{"id":157149,"date":"2025-06-04T09:41:18","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T09:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/157149\/"},"modified":"2025-06-04T09:41:18","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T09:41:18","slug":"single-and-struggling-to-save-how-you-can-bank-2400-a-year-if-you-give-up-dating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/157149\/","title":{"rendered":"Single and struggling to save? How you can bank \u00a32,400 a year &#8211; if you give up dating!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisismoney.co.uk\/profile-3728\/lucy-evans.html\" class=\"author\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LUCY EVANS<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"> Updated:  17:00 EDT, 3 June 2025   <\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Single people could be spending up to \u00a32,400 a year on dating, according to research from VoucherCodes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">More than two in five spend as much as \u00a3100 on every date, the survey found. This means individuals who go on two dates a month are paying \u00a32,400 a year, the equivalent of a second-hand car or a two-week holiday abroad.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Savvy-minded savers could also be putting a large chunk of this money in their pension pot or stocks and shares individual savings account (<a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisismoney.co.uk\/money\/isainvesting\/article-11858925\/The-essential-guide-Isas-tax-free-saving-investing.html\" id=\"mol-c8132d00-40ba-11f0-a90d-734ff99faada\" rel=\"noopener\">Isa<\/a>) to grow money through compounding.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Psychologist and intimacy coach Dr Lori Beth Bisbey says: \u2018Modern dating is like playing the lottery with your wallet \u2013 you\u2019re swiping, hoping for a spark, but burning through cash on connections that can go nowhere.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018Ask yourself: would you pay \u00a3100 to meet a stranger with no guarantee of chemistry? Get clear on what you\u2019re looking for and don\u2019t be afraid to walk away if a match doesn\u2019t meet your standards \u2013 financially or emotionally.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">She says you should call to talk to a potential date for ten minutes prior to meeting to spot red flags and judge if you want to spend your money and time on them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">L.evans@dailymail.co.uk<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-f44d577da617ed64\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/99009895-0-image-m-7_1748977379451.jpg\" height=\"443\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Costs:\u00a0More than two in five people spend as much as \u00a3100 on a date, a survey found. This means individuals who go on two dates a month pay \u00a32,400 a year\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Costs:\u00a0More than two in five people spend as much as \u00a3100 on a date, a survey found. This means individuals who go on two dates a month pay \u00a32,400 a year<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisismoney.co.uk\/money\/article-13829585\/This-Money-newsletter-need-know-straight-inbox.html\" target=\"_blank\" alt=\"This is Money newsletter\" title=\"This is Money newsletter\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/636x280.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"280\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;\" \/> <\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>                    Share or comment on this article:<br \/>\n                        Single and struggling to save? How you can bank \u00a32,400 a year &#8211; if you give up dating!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By LUCY EVANS Updated: 17:00 EDT, 3 June 2025 Single people could be spending up to \u00a32,400 a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":157150,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3093],"tags":[51,474,1232,1489,2499,1283,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-157149","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-personal-finance","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-finance","10":"tag-money","11":"tag-moneybills","12":"tag-personal-finance","13":"tag-thisismoney","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114624442342736538","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157149\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}