Can you keep a secret?

Beware of putting your trust in a woman " for the likelihood is she will have broken your confidence barely half an hour later, a study has shown.

Beware of putting your trust in a woman " for the likelihood is she will have broken your confidence barely half an hour later, a study has shown.

Published Dec 2, 2011

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London - Share your deepest secrets with her, and she will no doubt promise never to tell.

But beware of putting your trust in a woman – for the likelihood is she will have broken your confidence barely half an hour later, a study has shown.

Researchers found that women are overcome by the desire to gossip and can typically wait no longer than 32 minutes before spilling the beans.

Depending on who the gossip is about, their husband, mother or best friend are most likely to be the initial recipients of the information.

The study of 3,000 women by facial skincare brand Simple found one in ten admits being unable to keep a secret – no matter how personal or confidential the news is. And 85 percent said they relish in hearing gossip from others.

But many women are putting themselves at risk of betrayed confidences, the survey revealed, with nearly half saying they often felt the need to offload their secrets to someone.

A spokesman for Simple said: ‘We are all guilty of sharing people’s secrets but there is a difference between idle chit-chat and sharing someone’s most sacred secret.’

And Dr Christine Bundy, Senior Lecturer in Health and Medical Psychology at the University of Manchester, warned: ‘Everyone remembers a betrayal and it is probably not worth it for a bit of gossip.’ - Daily Mail

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