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Research Determines Women Can Keep a Secret For 47 Hours
A study of 3,000 women aged 18-65 has found that the average woman cannot keep a secret for longer than 47 hours. The study also found that four out of ten admitted that they were unable to keep a secret, no matter how personal or private. Michael Cox, UK Director of Wines of Chile, which commissioned the research, said, "It's official - women can't keep secrets. We were really keen to find out with this survey how many secrets people are told. What we didn't bank on was how quickly these are passed on by those we confide in. No matter how precious the piece of information, it's often out in the public domain within 48 hours."
No, but really, every single woman I've ever know does the exact same thing upon hearing a secret:
1.) Hear secret and promise Friend #1 she won't tell anyone.
2.) Deliberately jump into a conversation with Acquaintance #1 and bring up something trivial and unrelated. This step is important. If it doesn't happen, it wasn't really a secret.
3.) Promptly call Friend #2 and in a hushed but still CLEARLY audible voice, tell the secret.
4.) Commence calling everyone she knows in order of familiarity. With each new person in on it, talk becomes less quiet and forbidden.
5.) Inevitably hears the secret back from someone else.
6.) Speak about secret openly to everyone until it gets old.