Dating isn't easy. Whether someone is single or in a relationship, there is no guarantee the situation will stay that way. Enter: the "back burner" relationship. These are people we maintain contact with throughout being single or attached, as a kind of option or plan B in case things don't work out the way we hope with the main person we're pursuing, or the one that we're with. But is this kind of relationship damaging? And how many of us have them?
Click on to find out more about the rise of the back burner relationship in the digital age.