A Big Thanks to The View!

On Friday's episode of The View, Barbara Walters, Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Sherri Shepherd talked about our "Happy Honeymoon?" poll! How exciting! You can check out the clip here.

Just a reminder, the poll found that one in five newlywed couples don't actually consummate their marriage on their wedding night. A few other tidbits...

To Consummate or Not to Consummate

While we learned that most couples do “seal the deal” on their wedding night, we discovered that almost a fifth of newlyweds don’t. Why? Blame the open bar, lack of sleep and er, “natural” concerns...

• 16 percent of individuals polled said that they did not consummate their marriage on their wedding night
• The reasons why they didn’t?
  -32 percent said that they or their partner were too tired
  -14 percent said that they or their partner had too much to drink
  (Women chose this answer twice as often as men did!)
  -11 percent said that family and friends were still around
  (Men chose this answer more than five times more often than woman.)
  -10 percent said that it wasn’t important to them.
• The good, the bad and the ugly: The list of free-response answers why couples didn’t consummate the marriage on their wedding night was topped by “that time of the month”.
  -Our respondents also mentioned:
  He was playing blackjack all night. (Who does that?)
  Too much sake and sushi consumed. (Yum, but yikes)
  It was consummated MANY TIMES before (notice the caps!)
• Despite 84 percent saying that they did “kick off” their honeymoon in the sack, only a measly 27 percent said there were days when they never left their room (wink, wink).
  
  Something Old, Something New...
  
  We also learned that despite recent changes in weddings and honeymoons, ultimately couples’ feelings toward tradition have not changed.
  
• 67 percent of people wouldn’t bypass the wedding reception to head right to the honeymoon.
  -Both men and woman answered equally.
• An overwhelming number (70 percent) of brides and grooms still pay for the honeymoon themselves, despite the recent changes in traditional honeymoon financial roles (honeymoon registries, parental gifts, etc.).
  -But, we learned that the honeymoons of more newly married couples have been affected by recent economic issues with nearly half (more than 44 percent) answering that “financial constraints” kept them from doing everything they wanted to on their honeymoon.
  
  The Time of My Life
  
  Despite some minor financial concerns, most couples were completely satisfied with their honeymoons.
  
• More than 90 percent said that their honeymoons met their expectations.
  -Men answered “yes” 10 percent more often than women.
• But, despite being so satisfied, 55 percent said that they don’t plan to take a second honeymoon.
  
  Men are From Mars and Women are From, Well, Mars
  
  Surprisingly men and woman seem to be more aligned in their answers than originally thought. The only disconnect? Satisfaction—how pleased woman actually were with the honeymoon and pleased their partners thought they were.
  
• Almost 10 percent more men than women said that their honeymoon met their expectations.
• 10 percent more women than men said that they had to “massage the truth” to convince their partner they had a good time.
• Women were twice as likely as men to experience a bit of “buyer’s remorse” after choosing their honeymoon destination.

A special thanks to the ladies of ABC's The View for including us in their Hot Topics conversation!