMEN GOT MARRIED WAS WOMEN GOT MARRIED WAS THE YO UNGEST IN THE LAST THE OLDEST IN THE LAST 100 YEARS 100 YEARS 33.7 23.8 31.1 21.7 A RECORD! (THE IDE AL AGE BETWEENA COUPLE ? FOUR YEARS AND FOUR MONTHS, ACCORDING TO "A SURVEY") THE RIGHT POSITION IONLY ONE IN FIVE MEN BOTHER TO KNEEL D OW N TO ASK THE QUESTION. IONLY ONE IN T HREE WOMEN WANT THEIR PARTNER T O KNEEL DOWN ANYWAY. THE RIGHT PLAC E I 10% O F WOMEN WOULD PREFER A PUBLI C PROPOSAL 1 70% OF PROP OSALS TAKE PLACE IN THE HOME THE RIGНТ TIME 165 % OF MEN WOULD SAY "NO " IF THEIR GIRLFRIEND PROPOSED TO THEM. HARSH ! WHETHE R YOU'RE A YES NO MAYBE NOT YET OR NEVER! Happy bepy Valentine's Day! Corla machine. He to the pichrs meot ves much