Sitting on the street is among the cheaper date options. (Image via Shutterstock)

Dating ain’t cheap in the District, according to a new survey from Match.com. Singles pay an average of $1,788 annually on all of the elements that go into impressing a potential partner.

So while drinks, dinner, and movie tickets are among the expenses included in the calculation, the figure also includes all the ways that unmarrieds get themselves ready for said dates, like haircuts and swanky new outfits, as well as finding people to go on them with through dating site memberships and matchmakers.

Spending nearly $1,800 per year is more than the national average, which is $1,596. Feel better knowing that in New York City, singles pay an average of $2,069 (plus, there are other reasons why dating in the Big Apple seems like an abject horror).

But New York City doesn’t even top the list. That honor belongs to San Antonio. When broken down by month, D.C. singles spend the 13th most. Here’s that list, courtesy of Match.com:

San Antonio: $211.44
Atlanta: $196.41
Baltimore: $184.88
Nashville: $183.84
New York: $172.39
San Francisco: $162.74
San Jose: $160.20
El Paso: $157.40
Indianapolis: $153.43
Austin: $152.03
Chicago: $151.32
Detroit: $151.23
Washington D.C: $148.99

The annual Singles in America survey, which was first reported on by The Washington Post, is compiled by questioning 5,500 singles around the country. Past surveys have taught us that D.C. comes in at number four in the top ten cities where women make the first move, and a compelling correlation between emoji use and the likelihood of getting laid on a monthly basis.

Other fun facts in this year’s survey largely involve millennials, 57 percent of whom report being lonely, according to Match.com. And that isn’t the only emotion they’re willing to admit to surveyors. They’re 125 percent more likely to “admit they’re addicted to the process of making a love connection” when compared to other generations and 177 percent more likely to feel an “overwhelming pressure to get married.”

Match.com also says millennials are 66 percent less likely to enjoy oral sex than other generations, which brings us to our request that you take this survey with a big grain of salt. As sex educator Twanna Hines told us last year, “It’s important to remember these sites are under no obligation to release their matching data—they’re not the U.S. census. Whatever information they’re releasing is probably in line with their business.”