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I Can’t Afford To Date Anymore

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Skip navigation! DISCOVER WATCH SHOP +MORE United Kingdom My Dates Aren’t Worth What They Cost DAISY SCHOFIELD LAST UPDATED 11 MARCH 2024, 23:00 PHOTOGRAPHED BY MEG O'DONNELL-BATH. When Hannah*, a 29-year-old visual merchandiser, arranged to meet her date Josh* in his hometown of Oxford, she’d budgeted around £50 for the date. “I would typically budget £30 to £40, but as I was travelling for the date, I made an allowance for it,” she says. Hannah (who preferred not to share her last name) hadn’t had much success dating where she lives in Reading, so it seemed worth spending a little extra to go on the date — or so she’d thought. They met at the pub, where they ended up ordering about four rounds of drinks. “He drank quite quickly, so I felt like I was keeping up and buying rounds quicker than I would like,” Hannah recalls. “I told him what time my last train was, but he said we could make one quick bar on the way there.” Hannah ended up missing her train, meaning that her only option

My Dates Aren’t Worth What They Cost Daisy Schofield Last Updated 12 March 2024 , 6:00 Photographed by Meg O'Donnell-Bath. When Hannah*, a 29-year-old visual merchandiser, arranged to meet her date Josh* in his hometown of Oxford, she’d budgeted around £50 for the date. “I would typically budget £30 to £40, but as I was travelling for the date, I made an allowance for it,” she says. Hannah (who preferred not to share her last name) hadn’t had much success dating where she lives in Reading, so it seemed worth spending a little extra to go on the date — or so she’d thought. They met at the pub,

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