
1. Study finds if women in a relationship have back-up
partners
We are often advised to have a back-up plan for everything
in life, in case whatever plans we have do not work out. It seems women are
taking this advice very seriously because as per a survey conducted by OnePoll,
a survey-led marketing research company specialising in online and mobile
polling, 50 per cent of women in a relationship have a plan for a back-up
partner in their mind in case the current relationship doesn’t work out and
they head for a break-up. Read on to know more about the report that was
published in Mail Online.
2. The back-up person is mostly an old friend
Around 1,000 women from the UK participated in the survey
and almost 50 per cent of the participants, both married as well as unmarried
women, admitted to having a back-up plan or person to fall back on in case,
they separated from the current partner. A substantial number of participants
stated that their back-up person is most likely to be an old friend who had
romantic feelings for the concerned woman in the past.
3. He can also be an ex-boyfriend, colleague etc.
Other participants of the survey also stated that their
back-up person can be anyone—a colleague, ex-husband, school friend or a man
she met at the gym. What is important is that the person has to be someone whom
she has known for a long time and who would be ‘ready and waiting’ to be with
her when the need arises.
4. A person who would drop everything for her
Around 10 per cent of women (one out of ten) who
participated in the study stated that their plan B revolved around a man who
might have at some point of time confessed his feelings for her and five per
cent of the women participants were confident that the person would ‘drop
everything’ to be with her when required.
5. Are their current partners aware of it?
What came as a big surprise is most of the participants
shared that their other half or the current partner knows and is aware of the
‘third person’ although the partner has no idea about the ‘back-up’ plan. One
in four women participants said her current partner has met the third person
(plan B), and a surprising number of 20 per cent women (one in five) revealed
her partner or husband is friends with the other man in her life.
6. ​It is a ‘worrying sign’
A spokesperson of the research company called the findings
as a ‘worrying sign’ and said social media sites have made it easier for women
to stay in touch with an old flame. However, it’s too early to raise the alarm
because this was not an all-inclusive study because only 1,000 women from the
UK participated in the poll.