48% of Singles Want Parallel Relationships. Men, Run.

Nearly half of singles want one partner for emotional needs and another for physical needs. Men, this is exactly the game they told you didn’t exist.

A new Dating.com report just dropped a stat that should make every man pay attention: 48% of singles are open to “parallel relationships” — having one partner for emotional needs and a separate partner for physical needs.

Read that again.

Half the dating pool is openly admitting they want to compartmentalize men into roles. One guy for the deep talks and emotional support. Another guy for the physical connection. Neither gets the full package. Both think they’re building something.

This is what the red pill community has been warning about for years — and it just got validated by mainstream data.

For men, the implications are brutal:

You could be the “emotional partner” — the guy she texts when she’s sad, vents to after work, and leans on for stability — while someone else handles the part you actually want. You’re doing boyfriend duty without boyfriend benefits.

Or you could be the “physical partner” — fun, exciting, desired — but disposable the moment she finds someone who checks both boxes. You’re a placeholder with an expiration date.

Either way, you’re getting half a relationship while giving full effort.

The dating market is telling you exactly what it is. Believe it.

This is why men are choosing singleness. This is why Passport Bros are booking flights. This is why AI girlfriends hit 90 million users. When the market openly tells you it plans to split your value across multiple vendors, the rational move is to stop being a vendor altogether.

The 48% who want parallel relationships are free to pursue that. But men are equally free to say: “I’m not auditioning for half a role.”

Choose yourself. The market just made it easy.

Would you accept a “parallel relationship”? Or is this the final sign that modern dating is cooked? Sound off below.