It doesn’t pay to be single in a cost-of-living crisis

The dating term “cuffing season” must have passed me by when it was shortlisted as the word of the year by Collins Dictionary in 2017.

When I had to look it up last month, the Standard was able to enlighten me, explaining that “cuffing season is the period of time in which people begin to look for someone with whom they can spend the winter months.”