He says: “For many people nowadays, being able to afford to live anywhere means having to share. Now you’re having to look and find somewhere, or even ask parents or other people for help.”Another woman who has experienced the financial fallout recently is Priya Mulji, who split from her boyfriend last month.
"The prospect of living alone, particular for those later in life, is often one of the decisive factors as to why people stay in an unhappy relationship, rather than going it alone," she says.For Lucy and Priya, however, the emotional impact of their splits has been particularly hard to deal with in lockdown - and in the run up to Christmas.to keep them occupied, they’ve been stuck inside with their own thoughts for weeks on end.
“I was just drinking to try and block out the sense of loss, to fill a void I felt I was in for an indefinite amount of time. It was only when I stopped drinking that I started to feel better.” “Now, you can’t do anything to take your mind off it, you can’t go and see friends, you can’t even go for a massage or to your hairdresser and vent to them!”While she says she’s focusing on staying as positive as possible now, she still has difficult moments and recalls: “The other day after work, I was really tired, I couldn’t see any light at the end of the tunnel and I just went into the shower and cried.