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Uploaded:2026-03-19
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Welcome to the second episode of our 3-part miniseries, The Single Tax, all about the invisible financial, emotional, and mental tax single people pay for daring to be unpartnered in a world designed for couples. The Single Tax is hosted by Alexa Claire, TFD Content & Production Manager. Our second episode dives into what Alexa's 2-month experiment outsourcing her dating life: going on 14 first dates, and everything that it cost her (financially and otherwise).

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LINKS MENTIONED IN VIDEO:
The Chill Girl Tax newsletter: https://thefinancialdiet.beehiiv.com/p/the-financial-cost-of-being-the-chill-girl

SOURCES:
-https://www.self.inc/info/single-vs-married-income/#average-income-single
-https://www.theknotww.com/press-releases/the-knot-worldwide-unveils-2026-real-weddings-study/
-http://Brides.com
https://startupsmagazine.co.uk/article-people-relationships-save-3x-much-single-people-according-sofi-survey

00:01:32 The Dating Manager Experiment
00:03:55 The Direct Costs
00:10:25 The Hidden Costs
00:15:15 The Gender Difference
00:17:16 A Lesson Learned: The Pivot
00:21:19 Getting What I Paid For
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