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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Lifestyle
Martin Winter

One in five singletons admit to secretly taking a friend on a date with them

Singletons give “plus one” a whole new meaning as one in five admit to taking a friend on a date with them, a study has found.

A poll of 2,000 single adults, who have actively dated in the last five years, found half of those (51%) have had their pal show up in secret at the location.

Another 48% wished they could take their mates on dates – and 59% enjoy the preamble and dating debriefs with pals, more than the event itself.

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