SURVEY: One in ten partners completely forgot about St Valentine's Day and had to buy cheap flowers at petrol station

Irish men badly need to pull up their socks according to their partners especially on Valentines Day because as many as 2 in every 5 Irish women claim that their men completely forgot about the day and indeed one in six sheepishly had to resort to buying a last minute bunch of flowers or a cheap gift from a petrol station in an effort to romantically satisfy their other halves.

However it seems that some Irish women need to up their game as well as more than twice as many ladies actually dumped their man on Valentines Day according to the national survey of over 1,000 people for online lottery company Lottoland.

Overall the Lottoland national survey found that a significant 1 in 3 partners of both sexes forgot the big day (31%) when asked about their worst Valentines Day ever whilst just over 1 in 10 bought a last minute bunch of flowers or a cheap gift at a petrol station or were bought a takeaway instead of going out for a nice meal (11%). Another big dating complaint is one of the partners constantly on the phone during the date (9%) whilst quite a few complained of getting dumped on the big day of love (8%) with a smaller proportion getting stood up (4%). Turning up to a burnt dinner though was thankfully at the bottom of the pile (3%) so at least most people in Ireland that go down that route are really well prepared!

Around the regions Munster men are the worst offenders for the last minute token bunch of cheap flowers whilst Dubliners have the worst track record of getting stood up on Valentines Day whilst in general more people from the southern province get dumped than anywhere else. The poor folk from Leinster seems to suffer the most when finding out their partners are having an affair.

Lottoland’s VP of Corporate Affairs Laura Pearson said “Lets face it we all crave some romance especially on Valentines Day and we were relieved to see that at least affairs and burnt dinners came in at the bottom of the survey.”

Which of the following best describes the worst Valentines Day or date you ever had?

My partner completely forgot about the day                                                                                                                                  31%

My partner forgot about the day and brought a last minute bunch of flowers/cheap gift from the petrol station         11%

I was bought a takeaway instead of a nice meal                                                                                                                              11%

My date was constantly on their phone on the date night                                                                                                            9%

I was brought to the local pub for a date                                                                                                                                           8%

I got dumped on Valentines Day                                                                                                                                                           8%

I got stood up on Valentines Day                                                                                                                                                          4%

I found out my partner was having an affair on Valentines Day                                                                                                   4%

Got invited for a romantic dinner at their place and they burned the dinner                                                                          3%

Other including having arguments, breaking up just before or just after the day, wasn’t celebrated t all                

11%