Love: A Quick Survey     Thank you very much for your help!!!

I am collecting data for a research paper that I am writing.  If you would like to help me, please answer the following questions and submit them to me. Your answers will be completely anonymous & private. No one will see them except me. Ever.

Also, feel free to answer as little or much of
this as you desire to or feel comfortable
with. The more you add, the more it will
help this research...=)

Thank you very much! Sincerely, Lalita

1.  Are you:  Single     Married       Divorced        Remarried    

2.  Are you:  0-19      20-30       31-40      41-60     61-100

3.  Are you:  female     male

4.  Are you:  heterosexual    bisexual   homosexual   other

5.  What is your ethnicity:

6.  Describe what your ideal/dream partner would be like.

 

7.  Do you think your ideal partner is actually attainable and realistic?  Yes.     No.

8.  Do you think you expect or demand too much from your partner?  Often.   When cranky.   Rarely.  No.

9.  Do you believe in a soul mate?  Yes.    No.

10.  If yes, do you believe that you have met your soul mate?  Yes.    No.

11.  Describe your dream date.  What would you love for that date to include?

 

12.  Describe your most favorite qualities that a previous or current lovers have had. 

     Feel free to write this in story or anecdote or poetry or randomness - any form that you prefer.

 


13 .  Describe your least favorite qualities that a previous or current lovers have had.
       Feel free to write this in any form that you prefer.

 

14.  What do you fear the most in intimate relationships?

 

15.  Describe the most romantic thing anyone has ever done for you.

 

16.  Have you ever had a love relationship in which you shared your spirituality or
       spiritual practices with your partner?  What were the benefits and/or challenges
       of this for you and your partner?  How did spirituality affect your relationship
       positively or negatively?
 

17.  When you have conflicts with your partner, how do you each react to the situation
 (for example, throw things, cry, talk calmly, run screaming out the door, and so on)?

 

18.  Describe ways or moments in which your partner truly surprised or touched you.
       How have you surprised or touched your partner?

 

19.  Do you share all your thoughts and feelings with your intimate partner, or are you more

       likely to confide personal or difficult things to friends rather than your partner? (for

       example, do you not tell your partner serious things because you do not want to

       "lose them" if you tell them the truth, and so on).

 

20.  Would you like to share anything else about yourself, about your relationship history,
about dreams/desires that you have, or anything else at all?


21. Would you please share any of your favorite quotes, or poems, or stories about relationships
or love that you feel inspired or moved by? Thank you very much.  Also, please state if you
would like me to include a quote or poem or anything like this on my website for others to read?

 

22. What book(s) or movie(s) or website(s) would you recommend, if any, as something that really
helped you with relationships in your life?

 

23.  What advice or wisdom would you offer to other people to help them or inspire them with
their intimate relationships?

 

                                                                    

Thank you very much for your participation!!!!!!