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Question #21ยท1 September 2026ยทrevealed

You see your friend's partner kissing someone else. What do you do?

92 people in 6 countries answered on 1 September 2026. 59% said Tell your friend now.

Tell your friend now58.7%
Confront the partner first23.9%
Stay out of it17.4%
92
votes on this question
10,016
votes since launch
6
countries
9.9s
median gut time
56%
predicted the majority

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By country

Tell your friend nowConfront the partner firstStay out of it
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ USA 32
6922
Everywhere else 31
6523

By age

Tell your friend nowConfront the partner firstStay out of it
25 to 34 29
6921
Everywhere else 37
543016

By profession

Tell your friend nowConfront the partner firstStay out of it
Everywhere else 38
552618
Biggest gap: 25 to 34 put the winning answer at 69%, against 58.7% worldwide.
Most contrarian country: ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ USA. Only 68.8% sided with the global majority.

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In a wisehumans poll of 92 voters across 6 countries (1 September 2026), 59% chose "Tell your friend now". Source: wisehumans.org/q/you-see-your-friend-s-partner-kissing-someone-else

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Method

Self-selected online poll, no accounts: one vote per browser per day, capped per network address to limit repeat voting. Country derived at the network edge; age and profession self-reported from fixed lists. Buckets under 25 votes fold into "Everywhere else"; buckets under 5 are never published. Not weighted, not representative of any population.