VANCOUVER -- Doctors are the most likely to get pulses racing when it comes to dating potential, while politicians are among the last choices of the romantically inclined.

While the news about politicians may come as no surprise, survey results released this week by the speed-dating service FastLife and the online-dating giant Lavalife, are also encouraging for architects, who rate right up there behind doctors as being in the profession of choice for women choosing dates.

44% of men are looking to score on the first date while 66% of women believe that the man should foot the bill for dinner. FastLife, the world’s premium speed dating and singles events provider, and international online dating giant Lavalife, recently conducted a survey on dating habits of the 21st century dating to clear up ambiguity between the sexes.

It pays the rent, but does it heat up your love life?

Apparently your job can affect your sexual appeal, according to a new survey from FastLife.ca, a speed dating and singles service.

Models, male athelits sexiest professions: poll

It pays the rent but does it heat up your love life?
Apparently your job can affect your sex appeal, according to a new survey from FastLife.ca, a speed dating and singles service.

FastLife asked 400 of its male and female members whether 20 common professions were "sexy" to the opposite sex.

Men are more interested in getting lucky on the first date than women, but most women still think men should pick up the tab.

ACCORDING TO THE FastLife And Lavalife Dating Survey 2006, 44 per cent of men are looking to score on the first date while 66 per cent of women believe that the man should foot the bill for dinner.

ElleCanada.com reports on FastLife's new Sex and the Single dating survey: We all know that saying -- "Men are from Mars, women are from Venus" -- but what does it mean, exactly? Here, a survey on what men expect on the first date and why a funny guy will always win a woman's heart.

Forty-four per cent of men are looking to score on the first date while 66 per cent of women believe that the man should foot the bill for dinner. These are just a couple of the statistics that FastLife, Canada’s premium speed dating and singles events provider, and international online dating giant Lavalife, recently discovered.

Standing all of five foot three in my bare feet, I’m willing to admit that I’m short. In fact, I still use a stool to reach things on the top shelves of my kitchen cabinets.

Yet when it comes to dating, size does still matter: I want to date someone who has a few extra inches on me. Apparently, I’m not alone.

By VALERIE GIBSON

Picky, picky, picky.

That's singles today. And I'm one of them.

Years ago, it was enough that a prospective partner was reasonably attractive, had a good sense of humour and was available. Now the "requirement" list is the length of a roll of paper towels and someone isn't acceptable unless every box is checked.

Never mind soulmates. People are looking for supermates.
Singles justify it by stating they "won't settle for less" and "I'm worth it" — whether the latter is realistically balanced against the list or not.