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Sexting tops poll of dumpable offences

~ doing “an Ashley” beats body odour in nationwide jilting poll ~

March 02, 2010

Fifty five per cent of Brits would dump their partner if they found out they’d sent saucy pictures or texts to someone else.

Sexy messages came top of a list of ‘dumpable’ offences in a recent online YouGov poll [1] for vouchercode site www.everydaysale.co.uk, with the second most serious issue being poor personal hygiene (38 per cent).

Offenders in Yorkshire and Humber are most likely to find themselves single if caught sending illicit messages with 62 per cent of people saying they’d split, closely followed by the North East with 59 per cent.

The survey also found 22 per cent of women would dump their partner over a secret porn stash but only 3 per cent of men feel the same. And just under a third of women would show the door to a cross-dressing partner (32 per cent).

Executive quote

“This is 21st Century cheating. Gone are the days of illicit encounters in hotel rooms and crossing your fingers that your partner doesn’t find out. Celebs can’t seem to get away from ‘Sexting’ and this poll just goes to show that just like Ashley Cole, you’re likely to end up single if you do,” said Chris Wu, managing director at everydaysale.co.uk. 

About the company

Everydaysale.co.uk was launched in 2005 and is one of the leading discount voucher code websites in the UK.
 
The site receives over 7,000,000 unique visitors per year and uploads an average of 600 new voucher codes every month. The team works with 2,800 UK retailers to ensure that visitors receive the best discounts from top brands, including Dorothy Perkins, Boden, Debenhams, Next and Tesco.
 
Customers using everydaysale.co.uk benefit from offers ranging from free delivery to money off products, with the average shopper saving 15 per cent on retail prices.
 
Everydaysale.co.uk is on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/everydaysale

Contact details

Alex Clough at LEWIS, the PR agency
Tel: 0161 457 2050
Email: everydaysale@lewispr.com
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Website: www.lewispr.com

Supporting materials

[1] All figures, unless otherwise stated, are from YouGov Plc. Total sample size was 2016 adults. Fieldwork was undertaken between 19 - 22nd February 2010. The survey was carried out online. The figures have been weighted and are representative of all GB adults (aged 18+).


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