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Half of women in relationships secretly keep a backup partner?
Checked 15 Oct 2026
An informal 2014 online poll by a market research firm did find that half of the 1,000 women surveyed had a "backup" partner in mind. However, the post leaves out that the poll is a decade old, and it contradicts the poll's own finding that half of those women said their current partner was actually aware of the other man.
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Follow @theprankzone for more content like this! A survey of 1,000 women in the UK found that nearly half of women in relationships reportedly have a backup…
What the Reel doesn't tell you
- The survey is an informal online poll from 2014, not a scientific study.
- Half of the women surveyed who had a backup plan stated that their current partner was aware of the other person.
How it plays you
- Exaggeration: "50% OF WOMEN IN RELATIONSHIPS SECRETLY HAVE A BACKUP PARTNER READY". The post adds the word 'secretly' to make the survey sound more deceptive. In reality, the survey reported that half of the women with a backup partner said their current partner was aware of the other man.
Short version
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👉 An informal 2014 online poll by a market research firm did find that half of the 1,000 women surveyed had a "backup" partner in mind.
👉 However, the post leaves out that the poll is a decade old, and it contradicts the poll's own finding that half of those women said their current partner was actually aware of the other man.
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