If you think the dating world kind of sucks in Illinois, you're not wrong. Turns out Illinois is one of the worst states to date it because we are packed with 'players.'

When I think back to the first time in my life I heard the word players associated with dating, I'm brought to 1998-ish. I was in 4th grade and spent most of my free time watching MTV and quickly changing the channel when my parents came into the basement.

I thought I knew what the terms 'players,' and 'cheaters,' meant, but obviously it wasn't really affecting me.

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At 37, a story like this rings sits a little closer to home and isn't exactly that shocking.

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A new survey from DatingNews ranks the state of Illinois as number 7 in the country for having the 'most players,' in the country.

Looks like it has to do with a 'hard to get' attitude and intentionally waiting a while to respond to someone they're dating or interested in dating.

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Now, you might be surprised to hear that according to this survey, 74.8% of women in the survey said they've played hard to get, compared to 59.9% of men.

I thought we'd have more game-playing men, but I guess I'm wrong!

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Now here's the craziest statistic. According to this survey, 1 in every 5 Americans have created pretend social media accounts to 'stalk' someone they're into... don't you guys have like a work Instagram or a friend who can so that for you??

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