Topic: Dating News - Love in a time of recession (Mail and Guardian)

Those with decent jobs are withdrawing from the dating scene because they can’t afford to fork out their hard-earned cash on a date that may prove to be yet another failed attempt at hooking up a relationship. But if the Dating a Banker Anonymous (Daba) website is to be believed, it’s not the bankers themselves but their poor, preening, Prada-clad girlfriends who are swallowing the larger chunk of the bitter pill that is recessionary cutbacks. One Daba blogger laments the fact that “people just aren’t going out as much, so I’m not meeting as many guys as I did pre-recession, ergo less dates. The site is also filled with “recession-friendly dating tips”, among them buying your own booze and exploring your city by strolling through its museums and public gardens. read more

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