If you’re looking for love in 2014, it’s best not to go in blind. You need to do the research, examine the risks and prepare for them. Read this before you get your hopes up.

The good news is that there are 3 million first dates every day. But that’s the end of the good news.

An overwhelming amount of evidence suggests that first dates are far more likely to end in failure than success.

Information designers David McCandless and Lee Byron have compiled these sorts of statistics, and put together a handy infographic that maps out the most probable way your relatonship will end.

Joy of joys!

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[Source : Fast Company]