The one-night stand is a casualty of the cost-of-living crisis: heres how to cope

Take the critically endangered faux date night. You know, when you’ve met up with someone for solely physical purposes, and yet there you are: trudging valiantly through a rioja, overpriced tapas and cheerless small talk spurred only by the false pretence that having finished in the bedroom, you will feel that little bit more respectable. Well, rising bills (and cost of rents, gym memberships, haircuts, T-shirts, ketchup, etc) have put a stop to that extravagance.

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