The Backup Husband Is A REAL Phenomenon!

We were shocked to learn that it's surprisingly common for people to stay in touch with a backup partner even while married and in some cases, it's not just one, but an entire roster!

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is the fitsy and with her with Kate Richie podcast,
Let's talk about this. And I don't know if this
is a female thing, but it says here in this article,
you'll tell us. Well, I can explain it to you.
Can I'll explain. I'm so glad I'll come in this
morning for you to tell me about us. I can
tell you about you, how women work and how the

(00:20):
world works. Every married woman, I know, this is what
the article says, has a backup man, a backup man,
a friend. Apparently a backup man. Apparently this woman said
it to a friend and then she thought, hang on
a minute, I have somebody in mind as well as
a backup man. And they then started discussing, saying, I

(00:42):
think it's a known thing that girls when they get together.
If you have a conversation on the topic, you'll find
that all married women have a backup man. What does
a backup man mean? She said, it's a planned b
that's the idea. So it's not all that scandalous, she says,
it's actually common practice. So the idea is that if
her long term relationship falls over, there's someone that she

(01:04):
could go to in the sorry fits is it like
in the interim or is it a She said, I've
got a friend who I've known forever. He's always been
in my life. It's just a friend. We don't text
that much, but I know he'd step in if I
needed him. The backup man, the backup man. Yeah, so
you are you communicating with the backup man every now

(01:25):
and then? Great question, Ryan James, because she said some
women have a roster, and the roster means they every
now and then almost planned check in with that person
just to keep the friendship going. Okay, so you've got
she said, I don't have a backup man. I've got
a backup bench. I keep the whole bench warm. I mean,
if you keep me the benchwarm, you're not serious about

(01:46):
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