The cost of being single – and how friends are teaming up to beat it
Many singles face extra costs for housing, bills, food and holidays but there are ways to ease the burden.
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"We called it our happy home, not our forever home."
— Leanne , Other
"Neither of us would have been able to do what we've done without having the property that we had together."
— Sarah , Other
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Many singles face extra costs for housing, bills, food and holidays but there are ways to ease the burden.
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